Farm News In this age of monumental weather fluctuations due to climate change and species diversity losses from habitat alterations,...

Farm News From a distance, the orchard canopy is a study in pointillist white, pink and green. Close up, the apple and cherry trees are...

Farm News The sun was shining brightly on Monday as the moon began its coverage toward totality. We opted to stay put on the farm,...

Farm News Champaign Illinois will be in the 97% zone of totality for next Monday's solar eclipse. The region is a buzz with excitement,...

Farm News With nearly half the herd kidded, we initiated our monthly milk testing program--DHI (Dairy Herd Improvement) this week. We...

Farm News After so many years of milking goats and making cheese, you would think that the routines and quotidian rituals of a seasonal...

Farm News We have reached the "ides" or middle of the month. We are in the midst of our version of "march madness," with close to half of...

Farm News From one kid to 80 in the span of a week, and nearly 40 does freshened, meteoric best describes the start of the 2024 kidding...

Farm News Balmy February afternoons, sun-drenched orange skies. Confused crocuses open their purple pedals atop last fall's dead leaves....

After nearly 20 years of launching our little farmstead & artisan creamery on the prairie, we are excited to announce that the farm,...

Farm News Dateline christmas eve: sunny and warm, goats grazing in the pasture as if it was september. Fast forward a few days,...

Farm News On this shortest day of the year, the finality of the season is upon us. The breeding bucks have moved back to their bachelor...

It is hard not savor these warm sunny days of mid December. Goats lounging in the dry lot as they wait for their barn to be cleaned,...

While our main cheese maker Kato is away in Vermont attending an intensive cheese making course, I am back in the creamery full time. ...

In these days leading up to the holidays, we are in full production blitz. Our farm store and farm kitchen have been converted into...

On the eve of thanksgiving, I find myself reflecting on some things for which I am grateful. As farmers, we derive our livelihood from...

The morning frost on desiccated leaves has been fleeting in these unusually warm november days. The intensity of sunlight is deceiving;...

Sometimes, the week's reflections are best captured by a poem and some beautiful photographs. Shout out to Iris Riggs, one of last week's...

This week, we hosted a few hundred high school students from Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. They are all members of "Future Farmers of...

Farm News We returned home this week to gusty winds, unsettled skies and fall foliage in full regalia. With daylight waning and nights...