DairyVoice Podcast

In this episode of DairyVoice, Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett from Showbox Sires continue their series, The Evolution of the Great Cow . They talk with David Wright of Berryholme Holsteins in the UK. They discuss Wright’s beautiful farm and their recent visit, along with this year’s Grand Champion Berryholme Chief Rose EX-93-UK EX-95-MS. This is the Chief daughter that won the Grand Champion title th...

In this episode of DairyVoice, host Kate Ziehm, Morning Ag Clips, interviews Kevin Kouri, Director of Nutrition and Sales at Phoenix Feeds and Nutrition. Kate and Kevin talk about current market volatility and feed costs. They dive into everything, including the current USMCA negotiations, fuel prices and feed costs.

In this episode of DairyVoice, Connie Kuber of Sealpro Silage Barrier Films talks with John Ellsworth of Success Strategies. He gives his 4th Quarter report for the industry. They begin their deep dive in discussions about inflation and the effect it has had on the dairy industry. John also talks about interest rates and how the economy may see a slight increase to slow things down a little bit. F...

In this episode of DairyVoice podcast, host Kate Ziehm of Morning Ag Clips interviews Rebecca Pfeffer and Amanda Kohls of the Dairy Girl Network. This is the International Year of the Woman Farmer and the Dairy Girl Network  and DairyVoice decided to dive in to this unique blend of educational, professional, and community building organization. While men and women farmers share the same commitment...

In this episode of DairyVoice, host Tim Abbott of Showbox Sires talks with Doug Savage, the North American Editor at Holstein International. Doug is one of the great communicators of the breeder genetics business and has been writing for well over 2 decades now.  During their discussion, both give sound genetic advice to the people breeding cattle. They dig into genomic evaluations, embryo transfe...

In this episode of DairyVoice, host Connie Kuber with Sealpro Silage Barrier Films interviews  Dr. Jamie Jonker, Chief Science Officer and Vice President of Sustainability & Scientific Affairs with the National Milk Producers Federation. They discussed the New World Screwworm and how serious of a threat it is. Dr. Jonker dives in to many aspects of the Screwworm, including behavior in real-wor...

In this episode of DairyVoice, Tim Abbott of Showbox Sires, continues his ongoing series The Evolution of the Great Cow in a conversation with Bruce Smith, Dr. Liz Lahmers and Hayden Ackley of Select Sires. They discuss why the health status of bulls in AI is so important and the critical health tests that block bulls from coming into stud. They also talk about how bull collection has changed over...

In this episode of the Showbox Sires series The Evolution of the Great Cow, Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett talk with Terry Smygwaty of Smygwaty Holsteins in Ontario. They review the newest bull in the Showbox Sires line up 744HO18213 ETERNITY . The group talks about Eternity’s amazing pedigree, Sire stack and female family. And, they discuss how you could use Eternity going forward. Eternity’s offers...

In this episode of DairyVoice, host Connie Kuber of Sealpro Silage Barrier Film interviews John Ellsworth for his quarterly report. John Ellsworth of Success Strategies talks about the rough start to 2026, but overall we are looking for a great rest of the year. He talks about where we’ve been and some scenarios as to where we might be going, as an industry this year. John’s advice and report is,...

In this episode of DairyVoice, host Tim Abbott of Showbox Sires sits down with Bonnie Ayars, Brian Kelly, and Madison Dyment to discuss judging. In this episode of The Evolution of the Great Cow , They talk about the importance of dairy cattle judging and the importance for young people to develop skills in communications and public speaking, emphasizing that the relationships developed in judging...

In this episode of the Showbox Sires series, The Evolution of the Great Cow , hosts Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett talk with Glen Gordon of Gorbro Holsteins in Australia. They discuss Showbox Sires latest release bull Royal Red 644HO18212 . They talk about Royal Reds linear family and what impact Doc 8784 can have in the reds. Royal Red is one of the most anticipated releases of 2026 and offers a uni...

In this episode, DairyVoice Host Connie Kuber of Sealpro Silage Barrier Films by Connor AgriScience talks with Tyler Dickerhoof. Tyler, who grew up on a farm, is an author who just released his book, The Things We Hide. His approach is to have a fresh take on leadership - one rooted in grit, faith, and real-world wisdom.  The book explores what many leaders quietly wrestle with: insecurity, identi...

