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Progressive Dairy Podcast — 318 episodes
Changing the Rules of Pre-Fresh Dairy Cows (Sponsored Podcast)
Performance By Design: Science-driven solutions for today’s calf raisers (Sponsored Podcast)
What it takes to raise great heifers and build a winning team culture with Jason Shamburg and Nic Schoenberger
Dairy cow nutrition strategies in the era of supply chain disruptions (Sponsored Podcast)
Creating pregnancies in the heat with Ben Dickman
Integrated Fly Control: Practical Solutions for Producers (Sponsored Podcast)
How a Dairy Producer Uses Herd Data to Make Daily Decisions (Sponsored Podcast)
Introducing the 2026 Nexus Innovation Award winners
Silage: What we do matters (Sponsored Podcast)
Digesters, genetics and why they started up the dairy again with George Dick from Dicklands Farm and Dicklands Biogas
Recent Research from Simplot Animal Sciences and Texas Tech University Helps to Maximize Beef-on-Dairy Calf Value (Sponsored Podcast)
Feeding colostrum with Michael Steele
Protecting your dairy amid rising insurance costs (Sponsored Podcast)
Optimizing energy and productivity during busy seasons with Leslie Bonci
Controlling What You Can: Feed, Forage and Efficiency in a Tough Milk Market (Sponsored Podcast)
Ryan Dennis: Dairy dads, disappearing farms and the story he didn't tell
Farm Safety Essentials: Safety training and audits with Joe Buschor from Agri-Services Agency (Sponsored Podcast)
Whole Milk’s Comeback: What Checkoff-Led Science Reveals (Sponsored Podcast)
Using herd management software with producer Steve Harnish
Advancing Fresh Cow Monitoring to Improve Transition Cow Outcomes (Sponsored Podcast)
The Missing Piece in Transition Cow Nutrition (Sponsored Podcast)
The marathon of genetics with John Cole
Building Safer Farms: A Conversation with Ashley Nadeau from Agri‑Services Agency (Sponsored Podcast)
Nick Vande Weerd: Pleasant Dutch Dairy
Anton Borst: Halarda Farms
Amino Acids, Reproduction and Beef Calves: Feeding for Two Revenue Streams (Sponsored Podcast)
Paul Windemuller: Solar energy, artificial intelligence and managing data
Building the Connection Between Quality Milk and Forage Analysis (Sponsored Podcast)
Best of 2025
The Dairy Difference: Advocating for Better School Meals With Smart Swaps (Sponsored Podcast)
Inside the Milking Point: Expert Insights on Liner Selection, Mastitis Prevention and Optimal Milking Performance (Sponsored Podcast)
Jim Van Patter: Decades of experience dairying around the world
The Modern Dairy Cow: Rapid Genetic Change and Its Impact on Amino Acid Nutrition (Sponsored Podcast)
Targeted Reproductive Management – Explained (Sponsored Podcast)
Community outreach, ice cream production and selling directly to consumers with Lolly Lesher
Making Health Insurance Simple: What You Need to Know to Choose the Right Coverage with Confidence (Sponsored Podcast)
Dave Saunders: Getting ready for the global financial reset
Large Farm Roundtable with Lely (Sponsored Podcast)
Dairy farm profitability with Brad Guse
Whole Milk’s Comeback: What Checkoff-Led Science Reveals (Sponsored Podcast)
Beef-on-Dairy: Current Market Trends and Insights (Sponsored Podcast)
Maureen Lemos: Connecting with consumers through farm tours, children’s books and a milk drive
Take control of your dairy’s biggest expense – Char Handschke and Melissa Freitas, VAS (Sponsored Podcast)
Carbon Footprint Neutralizer (Sponsored Podcast)
Stress management and setting rural youth up for success with Michele Payn
Dairy feed additives: How to hit precise targets in gut health (Sponsored Podcast)
Management and Nutrition Interventions to Improve Uterine Involution (Sponsored Podcast)
Gail Carpenter: You can’t outfeed bad management
Instant Milk Cooling with PROChiller Systems (Sponsored Podcast)
The Future of Milk: Innovation and Consumer Trends Reshaping Consumption (Sponsored Podcast)
Robotic milking with dairyman Jacob Twohey
Bonus episode: What is the Real Producer Exchange?
