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Ardath DeWall’s kitchen became the setting for part of an episode of the new American Agri-Women TV show.

On the fifth day of the nine-day hike to the base of Mount Everest, dairy veterinarian Dr. Lance Fox, laid his eyes on the peak that was poking above the clouds.

Brothers David and Charles Wiens now have more time to spend on herd management, have reduced annual operating costs, can do more management-oriented work with fewer people, and can spend more time with their families after automating their dairy in 2007.

As a veterinarian who now works in the field of nutrition, I have witnessed how critical veterinarians and nutritionists are as resources for the dairy producer. Their advice and insight work synergistically to keep cows healthy and productive throughout their life cycles.

When brothers Sander and Rolf Penterman and their wives, Amy and Marieke, started up a dairy in northern Wisconsin they realized their new lives were sorely lacking one thing – cheese from their homeland.

Brenda Arnold of Drexel, Missouri, can tell other young people that being involved in the agriculture industry is important for success in a dairy career -- because she knows from experience.