Dairy Agenda Today

Four people were injured in a fire at a PA DFA plant. While the incident is under investigation, the cause appears to be electrical.

Cattle rustlers have taken 5-month-old heifers from Oakfield Corners Dairy and they are looking for your help to recover them. Listen in and find out how you can help.

Your ROI on cattle is what we are discussing on the question of the week. Listen in and then head over to the website and share your experience.

They began promoting their sale last fall as DAT show coverage sponsors at Harrisburg, WDE and NAILE and now the sale day is finally here! Check out their offering in the online catalog on DAT!

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has named Anastasia Poull of Port Washington as Wisconsin’s 79th Alice in Dairyland, a role focused on promoting the state’s agricultural industry through education, marketing, and public outreach.

Entries are being accepted for the World Forage Analysis Superbowl, which is open to all forage producers across North America. The 2026 contest, held in conjunction with World Dairy Expo, is set to award over $26,000 in cash prizes. And the Missouri Heifer Tag Sale opens today!

Winners have been selected for the Emerging Dairy Leader award, a new category of annual recognition from the National Dairy Shrine. These individuals are dairy industry professionals, 40 years old or younger, who have demonstrated exemplary leadership qualities and accomplishments within the dairy industry and their local community, state or region. Find out who they are on DAT!

It's a new question of the week! Listen in to find out what we are discussing this week on DAT. Plus the Missouri Heifer Tag Sale happens this week!

Two days, three sales and you can be involved in all of them via online bidding. The Southern Hills Tag Sale, the Norse Haven Spring Fling and the Smith-Crest 30th Anniversary Sale. Find details on DAT.

Bidding is open for the Southern Hills Tag Sale which ends tomorrow. Also, the Norse Haven Spring Fling is Friday, May 15th. Listen in to the daily podcast for the latest news and markets.

The American Dairy Coalition has released a new educational visual titled “Where the Value Goes: Make Allowances, Cost Surveys, and Milk Pricing” to help dairy farmers, policymakers, and industry stakeholders understand how make allowances function within federal pricing formulas and why the design of USDA’s future mandatory processing cost survey matters to dairy farmers.

It's sale day in Arlington, MN for the Midwest Spring Edition Sale. All the details are on DAT!

We now have the Missouri Heifer Tag sale catalog and we also have info for hoof trimmers! Listen in for details

The Matt Steiner Family of Pine Tree Dairy are this year's NDS Distinguished Cattle Breeders, and they will be honored at WDE in September. Listen in to how many family members work at Pine-Tree and their impact on the industry.

We just added the Norse Haven Spring Fling Sale to the featured sales list. We also have Bob Hagenow's full pedigree in the news as the NDS's Guest of Honor. Listen to the podcast today!

Congratulations to Bog Hagenow as the NDS Guest of Honor. Pine Tree Dairy is the NDS Distinguished Dairy Producer and find out who else is being honored this fall at WDE at the National Dairy Shrine banquet when you listen to our daily podcast.

The Southern Hills Tag Sale IV is coming up and the catalog will be posted today.

The HAUSA announced their Star of the Breed and their Herds of Excellence. Who are they? Listen in and find out. Plus, the Farm Bill has passed the House; it's now up to the Senate to act.

If you're in the Minnesota area, Gopher Dairy Camp might be a great place for your kids to learn.

We have results of the 24th National Dairy Challenge along with markets, ADC's recent comments, and testing status for states unaffected by bird flu.

A new question of the week, the Legacy in Motion at Vir-Clar, the Wisconsin Jersey Spring Spectacular, and the industry lost another giant. Listen to it all today on the podcast.

Our coverage of the Wisconsin Spring Showcase begins today, and we thank those show coverage sponsors who make it possible. Plus, we have more sales added to the featured sales list!

Have you looked over the La-Foster's Sale catalog? It's available on DAT. And our coverage begins for the Wisconsin Showcase tomorrow thanks to our great show coverage sponsors.

The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event held April 21, 2026, signals continued softening in global dairy markets, while U.S. milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) remain relatively stable, reflecting a more balanced domestic outlook. Thank you to our show coverage sponsors for the Wisconsin Spring Show!

It's a brand new week, so we have a new question of the week all about robots. Are you thinking of putting them in? Plus, we give a shout-out to our show coverage sponsors at the Wisconsin Spring Show this week!