Understanding Probiotics and Their Role in Dairy Production (Sponsored Podcast)
From pest breaker to milk maker: The power of alfalfa (Sponsored Podcast)
Beef-on-dairy research with Tara Felix
DEKALB® Corn: What Does it Mean to be Silage Proven? (Sponsored Podcast)
Pathogens, Probiotics, and Prevention: A Data-Driven Approach to Dairy Health (Sponsored Podcast)
One Big Beautiful Bill and what it means for dairy with Danny Munch
Turning Cow Movement into Management Power with Nedap SmartSight (Sponsored Podcast)
Using embryos to rebuild the beef herd and address changing dairy market dynamics (Sponsored Podcast)
Building a strong foundation for farm transition with Elaine Froese
Targeted Reproductive Management – Explained (Sponsored Podcast)
Unlocking innovation in dairy with the power of big data and artificial intelligence (Sponsored Podcast)
How to proactively prepare and protect your workforce amid ICE raids, I-9 audits and other immigration concerns with Brook Duer
Building Better Farm Data Management: A Look at Dairy One and iYOTAH's New Software (Sponsored Podcast)
Managing hoof health in the heat with Lee Erickson
The Pathogen Problem: Protecting the Future of the Farm (Sponsored Podcast)
Decoding Dairy Data: Must-Know Resources for Informed Decision-Making (Sponsored Podcast)
Brad Guse: Financial metrics to watch and building trust with your ag lender
Benchmarking for Fertility: 3 Reproductive KPIs Every Dairy Should Watch (Sponsored Podcast)
More than Repro – Using Dairy Herd Monitoring to Maximize Time and Resources (Sponsored Podcast)
Milk quality and more with Justine Britten
Introducing the 2025 Nexus Innovation Award winners
The Future of Milk: Innovation and Consumer Trends Reshaping Consumption (Sponsored Podcast)
Proactive gut health: The best investment for today and the future – Taylor Wolfe, DBC Ag Products (Sponsored Podcast)
Amanda Freund: Shark Tank, manure management and diversifying revenue streams
The Shift to Feed Efficiency-Based Herd Management: A Profit & Loss Statement on Every Cow (Sponsored Podcast)
The influence of embryo quality on embryo transfer success (Sponsored Podcast)
A new type of AI: How to use artificial intelligence on your dairy with Shari van de Pol
Future-Proofing Your Dairy Farm: How AI and Proactive Planning Offer a More Strategic Approach to Milk Marketing (Sponsored Podcast)
Managing through the marathon of heat stress season (Sponsored Podcast)
Gregg Doud: NMPF, dairy policy and what’s new in Washington D.C.
Calf barn ventilation with Ryan Leiterman
Probiotics and Dairy Cow Health – Ensuring a Stable, Productive Herd (Sponsored Podcast)
Bob Milligan: Effectively transitioning into a supervisor role
How Dairy Is Critical For Kids In The First 1000 Days (Sponsored Podcast)
Employee training with Michelle Schack
Jen Roberts: Mental health challenges for veterinarians and producers and how to optimize your well-being
How dairies are using HerdFlex embryos (Sponsored Podcast)
Colostrum management, winter calf care and benefits of pair housing calves with Bethany Dado-Senn
Best of 2024: Top articles, podcast episodes, dairy news stories of the year
Harvesting Success: The Power of HarvXtra® Alfalfa (Sponsored Podcast)
The importance of strategic trace mineral supplementation on udder health and milk quality (Sponsored Podcast)
Dwayne Faber: Keeping employees motivated and engaged when managing dairies from afar
Dr. Todd Bilby Discusses: Where can Producers Find Extra Points of Preg Rates? (Sponsored Podcast)
Is There A Dairy Renaissance Coming? YES! (Sponsored Podcast)
Investing in a methane digester with Jeremy Moyer
Is Calf Monitoring Technology Worth the Investment? (Sponsored Podcast)
FMMO modernization: USDA’s final decision and the impact it could have on milk prices
You select, Nedap sorts – Steven Pavelski, Nedap (Sponsored Podcast)
Good Gut Health Creates Resilient Calves (Sponsored Podcast)
Hoof care with Jamie Sullivan
Can functional additive impact be measured? (Sponsored Podcast)
Maximizing reproductive efficiency: See how one dairy producer is combining technology and hormones for greater results (Sponsored Podcast)
