Dairy Stream

Billions of dollars in new investment are pouring into the I-29 corridor and the Great Lakes region, creating some of the most technologically advanced cheese processing plants in the world.

Dairy Stream host, Joanna Guza, and guests, Greg Siegethaler and Mike North, discuss the following topics: 

Overview of cheese processing capacity in the Midwest

Economic signals for the Midwest area

What it means for farmers in the short-term

Processors achieving net zero and ESG requirement

Make allowances

Dairy landscape in 10 years

About the guests

Greg Siegethaler, president of the Dairy Business Association and the VP of Milk Marketing, Strategic Sourcing, & Sustainability at Grande Cheese 

Mike North, president of the Producer Division at Ever. Ag and a past DBA president  

Learn more about Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative.

Compeer Financial is proud partner of Dairy Stream.  Learn more about Dairy Stream sponsorship.

This podcast is produced by the Voice of Milk, a collaboration of individual dairy organizations working to improve the future of dairy farm families. Become a sponsor, share an idea or feedback by emailing [email protected].

The Dairy Streamlet is a condensed version of a long Dairy Stream episode and covers the high-level points of the conversation. If this topic interest you, then listen to the full episode on May 20.

Dairy Stream host, Joanna Guza, and guests, Greg Siegethaler, president of the Dairy Business Association and the VP of Milk Marketing, Strategic Sourcing, & Sustainability at Grande Cheese and Mike North, president of the Producer Division at Ever. Ag and a past DBA president, discuss the billions of dollars in new investment pouring into the I-29 corridor and the Great Lakes region, creating some of the most technologically advanced cheese processing plants.

Learn more about Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative.

Compeer Financial is proud partner of Dairy Stream.  Learn more about Dairy Stream sponsorship.

This unique episode welcomes five female farmers from across the Midwest to celebrate the International Year of the Women Farmer.  

Dairy Stream host Joanna Guza discusses the following topics:

The best piece of advice

Advice to their younger selves

Balancing roles

Helpful resources that bring success in their roles

Future goals, steps to take

Guests include:

Christina Zuiderveen, Black Soil Dairy, IA 

Heidi Fischer, Fischer Clark Dairy, WI  

Dorothy Elliott, Drumgoon Dairy, SD 

Kate Minten, Spadegenske Dairy, MN 

Kelly Oudenhoven, Larrand Dairy, WI 

Compeer Financial is proud partner of Dairy Stream.  Learn more about Dairy Stream sponsorship.

This podcast is produced by the Voice of Milk, a collaboration of individual dairy organizations working to improve the future of dairy farm families. Become a sponsor, share an idea or feedback by emailing [email protected].

This Dairy Streamlet takes a unique approach and covers how to celebrate mothers’ and fathers’ day on the farm and what traditions they’ve learned from their mothers. We encourage you to listen to the episode on May 6 focused on advice, resources and future goals for these five accomplished women.  

Guests include:

Christina Zuiderveen, Black Soil Dairy, IA 

Heidi Fischer, Fischer Clark Dairy, WI  

Dorothy Elliott, Drumgoon Dairy, SD 

Kate Minten, Spadegenske Dairy, MN 

Kelly Oudenhoven, Larrand Dairy, WI 

Compeer Financial is proud partner of Dairy Stream.  Learn more about Dairy Stream sponsorship.

This podcast is produced by the Voice of Milk, a collaboration of individual dairy organizations working to improve the future of dairy farm families. Become a sponsor, share an idea or feedback by emailing [email protected].

The Wisconsin legislative sessions has wrapped up and we want to walk you through the wins, surprises and importance of member engagement.

Dairy Stream host, Joanna Guza, and guests, Chad Zuleger and Cody Carpenter, discuss the following topics: 

Biggest wins for Wisconsin dairy

Surprises in the policy space

Wisconsin Initiative for Agricultural Exports

Farm field calculator

Label grown meat

Clean water and PFAS

Importance of engagement

Basic to advance ways to get involved

What’s next in the policy space

About the guests

Chad Zuleger is the Executive Director of the Dairy Business Association. He has been working in the policy space for 25 years.  

Cody Carpenter, owns and operates Redrock View Farms with his family in Darlington, Wisconsin, where they milk 650 cows and farm 1,500 acres. Cody is currently serving as a DBA board member and also a member of the Lafayette Ag Stewardship Alliance.  

Resources:

Dairy Business Association priorities

ARIP Program

Producer- Led Watershed Protection Grants

Crop Insurance Premium Rebates for Planting Cover Crops

Rock Elm local ordinance: DBA members help prevent local ordinance

Wisconsin dairy and farm statistics from Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin

Dairy Day at the Capitol information

DBA Dairy Golf Classic July 28 information

Learn more about Dairy Business Association.

Compeer Financial is proud partner of Dairy Stream.  Learn more about Dairy Stream sponsorship.

This podcast is produced by the Voice of Milk, a collaboration of individual dairy organizations working to improve the future of dairy farm families. Become a sponsor, share an idea or feedback by emailing [email protected].