Why are some managers and employers successful while others are not? Garrison Wynn, author of Amazon.com best-seller The Real Truth About Success, answered this question while keynoting the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) Business Conference held in March.

With 362 attendees representing 23 states, six countries and more than 500,000 head of calves and heifers, the 2015 annual Dairy Calf and Heifer Conference (DCHA) was one of the better-attended conferences in the past several years. This year, DCHA hosted the event in Madison, Wisconsin, on March 31 and April 1.

Craig Harris says his great-grandpa and a bunch of his buddies were probably just sitting around one day doing what dairymen do – talking about cows – when the idea for Richmond Black & White Days was born.

Editor’s note: Dylan Coleman is a participant of the Dairy Leaders of Tomorrow program, funded through the Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation of Pennsylvania, and a senior at Lancaster Mennonite High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. “If you have a passion for agriculture, and that is what you love, stick with it! Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something.” That is just one of the many bold and powerful statements made by Sherry Craig from Murmac Farms that will stick with me for the rest of my life.