Uplevel Dairy Podcast
By Peggy Coffeen
Uplevel Dairy PodcastMar 26, 2024
116 | Mastering a Marathon Mindset with Clare Alderink
Back on Episode 100, Clare Alderink, manager at Ryzebol Dairy in Michigan, joined Tommy Oesch from Swiss Lane Farms to talk about doing hard things, like running 4 miles every 4 hours in 48 hours, the 75 hard challenge … and if you recall, Clare also mentioned he was training for an upcoming marathon.
Well, I caught up with Clare just days after he crossed the finish line of the Kalamazoo Marathon. When I asked Clare how the race went, his simple response was this: It was hard.
Clare had been training for months to not only condition his body with the miles, but as you will find out, more importantly, strengthen his mindset … and that is what got him through an unexpected challenge, all the way to the finish.
Listen to find out how this dairy manager-turned-marathon runner views running in much the same way as managing the dairy:
From developing discipline and consistency
To defining which data points really improve performance in the barn and on the road
And practicing patience for the long run … no pun intended.
Recommended read: The Confident Mind by Dr. Nate Zinsser
Hear more from Clare on Ep. 100: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/nC8xDGc0OJb
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115 | Smile and Say “Cheese”: HighGround Dairy May Monthly Market Update
We’ve got market movements to celebrate this May:
Largest-ever cheese export month for the U.S.
Potential for record-high butter this year
The insatiable appetite for milk protein concentrate
That’s what we are covering today with Curtis Bosma in the HighGround Dairy Monthly Market Insights.
Find out how the markets are moving and how it could impact your bottom line.
This Episode is Sponsored by HighGround Dairy
Grab your May Market Report Here: https://marketing.highgrounddairy.com/producer-market-update-may-2024
HighGround Dairy provides global dairy market intelligence, insurance services, futures & options brokerage, and advisory programs to a diverse range of dairy market participants throughout the supply chain.
Learn more at https://highgrounddairy.com/ or email them at info@highgrounddairy.com
Information shared in this podcast is for educational purposes and is not a solicitation to buy or sell commodities. Opinions expressed are current opinions as of May 20, 2024 at 12 p.m. CST and only represent the views of the speaker and not those of HighGround Trading, unless otherwise expressly noted.
114 | How to Decode RNG Contracts for Dairy Farms
If you have been waiting to sign on the dotted line for a renewable natural gas project, this episode is for you.
Over the past 4 years, RNG companies have been knocking on the doors of dairy farms across the country, touting opportunities, along with long-term commitments. And our guest today has been involved on both the developer side and dairy producer side.
Ty Rohloff, vice president of food and agribusiness with Compeer has reviewed at least 40 project proposals, and he joins us today to share his insights on:
- The opportunities these projects can open up as an additional dairy farm income stream
- How to evaluate both contracts and developers
- And the details you won’t want to overlook when making decisions for the long-term success and sustainability of your dairy farm.
This episode is sponsored by Compeer Financial.
Compeer Financial is a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative serving and supporting agriculture and rural America. Their dairy team brings world-class expertise and tailored solutions to support dairy producers’ financial goals and lending needs.
For more information, contact:
- Compeer Dairy Industry Experts
- Dairy Industry Articles: Gain knowledge from subject matter experts
- Navigating the Dairy Industry Today: On-Demand Webinar Series
Guest contact:
Ty Rohloff
608-290-7326
Ty.Rohloff@compeer.com
113 | H5N1: Red Flags, Risk Mitigation and Being Ready to Take Action
Know your opponent. I’ve heard this statement from dairy producers before. It’s all about evaluating a threat at hand, managing the risk and being prepared to act with urgency.
And the opponent we are going to talk about today is the one that is on everyone’s mind: H5N1. If you want to hear from someone who has been helping dairies deal with this disease since the very beginning, what to watch for, ways to reduce risk and what to have in your arsenal to be ready to action should your dairy be facing the fight, keep on listening to this episode of the UPlevel Dairy Podcast.
From the frontlines of H5N1, Randy Tapia has been assisting dairy producers in the Southwest and now across the country, as they deal with the disease first hand, or are preparing themselves for the potential of sickness hitting their herds.
Randy grew up in the Texas dairy business, with his father at one point running 9,000 cows on three dairies near San Angelo, and he also spent many years as a dairy manager up in the Panhandle. An early adopter to rumination monitoring and other technologies, Randy stepped away from management to work in dairy tech before joining Amarillo-based Micro Technologies in the dairy solutions role he is in today.
In this conversation, I’ve asked Randy to put on his dairy manager hat, as he walks us through:
What to watch for: Rumination red flags
Reducing risk factors around waterers
Fast action to adjust the ration
Treatments and immune support
And Randy tells us how he would be preparing his team and what would be in his med room if he was a dairy manager right now.
This episode is sponsored by Micro Technologies
Micro Technologies innovates advanced, comprehensive & integrated technologies to help dairies produce a safe, wholesome product more efficiently and profitably.
Disclaimer draft:
This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as medical advice. We are not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast.
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112 | Celebrating Dairy Farm Moms: Strength, Sacrifice, and Sweetness with Karen Bohnert
Karen Bohnert, editor of Dairy Herd Management and Milk Business, joins host Peggy Coffeen to celebrate dairy farm moms in this bonus Mother’s Day episode.
Hear the incredible stories of the dairy farm moms who raised them, and the adversities they overcame to be examples of strength, sacrifice and resilience.
And hear about some of the dairy farm moms who have set the bar for Peggy and Karen today.
111 | Intentional Motherhood, Management and What Matters Most with Sarah Daugherty
As we come up on Mother’s Day this weekend, I’ve asked Sarah Daugherty from Paramount Calves back to talk about being a mother of 6, and balancing a high-performing work life and a high-performing family life.
From performance pressure to kids’ sports to setting priorities and saying no, any mom or dad who pursues excellence both at work and at home will relate and can grab a few nuggets of wisdom from this honest conversation about hard things and what really matters.
This one hit home for me, and I think it will do the same for you.
This episode is sponsored by Uplevel Dairy Podcast Founding Partner Adisseo, a global leader in nutritional solutions and premier provider of rumen-protected methionine for dairy producers who want to optimize milk production, capture more value from components, and maintain the health of their high-performing herds. Learn more at https://www.adisseo.com/en/
110 | 3 Human Resource Hacks to Take Control of Turnover Today
If you are spending way too much time on hiring new employees, training and retraining, only to keep experiencing the exhaustion of turnover, this episode is for you.
