It was about 10 years ago when our local young cooperators group from Darigold had the opportunity to visit the corporate headquarters of Starbucks.

Tenth-grade Georgia student Emma Pitman’s exposure to the dairy industry in middle school and FFA was her inspiration for writing a book, Just a Glass of Milk: The Story of a Girl and her Dairy Cow.

Dr. Andrew Bohnhoff is the Director of Forage and Nutrition for Prairie Estates Genetics. During his lifetime of involvement with the dairy industry, he has researched an array of topics that affect the bottom line of the farmer. While the importance of starch digestibility is widely known, he speaks with us today to show what specific factors can and should be considered, including growing conditions, corn hybrid genetics, moisture content, lab work and more. We discuss how all of these aspects translate directly to income over feed cost.

Leveraging funds provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE-DBIC), PA Dairymen’s Association and other partners, the Center for Dairy Excellence helps dairy farm families excel through various opportunities to make sound business decisions that shape the future of their farms.

A farmer is more than a farmer. I know it. You know it. Anyone associated with the U.S. dairy industry knows it. But not every consumer knows it.

The dairy industry is facing numerous challenges with a pressing need for sustainable practices that optimize resource utilization and improve profitability. Residual feed intake (RFI) provides a powerful tool for evaluating feed efficiency in dairy production.

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, host Kimmi Devaney visits with Kennedy Youngren and Emily Schaapman about how to stay energized during busy seasons, what you can do to fuel your body properly, optimize the hours you do have for sleep, protect your mental health, manage stress and much more.