Iowa born and raised, Milt Sernett taught history at Syracuse University for thirty years. Since retiring in 2005, he has returned to his "first love"--farm life and agricultural history. He has written about the transition from heavy horse farming to tractor farming, cheese making in New York State, the origins of the Holstein breed of dairy cattle, and the changes over two centuries in New York State farming. He lives in Cazenovia, New York.