And my guest today is a higher performer in deed: Sarah Daugherty, workforce development manager at Paramount Calves LLC, in Darlington, Wis.
Sarah is going to tell you how she has saved herself the time and stress of constantly training new employees and the drag and drama of hard conversations to experiencing very little turnover and creating systems that support Paramount’s high-performing teams, which include 50 employees across three sites in Wisconsin and Kansas, who care for 25,000+ replacement heifers.
And these 3 hacks you are about to hear aren’t fancy. In fact, all you need to do it yourself are a few pieces of paper. Keep listening to learn …
The simple exercise Sarah walked herself through that has crafted the core of the culture at Paramount Calves
The key benchmark she monitors for employee turnover
And the hack she created with just four sheets of paper that changed the game on retention.
If zero employee turnover and high performing teams is what you are striving for … I believe you will want to really take some tips from Sarah.
Bonus: And Sarah will join us again later this week to shift gears from management to motherhood. I’ve invited this mom of 6 back on for a special message for all the moms as we head into Mother’s Day!
This episode is sponsored by Uplevel Dairy Podcast Founding Partner Adisseo, a global leader in nutritional solutions and premier provider of rumen-protected methionine for dairy producers who want to optimize milk production, capture more value from components, and maintain the health of their high-performing herds. Learn more at https://www.adisseo.com/en/
109 | Young Leader with Ytsje Andringa
Meet Young Leader Ytsje Andringa, a driven woman whose path seems to always lead her back to the driver’s seat of a silage truck.
Ytsje shares how she shifted her career course from health care to follow her heart back to her family dairy farm, Sunrise Dairy in Clear Lake, South Dakota.
She’s the daughter of Dutch immigrants, oldest of 6 and a mother to 3.
This Young Leader will blow you away with her determination to do hard things and go after her dairy farming dreams every single day.
Hear about:
The challenges she faces as a young dairy producer dealing with salespeople and managing employees three times her age
The one skill set she believes she must develop to be successful as a dairy producer
And a few fun silage truck-driving stories
The Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Podcast is the special podcast series for producers and professionals in the first 5 years of their dairy careers. Find it on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, as well as its own platform, Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.
108 | How This Dairy Manager Slayed the Time-Consuming Data Monster
If data has turned into the time-consuming monster that is stealing your focus, delaying decisions and dragging down your progress, you will want to keep listening because I’ve got something important that could change the game for you on this episode of the Uplevel Dairy Podcast.
Our guest understands these challenges because he was a dairy manager himself in Texas for well over a decade, who faced the same struggles: He wanted the right data, at his fingertips, integrated in a way that allowed him to use it as a tool to improve performance and move his dairy forward.
And so he created his own solution: Dairy Performance Network.
Manny Salcedo founded DPN seven years ago, and you are about to hear:
How Manny came up with his own solution for slaying that time-consuming data monster
The story behind this customized software integration and data analytics system that connects people, cows and technology
The results: Higher levels of employee engagement and hitting real performance benchmarks that make a difference to the dairy producer’s bottomline
Follow DPN
- https://www.facebook.com/dairyperformancenetwork/
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- https://www.linkedin.com/company/dairy-performance-network/
Contact DPN
- 806-639-5166
- support@dpnconnect.com
- www.dpnconnect.com
107 | How Good Can We Get? with Megan Schrupp, DVM, NexGen Dairy
“How good can we get?”
That’s a question high-performers ask themselves and the teams they lead every single day.
It’s also a question Megan Schrupp, DVM, at NexGen Dairy in Eden Valley, Minnesota, uses to push the potential for cows, people and her dairy farming business.
This 20-minute episode is the hot take from one of our most popular podcasts of all time, Episode #36: Full Potential Dairy Farming.
Megan details how this question drives:
- A culture of excellence among people
- Data-driven decision-making to enhance transition, nutrition and repro
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This episode is part of the High-Performance Mindset Series, powered by Nedap.
Listen to Episode 36 for the full conversation with Megan here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/6H45sTWc4Ib
106 | Dairy Farming on Three Continents with Young Leader Laurens Rutten
Meet the 28-year-old from Belgium who has embarked on a hands-on dairy farming journey around the globe....
Laurens Rutten challenged himself to dive into dairy on three continents, starting on a commercial grass-based dairy in New Zealand, then the world’s largest robotic dairy in Chile, and we catch up with him today on the third leg of his journey at Sunnyside Farms in New York.
Laurens reveals the two critical questions he asked himself that spurred this adventure, and the lessons he is learning along the way and leaves us with some solid takeaways on blazing your own trail, defining your future and taking bold action.
The Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Podcast is THE podcast series for producers and professionals in the first 5 years of their dairy careers. Find it on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, as well as its own platform, Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
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105 | U.S. Milk Production + Feed Cost Predictions: HighGround Dairy April Monthly Market Update
As the US milk supply tightens, what opportunities and challenges are ahead for Class 3 and 4, as domestic demand lowers and exports pick up?
Corn planters are starting to roll across the countryside, how might the early planting predictions impact your feed cost?
That’s what we are covering today with Curtis Bosma in the HighGround Dairy Monthly Market Insights.
Find out how the markets are moving and how it could impact your bottom line.
Grab Your April Market Report Here: https://marketing.highgrounddairy.com/producer-market-update-april-2024
About HighGround Dairy
This episode is brought to you by HighGround Dairy provides global dairy market intelligence, insurance services, futures & options brokerage, and advisory programs to a diverse range of dairy market participants throughout the supply chain.
Learn more at https://highgrounddairy.com/ or email them at info@highgrounddairy.com
Information shared in this podcast is for educational purposes and is not a solicitation to buy or sell commodities. Opinions expressed are current opinions as of April 17, 2024 at 11 a.m. CST and only represent the views of the speaker and not those of HighGround Trading, unless otherwise expressly noted.
104 | 7 Secrets to Employee Retention Success
Over the past 6 months or so, I’ve sat down with some pretty incredible people in the dairy industry. The owners and managers of excellent dairies and some of the most sought-after consultants who specialize in employee performance, training, and retention.