In this episode of the New England Holstein Association’s Podcast, Host Betsy Bullard of Brigeen Farms in Turner, Maine Speaks with Emily Syme and Justine Allyn of Farm Credit East. Betsy discusses their Holstein activities and education and how these activities influence their work with Farm Credit East today. Both Emily and Justine talk about what advice they would have for the NEHA youth member...

In this episode of DairyVoice podcast, host Mike Opperman of Black Dirt Communications talks with Katie England, Technical Support Analyst with DRMS. They discuss the HerdHQ platform and the new RapidReports and BovineBio products, both introduced this year. Because speed and accessibility are such a big deal in herd management, DRMS has introduced RapidReports and BovineBio, which connects togeth...

In this DairyVoice episode of Showbox Sires, The Evolution of the Great Cow , Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett talk about their latest bull release Dagger 744HO18211. He is the Hulu son of Lamba Danika from Doc 8784 and has over 3000 for TPI and over 1100 for milk! Dagger has nearly 3 points of type and nearly 2 1/4 points of udder, which are some of the better health and wellness traits you can find....

Dr. Todd Bilby leads the U.S. dairy technical services team at Merck Animal Health. His areas of expertise includes dairy reproduction, cow comfort and transition management, all grounded in his university research and extension background. In this episode of DairyVoice, host Connie Kuber of Sealpro Silage Barrier Films talks with Dr. Bilby about the evolution of dairy reproduction over the years....

In this episode of DairyVoice, host Connie Kuber of Sealpro Silage Barrier Films talks with Steve Harnish about how herd data fits into the daily workflow on his operation. Steve shares how using Dart, the proven herd management system built on standardized data, helps organize herd information, monitor performance, and support informed decisions across the farm. The conversation also explores how...

In this episode of DairyVoice, Connie Kuber of Sealpro Silage Barrier Films talks with John Ellsworth of Success Strategies on Quarter 1 and what comes next. They discuss interest rates, tariff’s and the Iran war. What impact will these and other things have on the dairy farmer - listen and find out.

In this episode of the New England Holstein Association podcast, host Betsy Bullard of Brigeen Farms in Turner, Maine speaks with Keenan Thygesen. Keenan, of Farmstead Genetics, is one of the driving forces behind the Springfield Showcase Sale and has been recognized a Holstein USA Distinguished Junior Member. Betsy talks with Keenan about his Junior Holstein activities and how they influence him...

In this episode of DairyVoice, host Tim Abbott of Showbox Sires, continues his series The Evolution of the Great Cow and talks with Joan Seidel of Pennsylvania, Rory Timlin of Ireland, and Brent Sayles of Ontario.  Holstein show fitters, also called clippers, are skilled individuals who groom dairy cattle using specialized clippers, brushes, and adhesives to highlight their best features for compe...

In this episode of the Evolution of the Great Cow , Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett of Showbox Sires talk with 70th winner of the Klussendorf Award, Joel Kietzman of Waunakee, Wisconsin. They discuss the new bull release Enrich-P 744H018394 . Kietzman discusses the best traits of the elegance family and Mike Duckett gives the key highlights of this bull’s genomic data and the sire stack behind the bul...

In episode 13 of the New England Holstein Association podcast series, Betsy Bullard talks with Maddy Poitras, Will Bullard, and Sydney Bullard. They discuss the junior program and the various activities junior members enjoy. The junior’s activities, contests, traveling and opportunities to meet others from around the country are invaluable. In their own words, the junior board members talk about w...

In this episode of DairyVoice, host Kate Ziehm of Morning Ag Clips talks with Gary Lezak, Founder and CEO at Weather 20/20, Jordan Wollenberg of Agri-Service Agency and Dairy Farmer Justin Ohlde of Ohlde Family Farms in north central Kansas. They discuss risk management as it pertains to the weather and how we prepare our dairy farms, how to minimize these risk factors, and several new products to...

In this episode of DairyVoice, Connie Kuber of Sealpro Silage Barrier Films by Connor Agriscience, interviews Matt Fox & Patty Larkin of Agricultural Consulting Services (ACS). They discuss their new product TWINE.AG. Twine. Ag is a fully geo-referenced tool that is designed to put field and crop data at the farmer’s fingertips. The ACS team consists of crop consultants who handle the crop sid...

In this episode of The Evolution of the Great Cow , Tim Abbott and Mike Duckett of Showbox Sires talk about their new bull Release REASON RC 744HO18232 . Their guest for this episode is Trent Hendrickson of Trentway Genetics who talks about the family behind REASON RC. His dam is one of the most talked about cows in the world today due to the great pictures he posts of her. Trent talks about the s...