2022 was the first year Sydney Bullard was a dairy youth exhibitor at World Dairy Expo (WDE) and the experience ignited motivation within her to work more closely with the show animals and assist them in reaching their full potential.

Tenth-grade Georgia student Emma Pitman’s exposure to the dairy industry in middle school and FFA was her inspiration for writing a book, Just a Glass of Milk: The Story of a Girl and her Dairy Cow.

Unwittingly, North Carolina has become a leader in youth showmanship and camaraderie while showing – my guess is you’ll hear more from them in the future. 

In the mid-to-late 2000s, dwindling university dairy herds and dairy programs in the Southwest led Dr. Mike Tomaszewski from Texas A&M and Dr. Robert Hagevoort from New Mexico State University (NMSU), along with Dr. Bob Collier, previously with the University of Arizona, to develop a program that provides university students with a hands-on dairy education to prepare them for careers in the dairy industry.

When dairyman Ralph Keel was asked to lend one of his cows for the launch of the educational program in Oklahoma, he was skeptical. However, as he witnessed a presentation by the mobile unit, he quickly began to love it.

Progressive Dairy recently interviewed Savannah Crack, a young dairy enthusiast to learn more about her accomplishments and goals within the industry.

From technology to sustainability to land ownership to youth to the mature crowd, Kim McConnell and Diane Finstad kicked off the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar with a dynamic talk about the dairy world.

Building skills for a lifetime with an emphasis on teamwork, a trip to Toronto in November for the TD 4-H Classic begins with dedicated volunteers such as Bobbi-Jo Uhr.

A conversation between the late John T. Pagel and the Kewaunee County Economic Development Corporation (KCEDC) over 10 years ago set the wheels in motion for an opportunity for students in northeast Wisconsin to learn about careers within the agricultural industry.