From Dairy Barn to Olympic Gold, Plus Conversations on Spanish Language Skills, Top Cow Performers and Planting Delays

Communication, adversity and pride are heard on today's episode. Stories include a Minnesota dairy herd with cows that more than earned their keep, the importance of shared language skills on dairy farms, an Olympic gold medalist with dairy roots and this issue's Dairy Star "Day in the Life" feature with a Minnesota dairy farming family. First, we head to Minnesota and hear from Scott Herber of Shady Crest Holsteins. Several cows from the farm are included on the 2025 Minnesota Dairy Herd Improvement Association lifetime production list. In fact, the Herbers have 12 of the top 200 cows on that list, including six in the top 20. He discusses more about this honor. Then, we hear from Katie Dotterer, who saw a need for better communication between English speakers and Spanish speakers on dairy farms. Through online instruction, Dotterer teaches Spanish specifically applicable to agriculture and dairy. We also hear form Olympic gold medalist wrestler Rulon Gardner. Gardner's resilience and grit, gained during childhood, helped to shape one of the most unlikely victories in sports history. He grew up on a third-generation dairy farm in Star Valley, Wyoming, the youngest of nine children. Our final conversation today is with Bruce and Dylan Hinnekamp. We take a look at a day in their lives, including planting delays and their optimism in overcoming a challenging day. New episodes are released every Monday after the newspaper is published, sharing the many conversations from the dairy community! Send story ideas and your comments to [email protected]. We'd like to thank today's sponsor, DRMS. Visit their website at http://drms.org/HerdHQ/What-Is-HerdHQ. Subscribe to the podcast for reminders of episodes — next episode will be released on May 25 — about the dairy community and leave a review! We look forward to bringing you this brand new way to consume Dairy Star. This is Dairy Delivery. All dairy, all the time.