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More than 100 dairy producers and allied industry representatives from 15 states toured Iron Bridge Regional Water Reclamation Facility, Orlando Easterly Wetlands and the Walt Disney World Parks in January 2018. The group was part of Professional Dairy Producers’ annual Managers Academy. The three-day event was held in Orlando, Florida, this year.

Wisconsin dairy producers and industry members came in from the bitter cold to hear about hot topics at the fourth annual Dairy Strong conference, held at the Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin, Jan. 17-18.

The Martin family of Milky Way Dairy in New Paris, Indiana, robotically bed their freestall barn with sand.

“In order to influence others, you need to give them something to hold on to,” political commentator Dana Perino told 2017 Dairy Strong attendees. Perino served as press secretary to President George W. Bush and is a co-host of Fox News Channel’s The Five.

Progressive Dairyman’s Dec. 12, 2017, print issue featured Roy and Mary Bergbigler in Butler, Pennsylvania. The couple farms with their daughter, MaryBeth Guynup. The buildings on their 100-cow dairy showcase the family’s faith, Mary’s love for decorating and the emphasis the whole family places on farming with the Bergbiglers’ four granddaughters.