Wade Robey: Mitigating mycotoxin issues on dairy farms
Beef market outlook what it means for beef on dairy programs (Sponsored Podcast)
Galaxis Frontier: Cow Health and What We Know About Bird Flu (Sponsored Podcast)
Level up your calf care with actionable data – Wayne Worden, VAS and Dr. Mike Nagorske, SCCL (Sponsored Podcast)
Reyncrest Farm with Tyler and Mackenzie Reynolds
Finding Value on the Dairy: Uncovering New Opportunities with a Full-Solution Approach (Sponsored Podcast)
Dr. Geof Smith: Maximizing longevity and calf health
Know Before You Go - World Dairy Expo 2024 (Sponsored Podcast)
A look through the sustainability scope with Sara Place
Why Alfalfa: Flexibility, Quality and ROI without a compromise (Sponsored Podcast)
SenseHub Dairy monitoring: Data-driven insights that maximize productivity and profitability (Sponsored Podcast)
Elevating data management to improve cow health, profitability, efficiency
Milk quality with Justin Graham, BrooksCo Dairy
On-farm biosecurity protocols to help protect your dairy operation (Sponsored Podcast)
Jeffrey Bewley: Opportunities and limitations of artificial intelligence in dairy
Herd Health: Ramp It Up! (Sponsored Podcast)
The case for custom, blended proteins: A look into how amino acid consistency leads to herd efficiency (Sponsored Podcast)
Enhancing your soil and cropping system with alfalfa (Sponsored Podcast)
Lucas Fuess: Dairy markets, economics and what dairy producers should know
EPA/DHA Omega-3 and Reproduction (Sponsored Podcast)
Dreaming big with first-generation Canadian dairy farmer Suz Brouwer
‘Bringing the world to the farm’ with Hayley Painter
Introducing M-Power Dairy by Merck Animal Health (Sponsored Podcast)
Introducing the 2024 Nexus Innovation Award winners
Know everything about every cow – Steven Pavelski, Nedap (Sponsored Podcast)
Robots and rotaries with Torie Little and Stephanie Schroeder
Dr. Mark Kinsel: What dairy producers should know about biosecurity
Udder Buddies: Starting an ice cream business to promote agriculture and help dairy farmers
Reproductive Efficiency – The Economics Have Changed (Sponsored Podcast)
Joe Shockey: Rebuilding West Virginia’s dairy industry
HerdFlex® beef embryos: Partner Perspective (Sponsored Podcast)
The Stress Response Cascade: What It Is and How to Keep It from Negatively Impacting Cow Health and Productivity (Sponsored Podcast)
Greg Bethard: High Plains Ponderosa Dairy
Selko Spotlights Sustainability in the Dairy Sector (Sponsored Podcast)
Dairy Farm Tech poster 2.0
Your Dairy Checkoff Podcast – Farmer Stories and Perspectives on Dairy Promotion (Episode 9) (Sponsored Podcast)
Proactive calf care counts – Paul Nuttelman, DBC Ag Products (Sponsored Podcast)
Columbia Community Creamery: New nonprofit creamery energizes local dairy industry
The fight against downtime with the Michelin X®TWEEL™ for Skid Steer Loaders (Sponsored Podcast)
Beef-on-dairy with Jason Smith
Improving your dairy cow’s rumen genetics with Galaxis Frontier (Sponsored Podcast)
Lorilee Schultz: Industry leadership, dairy advocacy, genetics
Hailey Pipher: @shelikesmilk and advocating for dairy
A successful year starts with your dairy’s data – Taliah Danzinger, VAS (Sponsored Podcast)
The use of beef embryos has more benefits than a higher value calf (Sponsored Podcast)
Jim Mulhern: Current policy issues, career highlights, new NMPF leadership
Dairy Data Measurement & Application – Thierry Perrotin, Nedap (Sponsored Podcast)
The Evolution and Advantages of SenseHub Dairy Monitoring Technology (Sponsored Podcast)
Growing Cheese Sales With Pizza Partnerships (Sponsored Podcast)
Leveling up technology
AHV (Animal Health Vision) Provides New Solutions To Dealing With Herd Health Challenges (Sponsored Podcast)
Kiley Heim: Calf management, employee morale, next generation
Revolutionize Your Breeding Program with Beef Embryos (Sponsored Podcast)
Intelligent Tech on the Dairy: From Data to Results (Sponsored Podcast)
Best of 2023
Feed additives: The difference between a good herd and a great one? (Sponsored Podcast)
Economics of a Low Cull Rate with Dr. Andrew Bohnhoff (Sponsored Podcast)
Animal Ag Alliance: What’s new with animal rights activism?
