DairyVoice Podcast
DairyVoice is a podcast, with new episodes available twice a month. The series has an exclusive focus on dairy producers and associated industry professionals that need help with cost-savings, efficiency, and other invaluable industry information. The podcast series, features expert speakers from across the United States on topics such as Cow Comfort, Business Management, dairy cash flow, and other current industry issues that arise.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 27 minutes
- Episodes
- 188
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
David Jones of California on the benefits and challenges of installing robotic milkers
Dairy producer David Jones talks about the robotic milkers he and his family have installed on their dairy near Stevinson in California's Central Valley. And they're in the process of adding more. In…
Brittany Olson of Barron County, Wisconsin on the need for a fair pricing system
Brittany Olson dairy farms with her husband and his family in Barron County, Wisconsin. She's also a writer and an advocate for traditional small size operations. She believes a dairy industry with d…
Steve Maddox of California discusses his innovative management and diversified farming operations
The Maddox family of California is widely known in dairy. In DairyVoice episode 26, Steve Maddox talks with Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News about their quality cattle, innovative management and d…
Tom Kestell challenge's "status quo" thinking in dairy
With terrific production, a nearly 45,000-lb. herd average, high type, and over half the herd are Excellent cows, award winning dairyman Tom Kestell of Waldo, Wisconsin talks with Joel Hastings of Da…
Amanda Freund of Freund’s Family Farm talks about the dairy operation and their unique approach to the business.
In episode 24 of DairyVoice podcast, Joel Hastings interviews Amanda Freund of Freund’s Family Farm about the dairy operation and their unique approach to the business.
Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness…
Marilyn Hershey from Ar-Joy Farms in Pennsylvania on her life, farm, and the future
An innovative dairy producer and committed industry leader, Marilyn Hershey from Ar-Joy Farms in Pennsylvania tells her story in this episode of DairyVoice. She talks with Joel Hastings of DairyBusin…
Commodity Marketing to Consumer Marketing is a Big Shift for Smaller Dairy Farms
Fourth generation dairyman Michael Turley has launched a premium line of dairy products from his 120-cow Registered Holstein herd in southern Illinois. After a career culminating as CEO of one of the…
Noted Dairy Economist Dr. Mark Stephenson Discusses The Big Negative PPDs
The milk price roller coaster continues. In spite of high prices for Class III at the CME, producers will not see those results in their June and July milk checks.
Dr. Mark Stephenson talks with Joel …
Fred Schonenberg of VentureFuel on the COVID-19 pandemic changes in dairy business, along with other food markets.
What are possibilities for the food industry and specifically in dairy as we move through the COVID-19 pandemic? In DairyVoice episode 20, the guest is Fred Schonenberg of VentureFuel, which helped C…
Nate Donnay and James Carr of INTL FCStone explain that volatility will be king in dairy this year
The big market price drop followed by the sharp recovery, particularly of cheese and Class III prices, is the focus of DairyVoice podcast episode 19. Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News moderates as …
Breeding the right kind of cow is key to dairy profitability
Lloyd Holterman is convinced that breeding the right kind of cow is the key to his dairy farm's profitability. With his wife Daphne, and their two partners, they milk 1000 cows near Watertown, Wiscon…
Dr. Mike Lormore on herd management with lower production
Herd management when the goal is lower production!
Dr. Mike Lormore, a longtime dairy vet, says first define the goal and then identify the strategies, ranging from reduced milking frequency to feedin…
Miel Hostens of University of Utrecht in Holland talks about data analytics and dairy herds in the future.
Finding new ways to manage dairy herds using data analytics. That's the work of Miel Hostens, veterinarian and professor at the University of Utrecht in Holland. In episode 16 of DairyVoice, he speak…
Dr. Richard Stup of Cornell University discusses dairy farmers managing coronavirus
In episode 15 of DairyVoice podcast, Joel Hastings, Editor & Publisher of DairyBusiness News talks about important items for dairy farm managers to consider in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dave Kurzawski of INTL FCStone Talks About Coronavirus and the Impact on the Global Dairy Economy
Coronavirus is upsetting dairy markets as it spreads around the world. In episode 14 of DairyVoice podcast, Dave Kurzawski, Team Leader of the Dairy Risk Management Group at INTL FC Stone, provides h…
Michael Boccadoro Discusses the California Dairy Sustainability Summit
DairyVoice episode 13 features Michael Boccadoro, explaining the Dairy Sustainability Summit and their goals.
Dairy is under the gun and in California the industry is doing something about it. The sec…
Ben Laine of Rabobank says 2020 shaping up to be a good year
Ben Laine, Dairy Economist for Rabobank, says that 2020 is shaping-up to be a good year. In this DairyVoice podcast, Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News interviewed Ben live at World Ag Expo. Laine s…
Dr. Mark Stephenson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison predicts $20 milk in 2020.
DairyVoice podcast Episode 11 features Dr. Mark Stephenson. This noted dairy economist is predicting $20 milk in 2020. However, he adds a word of caution to his projections. In his DairyVoice intervi…
CEO Aidan Connolly of Cainthus discusses the future and importance of technology in dairy
The digital age with big data and artificial intelligence has arrived in agriculture. Irish executive Aidan Connolly, CEO of Cainthus, describes the impact on dairy farm management in episode 10 of D…
Don Bennink of North Florida Holsteins talks about AI, cattle breeding, dairy cooperatives, and what it takes to succeed in business.
Dairying in Florida for 40 years, Don Bennink of North Florida Holsteins has learned a few things about cow care, working with employees and making a lot of milk. With 6500 cows on 3X milking, he has…