Krista Stauffer, Author at Farming w/ the Stauffers

A Tale of Two Missing Calves

It was dark when we pulled into the driveway. I saw my brown-eyed farm girl’s eyes fill with tears. I…
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A cow has to give birth to produce milk. When does a cow give birth to her first calf? It…
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This October our daughter will be enrolling in 4-H for the first time. Growing up, I was not involved in…
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I see you. You swerve back and forth. You lean against the window. You shake your head and throw up…
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I didn’t grow up on a farm. In fact, the closest I had ever been to a dairy farm was…
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On average, a dairy cow can eat up to 100 lbs. of feed a day! On our farm, our cows…
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Like most people, I would guess you dread Monday mornings. That is if you work Monday-Friday with the weekends off. Monday…
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I love summer. The sunshine, warm days, summer breeze, the smell of fresh-cut hay and flies. Okay, well I love…
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There is a lot of information out there these days on farming practices. I cannot even imagine being…
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2015 was such a crazy year for me in regards to advocacy for dairy farming. I never in a million…
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They say we do not care. They say we are selfish. They say we are murders. They say we are…
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