The missing part of the insights equation – Evine van Riemsdijk, Nedap (Sponsored Podcast)
Dairy Data: How to Look Critically at Your Profitability with Dr. Andrew Bohnhoff (Sponsored Podcast)
Updates to DCHA Gold Standards with Jason Anderson and Pam Selz-Pralle
Feed efficiency: the metric that matters (Sponsored Podcast)
Starch Digestibility for Optimizing IOFC with Dr. Andrew Bohnhoff (Sponsored Podcast)
Tips to stay energized during busy seasons
Raising high-quality dairy-beef crossbred calves (Sponsored Podcast)
5 dairy producers explain what agritourism looks like on their operations
How will the latest breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence impact the dairy industry (Sponsored Podcast)
Matthew Byl: Second-generation dairyman carrying on his family’s American dream
Do the Dietary Guidelines Help or Hurt Dairy? You May Be Surprised. (Sponsored Podcast)
Max Shenkenberg and Aubrey Schlimgen: Perspectives from young adults working on dairy farms
Importance of mineral supplementation for dairy heifers (Sponsored Podcast)
See Stress Differently (Sponsored Podcast)
Stephanie Nash: Moving the dairy from California to Tennessee, on-farm processing and reaching consumers
Integrating HerdFlex beef embryos into your beef on dairy program (Sponsored Podcast)
Lee Holtmeier: Building a family-oriented employee culture with low turnover
Increase workflow efficiency and time management with sample based pregnancy testing (Sponsored Podcast)
Josh Mendenhall: Inventor of a caffeinated chocolate milk
Raising healthy and productive dairy heifers (Sponsored Podcast)
Making the most of silage season: silage protection solutions with Silostop Agri (Sponsored Podcast)
Resources for new dairy farmers and those transitioning into management
Enhancing Dairy Production and Animal Welfare: A Deep Dive into ClariFly® Larvicide's Fly Control Abilities (Sponsored Podcast)
Alice Crothers: How YDLI shaped her industry involvement
Stu Rymph, Ph.D. from Purina discusses strategies for reducing heat stress to keep your cows cool and comfortable this season (Sponsored Podcast)
Building a standout niche market brand
Exploring the Importance of Fly Control for Dairy Operations with ClariFly® Larvicide (Sponsored Podcast)
Brent and Nancy Wilson: MSU’s 2023 Dairy Farm of the Year
Richie Mayo: Sustainability and technology
Forget how to mark them “open” with GENEX HerdMonitor® (Sponsored Podcast)
Mike Haddad and Suzanne Vold: Dairy’s plan for sustainability
Introducing the 2023 Nexus Innovation Award winners
Your Dairy Checkoff Podcast - Farmer Stories and Perspectives on Dairy Promotion (Episode 9) (Sponsored Podcast)
2023 state of the dairy industry discussion with Dave Natzke and Kimmi Devaney
Helping calves reach their health and production goals – Taylor Wolfe, DBC Ag Products (Sponsored Podcast)
Introducing the first-ever Dairy Farm Tech poster
Justin Malone: Creating a market for organic milk products
Resources to resolve tense situations and difficult conversations
Evan Barton: First-generation dairy farmer and taking advantage of opportunities the industry presents
Derrick Josi: New facilities, social media, writing a book
Your Dairy Checkoff Podcast – Farmer Stories and Perspectives on Dairy Promotion (Sponsored Podcast)
Best of 2022
Creating the farm of the future – Rudy Ebbekink, Nedap (Sponsored Podcast)
U.S. Dairy Education & Training Consortium: Preparing the next generation of dairy students
Dr. Alfonso Lago: Feeding Native, Rumen Microbes Improved Milk Yield, Solids, and Feed Efficiency (Sponsored Podcast)
Jake Peissig: A proactive approach to management results in improved cow health and milk quality.