Many of these are conversations you’ve heard on the UPlevel Dairy Podcast, and you can certainly go back and listen to them all, but if you really just want some cliff notes, some common themes, and take-home points that tie together several of the best conversations we’ve had here on the topic of getting a new employee off the best start, so they can perform well for you, see a path for their own future by being part of your team for the long haul, that’s what you are going to get today on the UPlevel Dairy Podcast.
My goal is to make it easy for you by pulling together some powerful shares from seven recent guests - some of the industry’s best owners, managers, and consultants. We are going to walk through three critical phases of employee retention, starting with:
- First, onboarding
- Next, uncovering individual potential
- And finally, motivation - giving good people a reason to stay.
I’m giving you some high-value nuggets from these recent Uplevel Dairy guests so you can raise your own bar own employee retention.
Listen to the episodes of the ones mentioned on today's show below.
- 85 | 3 Keys to Maximize Profit and ROI from Your People: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/vdFC7gRqPIb
- 97 | Empowering People: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/upleveldairy/episodes/97--Women-Leading-the-Way-at-Pagel-Family-Businesses-Empowering-People-with-Ashley-Pagel-e2h3ng0
- 61 | Empowering Mid-level Managers, Cell Phone Policies & Team-Building Activities: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/upleveldairy/episodes/61--Empowering-Mid-level-Managers--Cell-Phone-Policies-and-Team-Building-Activities-with-Bridget-Schilling--Schilling-Farms-e2ctl74
- 63 | One Question Most Progressive Dairy Managers are Asking: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/upleveldairy/episodes/63--The-One-Question-the-Most-Progressive-Dairy-Managers-are-Asking-with-Elsie-Gonzalez-Leach-e2d7bgm
- 88 | 3 Steps to Set Up Middle Managers for Success: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/upleveldairy/episodes/88--3-Steps-to-Set-Up-Middle-Managers-for-Success--the-Dairy-Calf-and-Heifer-Association-Annual-Meeting-with-Clint-Al-Ag-e2ftu22
- 92 | Pursuing Greatness: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/upleveldairy/episodes/92--Pursuing-Greatness-with-Hans-Nederend---Part-1-Secrets-to-World-class-Milk-Quality-e2gl916
- 74 | 5 Principles of Leadership: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/upleveldairy/episodes/74--5-Principles-of-Leadership-with-Juan-Quezada--Director-of-Training-and-Development--Milk-Source-LLC-e2e6a9u
103 | Young Leader Takeover at the Midwest Dairy Challenge!
On this Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Podcast, I’m turning the mic over to a trio of up-and-comers in dairy industry communications to interview three Dairy Challenge alumni who shared their experiences on a panel at the Midwest Dairy Challenge held in Green Bay, Wis., in February.
Social media interns interview Dairy Challenge alumni:
Nichole Gerard, Iowa State University student, interviews Crystal Prom, Cargill
Torri Burch, Iowa State University student, interviews Tony Schmitz, Schmitz’s East Branch Dairy
Irene Nielsen, Iowa State University student, interviews Liz Schiebelbein, Phibro Animal Health
Torri and Irene talk about their Dairy Challenge experiences, as past competitors and social media interns
Learn more about the Dairy Challenge:
https://www.dairychallenge.org/
The Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Podcast is the special podcast series for producers and professionals in the first 5 years of their dairy careers. Find it on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, as well as its own platform, Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.
102 | From Bleeding $500,000 to Better than Breaking Even
It wasn’t just their dairy farm on the line. It was their house too.
Pauly Paul from Complete Management Consulting is back to tell us how he helped one dairy family on the verge of losing it all turn around from bleeding red to a positive cash flow in 6 months.
Not only were they able to keep the farm and the house, but today, it is a financially sound business in the process of transitioning to the next generation.
Find out how Pauly and his team:
Lowered their breakeven
Reorganized labor
Brought them back from a $500,000 loss to breaking even or better in 6 months
This Episode is Sponsored by Complete Management Consulting
Contact Pauly Paul
101 | Mental Toughness: The 75-Day Transformation
No alcohol, 2-a-day workouts, following a diet, daily personal development reading and drinking a gallon of water … every day for 75 days.
That’s 75 Hard, a transformative commitment for building mental toughness and self discipline, and these two Michigan dairymen just completed it, alongside the 4x4x48 endurance challenge from Episode 100.
Tommy Oesch from Swisslane Farms and Clare Alderink from Ryzebol Dairy are back to dish it out on what they did, what they read and how 75 Hard transformed their habits and their mindsets.
Hear more from Tommy Oesch on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast
Episode 100: 4 Miles Every 4 Hours for 48 Hours
Finding Balance with a Big Vision - Part 1: Faith, Family and Dairy Farming
Finding Balance with a Big Vision - Part 2: Health, Relationships and Accountabiity
This episode is sponsored by Uplevel Dairy Podcast Founding Partner Adisseo, a global leader in nutritional solutions and premier provider of rumen-protected methionine for dairy producers who want to optimize milk production, capture more value from components and maintain the health of their high-performing herds. Learn more at https://www.adisseo.com/en/
100 | 4 Miles, Every 4 Hours for 48 Hours with Tommy Oesch, Swisslane Farms and Clare Alderink, Ryzebol Dairy
Last year, Michigan dairyman Tommy Oesch from Swisslane Farms, told us right here on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast that he planned to complete David Goggins’ extreme 4x4x48 endurance challenge: That’s running 4 miles, every 4 hours for 48 hours.
Today, Tommy is back and he brought his friend Clare Alderink, general manager at Ryzebol Dairy, to talk about the grueling physical and mental challenge they completed in March, and the surprising ways it’s made them better as dairymen, family men and friends.
This episode is all about mindset:
Self discipline
Developing habits
Doing hard things
If you are pushing for your next level of performance, I promise, this episode drops some real life wisdom and will leave you with a new vision of what’s possible for you too!
