Episodes
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Fingers point when nitrate levels exceed acceptable limits in drinking water supplies. Often times they point at the "dairy down the road," when in fact, science can tell a far different story. Today's guests on The Dairy Show, Dr. Fatemeh Vakili and Dr. Mike Sklash have made it their life's work to understand nitrate and how it interacts in our environment. Through their research, it is possible not only to identify the origin of nitrate in water (plant, animal or chemical), but also determine the age of the nitrate in the water. This information combined with other data points has often times helped resolve permitting issues and prevented litigation from being pursued. Learn more about Legacy Nitrate on this episode of The Dairy Show.
This episode is sponsored by Dragun Corporation Environmental Advisors. https://www.dragun.com/
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Expo 2023 Recap from Our Media Interns’ Perspectives
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
When the global dairy industry meets in Madison, Wisconsin each fall, there are many stories to tell. More than 200 journalists travel to World Dairy Expo to report on the research and technology that is shared there. They cover the recognitions bestowed upon the dairy cattle exhibited and the individuals honored for their skills and contributions to the industry. Serving as hostesses in this busy Media Room and managing and reporting the official results of the show is the World Dairy Expo communications team. Today on the Dairy Show we introduce you to the four young women who served as World Dairy Expo's 2023 Media Interns.
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
World Dairy Expo Changes for 2023 - Learn the ”whys” with Laura Herschleb
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
World Dairy Expo will begin on Saturday, September 30. There are many changes at this year's show. Laura Herschleb, World Dairy Expo's General Manager, visits with us on today's episode to explain why change is good for this 56 year old show and shares why you should plan to attend!
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
The Quest for Genetic Improvement - Jonathan Lamb
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
The Quest for Genetic Improvement
Top shelf genetics put Oakfield Corners Dairy on the map. A robust ET and IVF program yields 7,500 to 8,000 embryos each year. Jonathan Lamb, joins us on The Dairy Show to discuss how genomics, index formulas and phenotypic data factor into matings that win in the showring and have worldwide appeal.
In addition to managing more than 10,000 Holsteins in four facilities (three in New York and one in Ohio), Jonathan currently serves as President of Holstein Association USA and offers a producer's perspective on the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding Board of Directors, where he represents the Purebred Dairy Cattle Association.
This episode sponsored by the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
A Judging Dynasty in the Making
Winning dairy cattle judges not only accurately place the animals in a class, they also successfully “sell” those placings when they give oral reasons. Judging Coach Carrie Edsall, a born marketer, shares the valuable skills she has learned and in turn shares with her SUNY Cobleskill students and dairy judging team members on this episode of the Dairy Show. The SUNY Cobleskill teams have taken her lessons to heart, winning the Post Secondary Contest at World Dairy Expo four out of the last five years. Edsall and her family manage Black Willow Pond Farm. In addition to marketing their pasture-raised meats, both at farmer’s markets and mail-order, they exhibit dairy cattle and are engaged in “solar grazing.”
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Annette Ostrom Memorial Supreme Showmanship Awards
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Tuesday Aug 08, 2023
Annette Ostrom had an affinity for showing dairy cattle and a love for youth in the dairy business. While she lost her battle with cancer shortly after World Dairy Expo last year, those two aspects of her life will be fondly remembered through a memorial award sponsorship. Jim Ostrom, Annette's husband, joins us on this episode of The Dairy Show to share Annette's lasting legacies and to announce the changes participants can expect to the World Dairy Expo Youth Showmanship Contest.
A tribute to Annette and the World Dairy Expo Youth Showmanship Contest rules and entry information can be found at https://worlddairyexpo.com/pages/Youth-Fitting-&-Showmanship.php
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Celebrating Expo’s Founding Fathers - Meet Howard Voegeli
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
From running out of gas on a first date to a firearms mishap in Cuba, Howard Voegeli didn't let obstacles stand in his way. Learn how this Expo Founding Father's creative approach to life and problem solving served him throughout his time here on earth. The same "let's get this done and have fun doing it" attitude that made Voegeli's Brown Swiss Farms of Monticello, Wisconsin successful over seven generations also laid a solid foundation for World Dairy Expo. Howard Voegeli's Dynasty in Dairy story is told by his sons, Bryan and Jimmy Voegeli.
If you've enjoyed this four-part series, featuring stories about Expo's Founding Fathers: Howard Voegeli, Norman E. Magnussen, Gene Nelson and Allen Hetts, consider ordering a copy of "We Need a Show," a full-color, 202-page, hard-cover book, celebrating World Dairy Expo's first 50 years, available at https://hoards.com/article-16862-we-need-a-show-(wnas).html
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Expo’s Founding Fathers - Remembering Allen Hetts
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Remembering Expo's Founding Fathers
At 18 years of age, Allen Hetts took over the reins at Crescent Beauty Farm when his father passed away at the age of 42. Described by his sons, Roy and Rodney, as a driver, Allen built upon the foundation his father and grandfather laid with the Registered Holstein herd in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, becoming a highly respected breeder, judge and ambassador of the dairy industry on an international scale. This episode of The Dairy Show explores the history of Crescent Beauty and the network of friendships and partnerships that resulted in Allen Hetts laying the groundwork for World Dairy Expo. Roy and Rodney Hetts share stories about their father, mother Doris, Gene Acres Felicia May Fury and how the torch was passed in the Hetts family from one generation to the next.
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Expo’s Founding Fathers - Norman E. Magnussen
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Tuesday Jun 27, 2023
Expo’s Founding Fathers: Part 2
Norman C. Magnussen, the youngest child of Norman E. Magnussen, recounts his father’s start in the dairy business and the personal dynasty he built, from serving as a herdsman of well-known herds in the eastern United States before starting his own herd with his wife Marion and brother Victor, and developing the renown Norvic Brown Swiss herd. In addition to also being a respected international judge of dairy cattle, Magnussen Sr. was also a noted sales manager. As owner of Brown Swiss Sales Service, he managed sales in 39 states and in Canada during his 30-year sales career, including the World Premier Brown Swiss Sale at World Dairy Expo, managed to this day by his son. Learn more about this founding father: a master breeder, super salesman, inspirational leader and eminent judge of all breeds on today’s episode of the Dairy Show.
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Meet Randy Kortus, 2023 Dairy Producer of the Year
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
Tuesday Jun 13, 2023
World Dairy Expo's 2023 Dairy Producer of the Year, Randy Kortus, from Lynden, Washington, takes type, production and longevity to a whole new level. With 20 cows over 300,000 lbs. and two over 400,000 lbs. lifetime production, he has achieved success not only with the Holstein herd he started out with, but across multiple breeds. Learn more about how Mainstream Holsteins, Jerseys and Ayrshires have topped the charts and gained world-wide notoriety across all three breeds.