Farm News In the waning days of May, there's a distinct shift from the chaos of kidding season to the well-worn routines of milking and...

Farm News The farm was spared the epic dust storm and severe thunderstorms that crossed our region earlier this week. Large sections of...

Farm News The rains come every other day. The temperatures hover in the temperate range, perfect for growing grasses and alfalfa. The...

Farm News The American Cheese Society has anointed May as "American Cheese Month." American cheese connotes many things; in the not too...

Farm News Our last pregnant doe kidded yesterday morning, on cue with no fanfare, delivering a healthy set of twins. So ends kidding...

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...