Graduate, Ohio State University Dairy-Sire Marketing Intern with Select Sires Based in Plain City, Ohio

This video article was #13 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on www.progressivedairy.com in 2013. A conversation on crossbreeding caught the attention of dairy producers at the 2013 World Ag Expo, and many of those who missed the presentation by University of Minnesota’s Dr. Leslie Hansen, and a panel discussion with California dairy producers Jake DeRaadt and Jack Hoekstra, tuned in online.

Junior, University of Wisconsin – Platteville Intern with Red & White Dairy Cattle Association Based in Clinton, Wisconsin

Senior, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign GENESIS intern with Genex Based in Shawano, Wisconsin

Senior, Brigham Young University - Idaho Editorial Intern with Progressive Publishing Based in Jerome, Idaho

My day starts as it usually does three days a week, with a 6 a.m. Spanish class over Skype with my teacher, who is at an immersion school in Puebla, Mexico. Our lessons normally consist of listening and grammatical exercises, followed by reading and comprehension of an article from El Lechero selected by my teacher.