Here more from Tommy Oesch on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast:
- The 7,000 Cows in 7 Years Vision
- Finding Balance with a Big Vision - Part 1: Faith, Family and Dairy Farming
- Finding Balance with a Big Vision - Part 2: Health, Relationships and Accountabiity
This episode is sponsored by Uplevel Dairy Podcast Founding Partner Adisseo, a global leader in nutritional solutions and premier provider of rumen-protected methionine for dairy producers who want to optimize milk production, capture more value from components, and maintain the health of their high-performing herds. Learn more here: Adisseo.com
99 | How a Texas Dairy Beats the Heat to Hit 55% Conception Rate
Welcome to central Texas, where summer days exceed 100 degrees and heat stress is one of the greatest threats to cow health, reproduction and performance.
But since adding monitoring technology to their 1,250-cow herd last year, dairyman Hidde Osinga from Overwhere Dairy is using collar-collected data to:
Find and treat compromised cows sooner
Catch silent heats
Capture 15 percentage points on conception rate
Find out how his team has learned to trust the system, and hear about Hidde’s excitement for the future of dairying in this episode, part of the High-Performance Mindset Series, powered by Nedap.
Nedap is future-proofing dairy farms by revolutionizing cow-side care through technologies in activity monitoring, cow locating, milk metering and identification.
Find more episodes in Nedap’s High-Performance Mindset Series here:
- 4 High-Impact Actions to Create a Winning Farm Culture with Travis Speirs, Shiloh Dairy
- Dairy Tech in Texas: Managing 8,000 Cows with Activity Monitors featuring Nathan Moroney, Del Rio Dairy
- Protecting His Price and Managing Risk with Nathan Moroney, Del Rio Dairy
- Managing More Cows, More People and More Data with Derrick Josi
- Full-Potential Farming: Reaching the Highest Level of Performance with Cows and People through Technology with Megan Schrupp, NexGen Dairy
- Olympic-level Business, Management and Mindset with Elle Purrier-St. Pierre and Jamie St. Pierre
98 | Soybeans are Getting Crushed, Texas Dairy Cows Under the Weather: HighGround Dairy March Monthly Market Update
We catch up with Curtis Bosma, vice president of producer services for HighGround Dairy, to hear about:
Soybeans: All-time high crush capacity and largest carry in more than 15 years
Managed money short covering corn and beans
Domestic cheese demand slips while butter takes off
Why are Texas dairy cows under the weather?
Learn more and find market resources at https://highgrounddairy.com/
This episode is brought to you by: HighGround Dairy provides global dairy market intelligence, insurance services, futures & options brokerage, and advisory programs to a diverse range of dairy market participants throughout the supply chain.
Please note: Information shared in this podcast is for educational purposes and is not a solicitation to buy or sell commodities. Opinions expressed are current opinions as of March 18, 2024, 12 p.m., and only represent the views of the speaker and not those of HighGround Trading, unless otherwise expressly noted.
97 | Women Leading the Way at Pagel Family Businesses: Empowering People with Ashley Pagel
In the final episode in this series with the women who are leading the way at Pagel Family Businesses, in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, we sit down with Ashley Pagel, human resources manager.
Find out:
Ashley’s transition from a career in health care to heading up human resources
How she has professionalized processes and paperwork
Improving employee retention
Compeer Financial is a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative serving and supporting agriculture and rural America. Our dairy team brings world-class expertise and tailored solutions to support dairy producers’ financial goals and lending needs.
For more information, contact the Compeer Dairy Industry Experts .
96 | Women Leading the Way at Pagel Family Businesses: Sharing Dairy’s Story with Chase Pagel
We continue this 3-part series with the women who are leading the way at Pagel Family Businesses, in Kewaunee, Wisconsin.
Today, Chase Pagel debuts her new children’s book, Rosco’s Sweet Treats, a story that not only depicts modern dairy farming, but also a real-life tale of a steer raised by her daughter that had a taste for cupcakes and other treats.
Chase talks about:
How the challenge to find accurate dairy farm books to read to tour groups became her motivation
How her family is her inspiration
And the next books to come in this series.
Rosco’s Sweet Treats is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.
Follow Chase’s journey online:
Dairy Diaries LLC on Instagram and Facebook
Compeer Financial is a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative serving and supporting agriculture and rural America. Our dairy team brings world-class expertise and tailored solutions to support dairy producers’ financial goals and lending needs.
For more information, contact the Compeer Dairy Industry Experts .
95 | Women Leading the Way at Pagel Family Businesses: From Grief to Growth with Jamie Pagel Witcpalek
This week, we bring you a 3-part series, as we celebrate the month of March: the month of women’s history, international women’s day, as well as National Agriculture Day.
What better way to do this than in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, at Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy, with three very special guests from Pagel Family Businesses … three women who have risen to the challenge to be leaders … here at the dairy, in their community and far beyond.
This family has overcome hardship, in particular, the tragic loss of well-loved industry leader and the family’s patriarch, John T. Pagel, along with his son-in-law, Steve Witcpalek, six years ago.
Yet, the family has rallied together to carry on a legacy and a business.
In this episode, Jamie Pagel Witcpalek, chairwoman of Pagel Family Businesses, opens up about loss, grief and moving forward.
Tune into the next two episodes in this series to hear from:
Chase Pagel on Sharing Dairy’s Story
Ashley Pagel on Empowering People
Compeer Financial is a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative serving and supporting agriculture and rural America. Our dairy team brings world-class expertise and tailored solutions to support dairy producers’ financial goals and lending needs.
For more information, contact the Compeer Dairy Industry Experts .
94 | 3 Things the Top 10% of Dairy Producers Do
In this episode of the UpLevel Dairy Podcast, host Peggy Coffeen welcomes back guest Leland Kootstra, an accountant well-versed in the dairy farming business sector and founding partner of Frazer, LLP. The dialogue offers a trove of wisdom for generational dairy farmers, focusing on the skills needed to take over the helm and steer their family businesses to new horizons.
Leland emphasizes the importance of meticulousness in business operations, where an in-depth understanding of costs, schedules, and right-sizing is crucial for superior management. He also brings to light the significance of integrating robust risk management strategies to hedge against uncontrollable market volatility.
The three things that Leland sees the top 10% of dairy farmers doing are:
- Being extremely knowledgeable on the details of the business
- Having an action plan around risk management
- Being cognizant of what it takes to be a reputable business
This episode is brought to you by HighGround Dairy
HighGround Dairy provides global dairy market intelligence, insurance services, futures & options brokerage, and advisory programs to a diverse range of dairy market participants throughout the supply chain. Learn more about them below or at https://www.highgrounddairy.com/.
