Northview Diary

A few links that tell an interesting tale. NY Dairy Farmer Profile Two of the top three dairy states, not ag-friendly More from the...

Stumbled via a Facebook friend on a powerful, outstanding post by a young farm wife discouraged by the outrageous attacks it has become ...

New cow shaped milk bottles ..... I want one !

This is the most balanced and accurate article I have read so far on New York's so-called yogurt "boom". The author should...

Our herd is mostly registered or eligible for registry and we each own our own cows, so we always know who is who. Because I pay the bil...

Hermie Read an excellent opinion on the topic here . I can't believe everyone is so complacent about this matter.

When the shouting is over, whatever will serve as a Farm Bill is finally in place, and the dairy industry shakes itself out of this part...

Fiery Hill, where the boss's mom grew up, just a stone's throw from the wedding, So as I understand it, everybody wants dairy ...

This story  kinda got mine . 2009 was one of the worst years for dairy farmers.....ever. We all burned through way too much equity trying...

There is such a feeling of something impending these days , and along with it a sense of endings. I find autumn both stimulating and unc...

The lovely and gracious lady who stopped by the farm last week was Lorraine K. Vail from Arizona. She grew up on a farm along the Hudso...

Here are a few links on the never-ending saga of low prices  for fluid milk   at the farm gate   and perhaps a little insight into some o...

This is what happens when you let the boys chalk tail heads You remember her. She stopped in this time last year and left a legacy of d...

(In more ways than one) Corn for us, not the ladies A little background: Conventional dairy farmers are paid for their milk based...

We had some excitement here yesterday , the actual story of which I am using for this week's Farm Side. However, if...

I think this indigo bunting is crying the blues Dairy farming that is. Read about it here and bear in mind that feed is just one of ma...

A nap prolly......I wonder if this bright red ball of fire floating on the sky actually means anything in terms of rain. I very much dou...

The boss has seven fields to go of first cutting and some second as well. It is slow going with just one man with just one tractor, b...

Moments, scrounging for some of the very short grass. You can see she is a little on the thin side. You expect to see some rib on a hard ...

A dairy blog ....here are some pics of the girls