Animal Health (With Someone Smarter Than Us) | The Dairy Dive (Sponsored Podcast)
Andy “Caygeon” Junkin: Succession planning and working better with family
Make timely management decisions with accurate milk yield data – Matt Heisner, Nedap (Sponsored Podcast)
Michele Payn: How stress impacts your farm and what you can do about it
Dairyman Mack Drees: Biting off technology, one big chunk at a time
Davon Cook: Advisory boards and peer groups take farm management to the next level
Health Care and Dairy Data – Taliah Danzinger, VAS (Sponsored Podcast)
Jack Mallonee: Managing an automated milking system on a pasture-based dairy and opportunities available for young people in dairy
Choosing the right robotic milking system in today’s dairy market – Matt Roberts, GEA (Sponsored Podcast)
Employee management, work-life balance and advocacy with Krista Stauffer
Dr. Jim Drackley: Increasing milk production and feed efficiency with native, rumen microbes (Sponsored Podcast)
Technology producer panel at first-ever Data and Innovation Summit
Using Technology to Extract More Revenue from Components (Sponsored Podcast)
Progressive Dairy Podcast Highlights with Peggy & Kimmi
The importance of controlling flies on your dairy operation (Sponsored Podcast)
Meet the Calf Vet, Dr. Marissa Hake
Don't overlook the threat of cockroaches (Sponsored Podcast)
Managing data on Wisconsin’s largest robotic dairy with Jessica Pralle-Trimner, Miltrim Farms
Meet the dairy farmers who handed the milk to the 2022 Indy 500 winning driver
Meet Progressive Dairy’s new editor and podcast host, Kimmi Devaney
Kurt Wierda and Tom Oelberg: Auditing your TMR and managing 2022 feed costs
The importance of controlling flies on your dairy operation (Sponsored Podcast)
Episode 13: What it takes to stay under 100,000 SCC on composted manure bedding, featuring Scott Blevins, Wiese Bros. Farms, Greenleaf, Wisconsin
2022 Nexus Innovation Award winners
Meet Emily Shaw, Founder of Dairy Girl Fitness
Teat dip solutions – Keith Engel, GEA (Sponsored Podcast)
Take your dairy business to the next level with executive thinking, featuring Jay Joy, Milk Money, LLC
4 Change-focused ideas to win in 2022 with Ryan Estis
Jones Dairy Farm: A seven-generation business family, featuring Philip Jones, CEO
Dry Matter Intake: The most important metric for herd performance (Sponsored Podcast)
How to establish a culture that attracts and retains loyal employees with Jared Yousey, Sunnyside Farms
Diversifying and doubling down with Randy Ebert and Jordan Ebert
Evaluating fats in the era of high input costs (Sponsored Podcast)
Progressive Dairy Panel from Global Dairy Expo
Progressive Dairy’s Top Articles, Favorite Traditions and What’s New in 2022 - featuring Editors Walt Cooley and Peggy Coffeen
Real Science Exchange - Producer Panel at World Dairy Expo (Sponsored Podcast)
DMI CEO Barb O’Brien: New leadership and opportunities for 2022
Behind the scenes of the service member story series with Amy Throndsen
Elle Purrier-St. Pierre: From the dairy farm to chasing Olympic dreams
Galaxis Frontier is set to change the dairy game - Native Microbials (Sponsored Podcast)
Improving Cow Comfort on Farm (Sponsored Podcast)
Jim Mattox: Global Dairy Expo
Producing during a pandemic (Sponsored Podcast)
Dairyman Austin Allred: Royal Family Farming
Q&A with Drumgoon Dairy (Sponsored Podcast)
Steve Wangan: What is the Dairy Brain project?