93 | How to Pass On a Multi-million Dollar Dairy Farming Business: 3 Critical Questions for Succession Success with Leland Kootstra
In this episode of the UpLevel Dairy podcast, host Peggy Coffeen interviews Leland Kootstra, an accountant with Frazer, LLP, about the importance of succession planning in multi-generational dairy businesses. Kootstra shares three critical questions he asks both the senior and incoming generations to help them define their goals, timelines, and long-term outlook. He emphasizes the need for open and ongoing communication to ensure a smooth transition and alignment of expectations. This episode provides valuable insights for dairy farm owners and managers looking to pass on their businesses successfully.
Hear more in this episode about:
The importance of early and ongoing dialogue between generations to ensure successful transitioning of the family dairy businesses.
Three critical questions posed to the senior generation to help them identify their vision of success, ideal transition timelines, and their willingness to re-invest in their current business if given a chance to start over.
Corresponding in-depth questions directed at the incoming generation aimed at understanding their definition of success, skillset gaps, and their long-term perspective on the regional dairy industry.
The emotional and familial sensitivity surrounding transition planning and the role of an advisor in facilitating healthy conversations.
Insights on the dynamic industry, changing expectations, and how generational goals can inform and sometimes transform the succession planning process.
This episode is brought to you by HighGround Dairy
HighGround Dairy provides global dairy market intelligence, insurance services, futures & options brokerage, and advisory programs to a diverse range of dairy market participants throughout the supply chain. Learn more about them below or at https://www.highgrounddairy.com/.
92 | Pursuing Greatness with Hans Nederend - Part 2: Perseverance and Living on Purpose
Hans Nederend isn’t only committed to producing high-quality milk on his dairies. He’s also committed to living a high-quality life. Whether it’s leading his family or leading his team, hear how Hans keeps his faith at the center of his roles as both a dad and a dairyman.
In his responses to the “Uplevel 5,” Hans talks about:
The book that changed his life and his leadership
The Calvin Coolidge quote on his business card
Honoring God by living out your purpose
Hear more from Hans in Part 1: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/upleveldairy/episodes/92--Pursuing-Greatness-with-Hans-Nederend---Part-1-Secrets-to-World-class-Milk-Quality-e2gl916
92 | Pursuing Greatness with Hans Nederend - Part 1: Secrets to World-class Milk Quality
What does it take to maintain milk quality at a level of less than 75,000 SCC on 9,000 cows for 15 consecutive years?
You might be surprised.
We are catching up with Hans Nederend III from Nederend Dairies in Marsing, Idaho, who shared his secrets to milk quality success at the 2024 National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting.
A past National Dairy Quality Award winner, Hans talks about:
✅ Consistency, persistency and his daily tracking spread sheet
✅ His performance-based pay system
✅ How he motivates his team of milking professionals
👀 Spoiler alert: He doesn’t talk about any magical technology, tube or treatment.
This episode is sponsored by Uplevel Dairy Podcast Founding Partner Adisseo, a global leader in nutritional solutions and premier provider of rumen-protected methionine for dairy producers who want to optimize milk production, capture more value from components and maintain the health of their high-performing herds.
91 | WonderCow: A California Dairy Family’s Faith-filled Journey to Create a Superfood Supplement
In this episode, Peggy sits down with a seventh-generation dairy family, Rob and Erica Diepersloot, from Madera, California, as they share their story of co-founding bovine colostrum company, WonderCow, including:
The heartbreak they experienced as parents of a daughter with chronic ear infections, and how that led them to look in their own backyard to create a dairy-derived solution.
How inconsistency and mislabeling in the market place led Rob and Erica to create their own trusted and transparent brand, from their own cows and other dairies that share their values
Navigating the challenges of Amazon and the supply chain
And the faith-filled journey of building the WonderCow brand.
Find WonderCow: https://wondercow.com/
Follow WonderCow:
@wondercow on Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok
90 | Young Leader Madison Busse, United Dairies, Alexandria, Minnesota
She manages 15 employees, 1,200 baby calves and 700 maternity cows … and she’s just 24 years old.
Our Uplevel Dairy Young Leader today is Madison Busse, Calf and Maternity Manager for Minnesota-based United Dairies.
The Ohio native didn’t grow up on a dairy but learned to love it, and while her path was originally to become a large animal veterinarian, an internship with a calf raiser prompted a change of heart and change of direction that led her to Alexandria, Minnesota, to a position where she can’t wait to get out of bed every day … the perfect combination of being hands-on with calves and cows, working with people and being part of a culture that supports her in being successful as a young manager at United Dairies.
Find out how she is forging her path in a field that some people actually discouraged her from pursuing and why she loves giving baby calves and cows a chance to thrive, with Madison Busse.
The Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Podcast is the special podcast series for producers and professionals in the first 5 years of their dairy careers. Find it on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, as well as its own platform, Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.
Join the Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/792440762650346/
89 | Record-Low Heifer Inventories, Record-High Credit Card Debt and New Crop Projections: HighGround Dairy February Monthly Market Update
Today’s big question: With heifer inventories at historic lows and global milk production trending lower in 2024, we seem to be poised for better milk prices compared to 2023, so what's your action plan to capitalize on this opportunity?
If this question has you thinking, you’ve come to the right place, because Curtis Bosma is joining us for the HighGround Dairy Monthly Market Update.
In this episode, hear more about:
The supply update for heifer inventory & global milk production
The demand update for milk spot basis, credit card debt & milk fat
New crop balance sheets for corn and soybeans
This episode is brought to you by HighGround Dairy
HighGround Dairy provides global dairy market intelligence, insurance services, futures & options brokerage, and advisory programs to a diverse range of dairy market participants throughout the supply chain.
Curtis Bosma is vice president of producer services for HighGround Dairy. You can download your own producer market update here: https://www.highgrounddairy.com/comprehensive-gdt-auction-analysis-20-february-2024/
88 | 3 Steps to Set Up Middle Managers for Success + the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association Annual Meeting with Clint Al-Ag
On this episode, Peggy sits down with Clint Al-Ag, president of the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) Board of Directors, and manager with Blue Sky Farms.
Clint gives a sneak-peak of what to expect at the upcoming DCHA Conference, as well as how the organization has helped him develop leadership skills as he has transitioned from heifer yard manager to now overseeing 150 employees across three sites in the Texas panhandle.
