Silo Scare, New Beginnings Following a 2023 Fire, Evolving Robotic Journey and an Expo Honeymoon

From nearly tragedy to triumph, today's episode highlights the many stories from dairy farmers this fall. Earlier this September, Josh Kelm and his family were in a silo room on their 250-cow dairy near Faribault cleaning up when they heard two popping noises that sounded like gunshots. It was the silo falling. Instantly, they began fleeing out of the silo room, around the corner, past two other silos towards safety. Another conversation is with a family in Wisconsin. Over two years ago, the Loehr family had a fire destroy all their barns except the calf barn. In September, the farm opened their doors to the community after installing robots and recently welcoming the milking herd to the farm once again. Next, a story about a farm's journey on robots. Since switching to robotic milking units three years ago, the Tews family has seen their milk production rise by over 15 pounds per cow per day and their butterfat stay above 4% for two years running for the first time ever. The last story in today's episode includes how one couple had their honeymoon at World Dairy Expo 35 years ago and return every year for the annual event. Brad and Marie Fober had their perfect honeymoon not on a tropical beach, but at a dairy show in Madison, Wisconsin. It was not an uncommon trip for two people with a background in the dairy industry, but a little rare when one of them did not come from a dairy farm. This week features a three-part bonus series on the Dairy Delivery by the Dairy Star. Tune in for the World Dairy Expo Special Edition episode tomorrow, Tuesday, Friday and Monday for more conversations with farmers and people involved in the dairy industry. New episodes are released Mondays after the newspaper is published. Send story ideas and your comments to [email protected]. Subscripe to the podcast for reminders of episodes about the dairy community and leave a review! We look forward to bringing you a brand new way to consume the Dairy Star. This is Dairy Delivery. All dairy, all the time. This episode is sponsored by Lely Center in Monroe, Wisconsin. Stay connected with Dairy Star - dairystar.com - Get the Milk Break Newsletter: www.dairystar.com/milk-break-newsletter-signup/ - Follow us on Facebook: www. facebook.com/DairyStar - Follow us on X: xxx.x.com/dairystar_ - Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/dairy_star_newspaper/ - Follow us on LinkedIn: www. linkedin/com/company/dairy-star TIME STAMPS Silo Scare - 6:02-11:02 New beginnings following a 2023 fire - 12:04-17:27 Evolving robotic journey - 18:31-22:37 An Expo honeymoon - 23:16-28:13