People

We would like to start this letter by introducing ourselves. Our names are Mireille Chahine and Mario de Haro-Martí. We are husband and wife, and we both work at the University of Idaho Extension, supporting you and the dairy industry.

Eric Weaver of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, advocates for agriculture and the dairy industry online but not through the typical forms of social media like Facebook and Instagram. Rather, Eric – also known by his followers as “The 10th Generation Dairyman” – looked to YouTube in 2018 to share his farm’s story.

Four Florida dairy farmers have come together to encourage processors and grocers to give their unique milk a distinguished place in the local dairy case.

Many dairy farmers use their Facebook pages as a tool to share their practices with other farmers and consumers. However, choosing a voice and tone for your page can be difficult. It is important to stand out from the crowd but still get your point across. It is important to determine the who, what, when, where, why and how of your page and share what is most natural for you and your farm.

Third-generation California dairyman Donny Rollin says he has seen the good, the bad and the ugly, but that’s a good thing.

“I believe the combination of all three of those is what makes farmers so innovative, faithful, proud and humble,” he says.

“Breeding cows we love to milk” is one of Jay and Heather Jauquet’s mantras at Synergy Dairy LLC, near Pulaski, Wisconsin, and with hand-picked genetics and astute management, they are doing just that.