Clint covers three key steps he has taken to set up middle managers for success, including:
How he assesses not just core competencies but alignment with core values and desire to be a leader
Reinforcing the chain of command
Ongoing support for new managers
Join Clint and other producers and industry professionals who specialize in raising dairy calves, heifers and cross calves at the 2024 DCHA Annual Meeting.
2024 DCHA Annual Meeting
- April 9-11, 2024 | Westminster Colorado
- To register, sponsor, or exhibit in the trade show: https://calfandheifer.org/2024-annual-meeting-agenda-2/
Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA)
87 | Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders featuring Emily Shaw Schaapman, Dairy Girl Fitness
And our featured Young Leader today is Emily Shaw Schaapmann, also known as the Dairy Girl Fitness, shares the career journey that led her to starting her own business.
Describing her initial struggles finding her place in the dairy industry and experiencing career frustration, Emily discusses how she channeled her passions for health, fitness, and dairy promotion into establishing Dairy Girl Fitness. Five years later, this business has helped more than 500 women reach their health goals and includes a team of four coaches.
Follow Emily Shaw Schaapman on Social
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNADOKh4JsW_Lp7gGVfyyYQ
Website: https://dairygirlfitness.com/
The Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Podcast is the special podcast series for producers and professionals in the first 5 years of their dairy careers. Find it on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, as well as its own platform, Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.
Join the Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/792440762650346/
86 | Join Us for the Premier Dairy Event of the High Plains: 2024 High Plains Dairy Conference
What's been keeping you up at night? Is your mind turning about how to create alternative revenue streams, monetizing more than milk from your dairy or cash in on carbon? Or are you wishing there was a training available for your middle managers, one day where they could sharpen their communication and leadership skills?
Well, guess what ... you can find it all and more in one place: The High Plains Dairy Conference.
I’ll be emceeing this biennial event, and I’m inviting you to join me in Amarillo, Texas, on March 5 and 6, with a bonus middle manager training on March 7, for one of the most truly producer-driven meetings in the dairy industry.
The driving force behind this meeting is Dr. Robert Hagevoort from New Mexico State University Extension. Robert shared some valuable insights on our last episode on optimizing the ROI of your employees, and he’s back on today to tell us what’s new, what to expect and why dairy producers from beyond the High Plains will find value in the High Plains Dairy Conference!
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High Plains Dairy Conference
- Embassy Suites
- Amarillo, Texas
- Pre-Conference and Conference on March 5-6; Middle Managers Training Workshop on March 7
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View agenda and register for the High Plains Dairy Conference:
https://hpdc.regfox.com/2024-high-plains-dairy-conference
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Contact Dr. Robert Hagevoort
- dairydoc@highplainsdairy.org
- (806) 786-3421
85 | 3 Keys to Maximize Profit and ROI from Your People
Any dairy producer will tell you, a good employee is worth every dollar. But every two weeks, when pay day comes around, do you ever wonder if you are getting the most out of your investment? What if it didn't have to cost you a penny more to maximize the efforts and outcomes of every hour you are paying that employee to be at your dairy?
Our guest today spends a lot of his time improving training, safety and development of the dairy workforce. Dr. Robert Hagevoort, with New Mexico State University Extension, joins us to talk about three things he sees high-performing dairy operations doing to increase employee engagement, retention and performance.
Hear about:
The reason your trainings in Spanish may be failing
How to optimize daily performance
What the best dairies are doing to get the right people in the right seats on the bus
To view agenda and register for the High Plains Dairy Conference:
https://hpdc.regfox.com/2024-high-plains-dairy-conference
Contact Dr. Robert Hagevoort:
- dairydoc@highplainsdairy.org
- (806) 786-3421
84 | Precision Nutrition and Sustainable Dairy Production: A Conversation with Dr. Mike Van Amburgh
Peggy Coffeen sits down to chat with Dr. Mike Van Amburgh, Cornell University, at the Adisseo VIP Dairy Seminar about the benefits of precision dairy cattle nutrition going beyond methionine and lysine.
He introduces the latest version of the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS), their nutrition model that offers the potential to formulate for all 10 essential amino acids.
Find out:
How the model, made user-friendly for dairy nutritionists, aims to increase productivity without as much protein or nitrogen intake
Cost-effectiveness and environmental advantages
The bigger picture of sustainability
This episode is sponsored by Adisseo, global leader in animal nutrition and premium provider of rumen protected methionine for dairy producers who want to capture the power of components and maintain the health of their high-performing herds.
83 | Understanding Dairy Sustainability: Discussion with Dr. Marissa Hake
A big question we ask ourselves as dairy producers and professionals is, how can we effectively communicate with consumers about the food we produce and our built-in sustainability stories?
Who better to tap into this topic than Dr. Marissa Hake. I sat down with Dr. Hake at the Adisseo VIP Dairy Seminar to get her insights. Hear what she has to say about consumer purchasing decisions, dairy versus the alternatives, sustainability and building trust on this UPlevel Dairy Podcast.
In this episode of the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, you will be able to hear Dr. Hake’s insights on:
Consumer trends and concerns
Reframing environmental impact and the sustainability story
Ensuring consumer acceptance of new technologies
This episode is sponsored by Adisseo, global leader in animal nutrition and premium provider of rumen protected methionine for dairy producers who want to capture the power of components and maintain the health of their high-performing herds. Learn more about Adisseo here: https://www.adisseo.com/en/
82 | The Revolution of Dairy Cattle Nutrition: Amino Acids with Dr. Chuck Schwab
Peggy sits down with Dr. Chuck Schwab, a distinguished Professor Emeritus from New Hampshire University, at the Adisseo VIP Dairy Seminar, where he recapped highlights of his career and research on the important role of amino acids in dairy cattle nutrition.
Find out:
Why Schwab so fervently pursued amino acid research
The impacts on the way dairy cattle rations are formulated today
And why he believes his work is not yet done.
This episode is sponsored by Adisseo, global leader in animal nutrition and premium provider of rumen protected methionine for dairy producers who want to capture the power of components and maintain the health of their high-performing herds.
81 | How to Turn Your Passion for Dairy Promotions into a Professional Career
If you are passionate about sharing dairy’s story with consumers and want to know how to turn that into a career, keep listening to hear how Allison Ryan has done just that.
