Dairy stream turns two, focuses on succession

from DBA

In two years since its inception, Dairy Stream, a podcast produced by DBA and Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, has released 47 episodes. The podcast has been downloaded over 17,400 times since its release.

Among the most popular topics covered by Dairy Stream’s guests are Federal Milk Marketing Orders, renewable natural gas, impacts from COVID-19, farm-level sustainability projects and how to be a farmer of the future.

DBA and Edge proudly provide this resource to members, processors, lawmakers and the greater dairy community.

Looking forward, Dairy Stream will be releasing a three-part podcast series on succession plannig.

In the first episode of the series, host Mike Austin speaks to two indidviduals with first-hand experience on the subject. Steve Bodart, a senior dairy consultant with Compeer Financial, and Jamie Pagel Witcpalek of Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy discuss their experiences in succession planning, key players and professionals to have involved, common challenges in the transition and what tools are available to farmers.

For more information about the podcast or to listen to the first succession planning episode, please visit https://www.dairyforward.com/page/dairystream.