Wearing the crown and title of Princess Kay of the Milky Way has been a dream for Anna Euerle ever since she was little. Euerle followed around her two older sisters to county dairy princesses’ events.

More than 100 school districts throughout Alabama are scrambling to find a new milk supplier for school lunch programs after Borden Dairy Co. announced its plans to close two of its southern plants.

While dishing up meals in Styrofoam to-go containers happens simultaneously with the roar of a diesel tractor, signing its harvest season, some farm families go with plan B.

The Schlangens employ more than 30 conservation practices over time, including cover cropping, establishing buffer strips and variable rate fertilization. They are also a recipient of the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award.

Corn and soybean values have tempered slightly since the near-historic highs of May and June this year, but dairy feed bills still will be hefty heading into fall.

A big opportunity for forward-thinking, elite businesses is to attend the 20th Anniversary of the Milk Business Conference at the Paris Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas December 13-15, 2022.