As the marketing and communications director for MVP Dairy and McCarty Family Farms, she has brought the vision to life for an on-farm dairy learning center in Salina, Ohio, and will soon be cutting the ribbon on a second, interactive learning center near Rexford, Kansas.
And she’s joining us today to talk about the opportunities for young professionals who want to make their passion their career, right here on the UPlevel Dairy Young Leaders Podcast.
The Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Podcast is the special podcast series for producers and professionals in the first 5 years of their dairy careers. Find it on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, as well as its own platform, Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.
Join the Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/792440762650346/
Learn more about career opportunities and internships with McCarty Family Farms and MVP Dairy:
Contact Allison Ryan: aryan@mvpdairyllc.com
Visit: https://www.mccartyfamilyfarms.com/nowhiring
Follow McCarty Family Farms
- https://www.facebook.com/McCartyFamilyFarms/
- https://www.instagram.com/mccartyfamilyfarms/
- https://www.tiktok.com/@mccartyfamilyfarms
Follow MVP Dairy
- https://www.facebook.com/mvpdairy/
- https://www.instagram.com/mvpdairy/
- https://www.tiktok.com/@mvpdairy
80 | Dairy Farming with a $15 Breakeven
Is a $15 breakeven possible for a dairy farming business in 2024, given increases in input costs and inflation, and the current milk market conditions?
If anyone would tell you “yes,” it would be Pauly Paul with Complete Management Consulting. Pauly has helped hundreds of farms reduce their expenses and increase their income, so that they can be profitable and sustainable businesses.
I’ve asked Pauly, if he was running his own dairy farm, how would he do it?
Find out on this episode:
- Which expenses he would cut first, and the ones he wouldn’t touch
- His time-saving approach to meetings and effective employee managemen
- Where he often sees dairies losing their focus and losing money
- And how he would get his break-even point to $15 per cwt.
This Episode is Sponsored by Complete Management Consulting
Contact Pauly Paul
Pauly@completemanagementconsulting.com
920-418-3135
79 | HighGround Dairy January Monthly Market Update
Today’s big question: What if you knew, with 100% certainty, that the milk price would plummet $5 per hundred weight in the next few months … what would you do?
If this question has you thinking, you’ve come to the right place, because Curtis Bosma is joining us for the HighGround Dairy Monthly Market Update.
Find out:
Price Action Update
The Big 3 factors are influencing your milk check right now
Strategic actions you can take to protect your business
Curtis Bosma is vice president of producer services for HighGround Dairy. You can download your own producer market update here: https://marketing.highgrounddairy.com/producer-market-update-january-2024
This episode is brought to you by HighGround Dairy
HighGround Dairy provides global dairy market intelligence, insurance services, futures & options brokerage, and advisory programs to a diverse range of dairy market participants throughout the supply chain.
Please note: Information shared in this podcast is for educational purposes and is not a solicitation to buy or sell commodities. Opinions expressed are current opinions as of Jan. 17, 2024, 12:30 p.m., and only represent the views of the speaker and not those of HighGround Trading, unless otherwise expressly noted.
78 | Meet Our Monthly Dairy Markets Insider: Curtis Bosma, HighGround Dairy
We’ve got an exciting new addition to the Uplevel Dairy Podcast … a monthly market update to empower you to make informed decisions for your dairy farming business, brought to you by HighGround Dairy.
On this episode, we sit down to get to know Curtis Bosma, vice president of producer services for HighGround Dairy, to learn more about his mission to take the stress out of understanding markets and provide you with the tools to protect your dairy business’s profitability.
Find out:
How Curtis got mud on his boots growing up on dairies in California and the Midwest
Cutting his teeth in trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)
His drive, strategy and outlooks, personally and professionally
You can look forward to Curtis’s January update on our next episode, including market movements, commodity inventories and the big three factors influencing your next milk check.
This episode is brought to you by: HighGround Dairy provides global dairy market intelligence, insurance services, futures & options brokerage, and advisory programs to a diverse range of dairy market participants throughout the supply chain.
Learn more at https://highgrounddairy.com/ or email them at info@highgrounddairy.com
77 | Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders featuring Alex Gambonini, HighGround Dairy
And our featured Young Leader today is as dedicated to dairy as they come, Alex Gambonini. Raised on an organic California dairy farm, Alex not only grew up showing cattle and competing in dairy quiz bowl, but she also loved digging into numbers and economics. Today, her passions combined, she is the senior manager of advisory services for HighGround Dairy.
Hear how Alex:
Dives into the complexities of dairy economics and milk pricing
Her very powerful and personal “why” for helping dairy farmers understand milk markets and manage risk
And how she uses both in-person and online networking to connect with other professionals
Enjoy this conversation with our UD Young Leader, Alex Gambonini.
The Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Podcast is the special podcast series for producers and professionals in the first 5 years of their dairy careers. Find it on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, as well as its own platform, Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.
Join the Uplevel Dairy Young Leaders Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/792440762650346/
76 | Multi-Site Dairy Management: Purchase, lease or let it pass by? with Curtis Gerrits, Compeer Financial
Before you take on that second dairy site, there are four key areas to consider that can make or break the long-term viability and profitability of this decision.
Curtis Gerrits, Senior Dairy Lending Specialist from Compeer Financial, is having these conversations on the regular, and he is going to walk us through these four critical areas and leave you with greater insights for your own decision-making on whether to purchase, lease, or pass up an opportunity to take on a satellite dairy site.
This Episode is Sponsored by Compeer Financial
Compeer Financial is a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative serving and supporting agriculture and rural America. Our dairy team brings world-class expertise and tailored solutions to support dairy producers’ financial goals and lending needs.
For more information, contact the Compeer Dairy Industry Experts .
Disclosure: Curtis Gerrits and his family hold a partial ownership stake in Breeze Dairy Group. Compeer Financial is an equal opportunity employer and provide, and an equal credit opportunity lender.
75 | Conversando con Líderes Lecheros (Conversations with Dairy Leaders) - Juan Quezada, Milk Source, y Elsie Gonzalez Leach, Motiva Dairy Consulting
La presentadora invitada Elsie González Leach de Motiva Dairy Consulting se sienta con Juan Quezada de Milk Source para hablar sobre su trayectoria profesional, desde sus inicios como ordeñador hasta 25 años después, liderando a 650 personas como director de capacitación y desarrollo de la operación láctea. Descubra cómo comparte sus conocimientos para ayudar a otros a alcanzar su propio éxito y creer en lo que es posible para usted.