Robotic milking evolution – Stuart Marshall, GEA (Sponsored Podcast)
Encore Consultants: 4 Steps for successful dairy farm transition planning
Episode 2 of Dairy Talk with Norwegian Red (Sponsored Podcast)
Meet the New Mexico Milk Maid: Tara Vander Dussen
The importance of controlling flies on your dairy operation (Sponsored Podcast)
Dairywoman Jodi Wallace: What is zero-zero calf care?
Producing during a pandemic (Sponsored Podcast)
Two technologies that are transforming cow health and reproduction at Dairy Dreams LLC, featuring Dr. Don Niles
Founder Leon Leavitt: Progressive Dairy’s origin story
U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award Winner, MVP Dairy – featuring Ken McCarty
Real Science Exchange - Heat Stress and Late Gestation Cows (Sponsored Podcast)
Dairy industry sustainability award program celebrates 10th anniversary
Milk Moovement: Connecting all players in the industry (Sponsored Podcast)
Dr. Larry Corah: The future of beef-on-dairy breeding
Fresh Cow Files: A Fresh Approach to Fresh Cows (Sponsored Podcast)
Willow Behrer Farms: Pete Posnett and Allen Behrer
Dairy Talk with Norwegian Red (Sponsored Podcast)
How to talk so your employees will listen, featuring Bill Eberle, Chr. Hansen, account manager
Fresh Cow Files: Teamwork Makes the Dairy Work (Sponsored Podcast)
Pete Kappelman: Land O’Lakes starts doing on-farm sustainability audits
Manure scrapers and manure handling efficiency (Sponsored Podcast)
BeefxDairy: Why not just any black bull will do.
Nexus Innovation Award winners
The rumen microbiome and implications for dairy farmers - Mallory Embree, Native Microbials (Sponsored Podcast)
Implementing IVF on commercial dairies with Dr. Shantiille Kruse
Mark Rodgers: Hillcrest Farms (Sponsored Podcast)
Jennifer Walker: Making cows happy and milk awesome
Amy Penterman, president, Dairy Business Association
Chuck Ripp: Ripp’s Dairy Valley
Maximizing efficiency with Nate Heim, Yippee! Farms
Kristy Pagel: Use this powerful tool to transform your team in 2021
Brent Simon: MMPA’s 2020 young cooperator of the year
Lloyd Holterman, Rosy-Lane Holsteins - Pioneer on the Genomics Frontier
4 Things Dairies Need to Do to Stay in Business with Pauly Paul, Complete Management Consulting LLC
Aidan Connolly: Dairy tech startups in the spotlight
Get to know co-host editors: Walt Cooley and Peggy Coffeen
Featuring Jim Ostrom, Milk Source
The Culture Code book review with dairyman Derek Orth
Millennial podcasters Valene Lickley and Katharine Lotspeich: No topic is off-limits
Anna Hinchley: Designing her own robot barn
Melissa Traiser: Why I nominated my milk hauler for a White Heart Award
Tim Moffett: The Manure Spreader
Ben Loewith: 100 pounds of milk per cow per day
Tom Gallagher: DMI’s response to COVID-19
Tom Earleywine: What does successful weaning look like in 2020
Grant Grinstead: elevating accuracy and efficiency with an automated feed system at Vir-Clar Farms
Tim Brown: Differences in level of DCAD intensity
Managing manure: Optimizing nitrogen, finding value in manure and selecting the right system
Ray Bohacz: Machinery maintenance tips from the ‘Hot Rod Farmer’
Hannah Vander Poel: Advocating on social media as a female dairy farmer
Brett Sciotto: Who will be dairy farming in 2040?
Fred Gingrich: AABP updates production guidelines for calf dehorning
Budjon Farms: Creating permanence in an ever-changing industry
Joakim Rosengren: Sustaining agriculture around the globe
Marin Bozic: What the 2020s will look like
Be grateful for your “super power”
Andy Lenkaitis: The aims of dairy automation
Dr. Gordie Jones: The all-seasons hybrid barn
How to ensure farm family meetings are productive
Pete Turk and Mike North: Risk management and forwarding contracting
Milking robots: When to retrofit, how to train fresh cows and troubleshooting cow signals
How dairyman Michael Johnson has integrated eartag activity monitoring
Interview with Kay Johnson Smith: What animal rights activist are up to in 2019
Trailer: Introducing Progressive Dairy podcasts