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Audrey Schmitz

Audrey Schmitz

After serving as an intern for Progressive Publishing and graduating from Kansas State University with majors in agricultural communications/journalism and animal sciences with a dairy emphasis, Audrey Schmitz started as a full-time editor at Progressive Dairy. She covers feed and nutrition, herd health, dry and transition cows and specialty topics, like June Dairy Month and Christmas.

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Hoofprints on our hearts

March 31, 2022
Audrey Schmitz
Every now and then, a special animal comes into your world at just the right time and has a huge impact on your life. Recently, our family dog – named Ruger – died of old age.
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Simple on-farm solutions to treating udder rot

March 11, 2022
Audrey Schmitz
Udder sores, also known as necrotic dermatitis, are a moist, foul-smelling, necrotic lesion that can develop in areas of tightly adjacent skin such as the udder cleft.
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3 Open Minutes with Laura Herschleb

March 11, 2022
Audrey Schmitz
In February, Laura Herschleb was named the next World Dairy Expo general manager. Progressive Dairy Editor Audrey Schmitz recently spoke with her about her new role, goals she would like to accomplish and what she is looking forward to most about this year’s upcoming World Dairy Expo.
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Comfort zone: Maternity barn cameras

February 25, 2022
Audrey Schmitz
On Augustian Farms LLC in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, six LTS cameras monitor and record the 1,100-cow Holstein herd’s maternity barn.
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Red seaweed supplement achieves 52 percent methane reduction

February 7, 2022
Audrey Schmitz
In 2016, when California passed SB 1383, a global warming solutions act geared toward reducing short-lived pollutants methane emissions 40% by 2030 over the 2013 levels, the state didn’t have all the answers to completing that goal.
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Elle Purrier St. Pierre

Olympian and dairy farmer Elle Purrier St. Pierre

November 8, 2021
Audrey Schmitz
Elle Purrier St. Pierre grew up in northern Vermont on her parents’ 40-cow dairy farm, milking cows before school and haying in the summer.
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Farm hustle

October 19, 2021
Audrey Schmitz
I don’t think I have ever watched my dad walk from one task on the farm to another. He zips from one end of the yard to the other, taking long quick strides, and is always trying to cram and complete as much work as possible in a day as he possibly can. To do so, it means he needs to move things along as quickly as possible.
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Core testing into the surface of the pile

Pile guide: Silage surface and face management

August 6, 2021
Audrey Schmitz
When it comes to silages and drive-over pile building, Peter Robinson, a UC – Davis extension specialist, believes there is a preference for dairy producers to leave silage oversight to the custom operators who come in and build the piles.
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Roundtable: Methane-reducing feed additives

May 24, 2021
Audrey Schmitz
The livestock industry is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, and there is an increasing demand for the industry to reduce its carbon footprint.
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Quality time with Dad

March 31, 2021
Audrey Schmitz
Some of my oldest memories with my dad are of riding in the tractor. I spent many long hours with him feeding cows, working ground or baling hay.
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