Suscríbase a Motiva Dairy Consulting en YouTube para ver esta entrevista y más recursos en español sobre capacitación y desarrollo de liderazgo en el sector lechero:
Guest host Elsie Gonzalez Leach from Motiva Dairy Consulting sits down with Juan Quezada from Milk Source to talk about his career journey, from starting as a milker to 25 years later, leading 650 people as director of training and development for the dairy operation. Find out how he shares his knowledge to help others achieve their own success and believe in what is possible for you.
Subscribe to Motiva Dairy Consulting on YouTube for this interview and more Spanish resources on dairy leadership training and development:
74 | 5 Principles of Leadership with Juan Quezada, Director of Training and Development, Milk Source LLC
We have some exciting things coming your way on the next episode of the Uplevel Dairy Podcast … an episode in Spanish is coming soon!
But first, on today’s episode, Peggy sits down with Juan Quezada, director of training and development at Milk Source, to uncover his 5 principles of leadership.
Then, on our next episode, you will get to hear the in-depth interview in Spanish, with Juan and Elsie Gonzalez Leach, from Motiva Dairy Consulting.
You will want to hit “subscribe” on Elsie’s new Motiva Dairy Consulting channel on YouTube, where you will find free resources in Spanish for dairy training and leadership development and more high-impact “Conversations with Dairy Leaders” to come!
Subscribe to Motiva Dairy Consulting on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@MotivaDairyConsulting
This episode is sponsored by Uplevel Dairy Podcast Founding Partner Adisseo, a global leader in nutritional solutions and premier provider of rumen-protected methionine for dairy producers who want to optimize milk production, capture more value from components and maintain the health of their high-performing herds. Learn more here: https://www.adisseo.com/en/
73 | The Power of One Word featuring Katie DiGangi, Zoetis/Darlington Ridge Farms
Welcome back, friends, for more in this special series we are dropping each day this week on Uplevel Dairy - catching up with our guests from last year who shared their "one word" for 2023 12 months ago. In this last episode in this series, you get to hear from Katie DiGangi about her word “presence” and what that meant for her family and relationships, and I share about my word “truth” and the unexpected shifts it provoked. And find out what Katie and have chosen for our “one word” for 2024!
Interested in what other dairy professionals chose as their 2024 word? Check out the rest of this mini-series below!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/407zMXKFIMlYkmPV7YAh2V?si=gAOAGoPvRQykXxjN-rUNPw- Eliza Ruzic with Zinpro: https://open.spotify.com/episode/58yvjNXptKTm5yjgZYQza9?si=R4eQ0JLcRrqV2-M0FUMo1w
- Jared Yousey with Sunnyside Farms: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Byhq1p6h2yrTJ0nMsVKI0?si=tS0b9s3uRLu3REbBLzeIqg
- Travis Speirs with Shiloh Dairy: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cENTqPtPJaEIyKKwWGWYa?si=17iL4quBRQSmxoyOJBS0Kw
- Jessica Pralle Trimner from Miltrim Farms: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5wus0sznNiGNTqH3f3Ffkz?si=gleU5iQ_RNyQg_wlYuqbrg
72 | The Power of One Word featuring Tera Baker, Nedap
Welcome back, friends, for more in this special series we are dropping each day this week on Uplevel Dairy - catching up with our guests from last year who shared their "one word" for 2023 12 months ago, and finding out who stuck to their word, who has been transformed by it and who can’t wait to dig into their new word for 2024!
And if you recall our conversation with Tera Baker from Nedap one year ago, you may recall that she was in the mode to “build” in 2023. As a young farmer along side her husband, they were investing in building their own farming enterprise, building their family with the addition of their first child and building out solutions for dairy farmers through Nedap. How did it go? Let’s find out!
71 | The Power of One Word featuring Jared Yousey, Sunnyside Farms
We are kicking off 2024 with a series each day this week, revisiting our guests from last year who shared their "one word" for 2023. We are finding out who stuck to their word, who has been transformed by it and who can’t wait to dig into their new word for 2024.
I'm joined today by Jared Yousey from Sunnyside Farms in Scipio Center, New York. Let’s hear what Jared has picked for his word for 2024, and take some time to reflect on the two powerful words he combined last year, gratitude and opportunity or “grati-tunity,” and how he truly lived by and led by those words as a dairy manager, a softball coach and with the most important people in his life.
70 | The Power of One Word featuring Jessica Pralle Trimner, Miltrim Farms
Here on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, we are continuing to kick off 2024 with a series each day this week, revisiting our guests from last year who shared their "one word" for 2023.
And we are joined today by Jessica Pralle Trimner in Athens, Wis. What strides has Miltrim Farms taken to move “forward” in the past year? Find out the high-impact actions that have lead to some successes worth celebrating.
The Power of One Word featuring Eliza Ruzic, Zinpro
Here on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, we are kicking off 2024 with a series each day this week, revisiting our guests from last year who shared their "one word" for 2023. Get ready to get into the minds and the hearts of these dairy leaders whom I also call friends, to hear how their one word transformed 2023, and the word they have chosen to live by in 2024!
And our guest today pushed her mindset to new levels - with big changes in her worklife, personal life and community service. How did Eliza Ruzic from Zinpro persevere through 2023? Let’s find out!
68 | The Power of One Word Featuring Travis Speirs, Shiloh Dairy
Here on the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, we are kicking off 2024 with a series each day this week, revisiting our guests from last year who shared their "one word" for 2023. Get ready to get into the minds and the hearts of these dairy leaders whom I also call friends, to hear how their one word transformed 2023, and the word they have chosen to live by in 2024!
And speaking of top performers, I'm joined today by Travis Speirs from Shiloh Dairy in Brillion, Wis. Hear his reflection from the past year and what's in store for this dairy producer in 2024.
Hear more from Travis on Creating a Winning Culture on Ep. 44:
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/upleveldairy/episodes/44---4-High-Impact-Actions-to-Create-a-Winning-Farm-Culture---Travis-Speirs-e29q3oo/a-aadclqr