Karen Lee

Progressive Events: PDPW Business Conference ‘empowers success’

May 1, 2023

The 2023 Professional Dairy Producers (PDPW) Business Conference was held March 15-16, in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. The annual conference brought together nearly 1,400 dairy producers and industry professionals for professional development and networking.

‘Exceptions are expensive’

April 1, 2023

Karen Lee

“Exceptions are expensive,” said a dairy producer at a recent conference. This producer was explaining how his farm prefers to use sort gates to pull out cows that need attention after they are milked, as opposed to headlocks where the entire pen of cows is held up to treat those that are the exception.

Progressive Events: Industry issues front and center at Western Dairy Management Conference

March 30, 2023

Walt Cooley and Karen Lee

Heavy snow and blizzard conditions impacted land and air travel to the Western Dairy Management Conference, Feb. 28-March 2 in Reno, Nevada. Broader industry topics such as the checkoff, farm bill and ag labor were covered.

Pasteurization process automates whole milk feedings to calves

March 15, 2023

Karen Lee

At Wichman Farms, automation doesn’t stop with the cows. In fact, it travels 200 feet to link a fresh supply of whole milk to the calf barn.

Canadian Dairy XPO is back for 2023 and better than ever

March 14, 2023

Karen Lee

Three years have passed since the dairy industry last came together for the Canadian Dairy XPO (CDX) in Stratford, Ontario. Much of the event will remain the same, while enhancements will provide an even better experience for the record-breaking crowd anticipated to attend April 5-6.

Setting a strategy

February 25, 2023

Karen Lee

Where do you want to be in five years? What will your business look like? Do you have a plan to get it there? Are you directing your efforts toward that plan?

Progressive Events: Navigating the changing economic tide

February 13, 2023

Karen Lee

Twenty-five miles inland from the Atlantic coast, along the Savannah River, you can still see the rise and fall of the ocean tide.

2023 Dairy Strong: Dairy’s future hinges on innovation, relationships

About 400 dairy producers and allied industry representatives attended the conference, hosted annually by the Wisconsin-based Dairy Business Association.

February 9, 2023

Karen Lee and Dave Natzke

No industry is immune from disruptions, but dairy can survive and thrive through innovation, building relational trust and being active participants in government, speakers told producers and allied industry representatives during the 2023 Dairy Strong conference.