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For almost 25 years, young leaders of the dairy industry have gathered once a year to exchange ideas, receive training and network with fellow professionals through the Holstein Foundation’s Young Dairy Leaders Institute (YDLI).

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When most people think of high-quality flavorful beef, meat derived from cull cows is not what first comes to mind. However, Jill Gould, owner of Butter Meat Co., a beef supply chain startup in western New York, is changing misconceptions and proving that the value of dairy cows doesn’t end even after retiring from the milking herd.

A.I. & Breeding

Following Norway’s roadmap to lower methane emission

A green future, incentivised by government, is being mapped out in Norway with electric vehicles now accounting for 60% of new car sales, leaving fossil-fuel vehicles lagging.

And the dairy industry isn’t being left out. The Norwegian Government has put 15 million NOK (£1.275 million) – an amount matched by the country’s cattle breeding company Geno – into a cattle breeding project, which is monitoring methane emissions not only on dairy units, but also in its Norwegian Red young bull testing station.

Herd Health

One of the questions I am often asked is: “How common is pinkeye?” The short answer is: It depends.

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Krista is a wife, mother of five and first-generation dairy farmer in Washington. Together with her husband, they milk 200 cows.