From Farm Transition to Milking Goats, Dairying in Washington State to Limburger Cheese Traditions

On today's episode, Cody Clements talks about taking over the family farm and the opportunity to see his and his wife's name added to the Westby Co-op Creamery sign now hanging at Clements Custom Ag LLC. While Cody and his father, Alan, had talked about transitioning ownership for years, a cancer diagnosis expedited the process. Then, we hear from Randy Adamson, who grew up milking cows and hoped to take over his family's farm one day. However, tough financial times of the 1980s prevented this. In 2009, the opportunity arose to buy the neighbors herd of 150 milking goats. Randy left behind a career in construction to return to farming, finding success in both the show ring and the bulk tank. We also feature this issue's Dairy Across America feature with Washington dairy farmer Troy Wallin. Farming in the shadows of Mount Rainer, Wallin is preparing to sell his conventional dairy herd. Wallin signed with Organic Valley to switch to organic dairy farming this spring with a herd of heifers that he has been transitioning. Today's final conversation hears the history of limburger cheese with Mike Hlubek, general manager of Chalet Cheese Cooperative, and how, for the third year in a row, an 80-pound replica of Limburger cheese descended amidst cheers during a countdown to ring in the new year. New episodes are released every Monday after the Dairy Star newspaper is published, sharing the many conversations from the dairy community! Send story ideas and your comments to [email protected]. Subscribe to the podcast for reminders of episodes - next episode will be released January 26 - 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. This episode is sponsored by DRMS (DRMS.org/HerdHQ/What-is-HerdHQ)