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This week's episode features another segment from our USDA Drought Resources Webinar on July 15th, this time showcasing the programs of the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). We also have Tiffany LaMendola with our weekly Market Report, Anja Raudabaugh, WUD CEO sits down with Darby to continue the SB 1383 conversation we started with Paul Sousa Last week, and we debut a new CA Dairy rad...

This week's episode is chuck-full of updates for producers. Tiffany LaMendola, our economist with Blimling & Ass. brings us the weekly market report, Paul Sousa shares an update about CA's progress toward SB1383's deliverables, Rachele reminds us that LUC is back in action for the summer, and we run a segment from this week's USDA Drought Resources webinar which covers the programs offered to prod...

We’re back! This weeks’ episode kicks off with a market update brought to us by Tiffany LaMendola of Blimling & Associates. We follow Tiffany with an update on the QIP Referendum from WUD CEO Anja Raudabaugh, and we round out the episode with a re-run of our meet & greet with new Dairy Industry Director of Sustainability, Aubrey Bettencourt. Stay tuned at the end of the episode for some drought fu...

This week our steadfast economist, Tiffany LaMendola brings us the market update, Anja Raudabaugh joins for news from the CEO, and Darby sits down with Daryl Maas of Mass Energy to visit about their recent Award from the US Dairy Innovation Center and how their work with California Dairies is bringing value to our state!

This week Kathleen Wolfley of Blimling brings us a Dairy Market update and Melissa sits down with Director Veronique Lagrange of the newly formed California Dairy Innovation Center to discuss the mission of the organization and how they hope to develop and foster important market relationships for California Dairy in the coming years. 

Today's episode is action packed with good information for California dairy producers. We kick off with Tiffany LaMendola, our amazing contract economist with a market update. Nic DeCastro of LandTrust joins us to talk about a unique opportunity for California ag producers, and we wrap with an introduction to WUD's newest team member, Aubrey Bettencourt, our Director of Sustainability.  For l...

Today's episode kicks off with a a few reminders for dairy producers about the recent QIP referendum, followed by an update from the California Cattle Council's Justin Oldfield, and a special message for Dairy Producers as we welcome June as National Dairy Month! To Learn More about WUD's Drought Campaign: https://greencowca.com/ For more information on the Cattle Council: https://calcattlecouncil...

Today we have our market update with Tiffany LaMendola of Blimling, and we are joined by Paul Sousa with an update on...... and we wrap the episode by sitting down with Anja Raudabaugh and Dino Giacomazzi of United Dairy Families of California (UDFC) who shares an update/reminder about the Quota Implementation Plan Referendum and digs into details about the process, how it started, and where the o...

This week's episode features Tiffany LaMendola, WUD's contract Economist of Blimling & Associates, with a market update. WUD Board President Devin Gioletti joins Darby with an update from our May Board of Directors Meeting. Melissa is joined by Denise Mullinax of the California Dairy Research Foundation (CDRF) for a chat about drought,  how dairies have become more water and resource efficient ove...

In addition to our weekly market update with Tiffany LaMendola, today we are joined by Santa Rosa Dairy Producer Jennifer Beretta who shares about her farm, the exciting and innovative projects their working on to reduce methane and increase soil health, and how their family dairy shares the story of agriculture to groups in their community and beyond. 

This week we bring listeners a dairy market update with our Contract Economist of Blimling, Tiffany LaMendola. In preparation for all of the "Ag-vocating" we're going to be doing during Dairy month in June, we re-share an interview with Tyler Ribeiro of Rib-Arrow Dairy (and WUD Board Member) and Jennifer Giambroni of CMAB talking about the importance of dairy producers presence on Social Media, an...

Today’s episode is all about the updates! Tiffany LaMendola joins us with a market update, CEO Anja Raudabaugh shares what WUD’s Leg Affairs Team has been tackling in Sacramento, and Rashell Echesveste brings us some news from Lecheros Unidos de California.

Happy Earth Week! This week's episode features a re-run of the podcast we did with Dr. Frank Mitloehner last July with a message about all of the climate benefits cattle can and do provide. In addition, we have Tiffany LaMendola with the market update and WUD President Devin Gioletti joins us for a little Earth Day message from our board.  For More information on Dr. Mitloehner' s work: https...

This week we kick off with our market update,  a re-run of our Virtual Kitchen Table Market Update with Tiffany LaMendola, our contract economist with Blimling and Associates and Paul Sousa joins us to follow that up with an environmental update, which focuses in on issues happening in the Central Valley Regional Water Board.  Following those updates we are joined by dairy producer Jolynn McClella...

This week Tiffany LaMendola delivers our weekly market update date and Darby sits down with Tony Lopes of Sustainibeef to discuss his growing business and what it’s like to be a dairy producer in 2021. For more info check out https://sustainibeef.com/

Today we skip the full market update, but share some quick info about upcoming DMC payments. Rashell Escheveste brings us an update about LUC, Melissa and Darby sit down with Cesar Vargas, of Raimondo and Associates newly launched WUD Partnership, Western United Human Resource Services and we wrap with a re-run of Anja's weekly Virtual Kitchen Table Meeting: Water Rending and the Recall.  Have a B...

This week's episode is chock full of updates for our CA dairy producers as we roll into spring! We kick off with Tiffany LaMendola's market update, Paul Sousa joins us for a fill-in on the NRCS front as well as a briefing on the Tri-colored blackbird situation, and we wrap the episode with Kevin Piercy of Raimondo and Associates as he updates members on the newest COVID-19 regulations that employe...

Week 11 kicks off with our market update, presented by Katie Burgess of Blimling, sitting in for Tiffany LaMendola this week. We follow that up with a sit-down between Anja Raudabaugh, Paul Sousa and our industry partner, Tyler Bennett of Bennett Environmental who shares about their company's work in the methane digester space and how they address methane digestion hand in hand with water quality...

Today's episode features a re-run of The Dairy Download , a podcast from our partner organizations Blimling and IDFA. This episode (S2E3), Trucking Along: A Focus on Freight tackles the important issue of supply chain logistics and the role they play in moving product; featuring a perspective on global dairy from DairyAmerica CEO Patti Smith, a analysis from Bob Costello, Senior VP and Economist w...

Today's episode features a market update with Tiffany LaMendola, our contract economist of Blimling. We visit with Devin Gioletti, WUD's Board President about the QIP referendum that started this week, and we hear from Anja via our weekly Virtual Kitchen Table Meeting about all of the fun and exciting legislation on the table in Sacremento this year and how it's shaping WUD's policy directions.  F...

In this week's episode we share a market update from our contract economist, Tiffany LaMendola of Blimling, Anja brings us an update/important information on the QIP referendum that kicks off next week, and we re-play this week's member meeting, hosted by Paul Sousa, about the Tri-colored Blackbird issue, including a late-breaking update on the status of payments for crop losses.  For further info...

This week we try again! After a market update with Tiffany LaMendola, our contract economist of Blimling, and a LUC update with Rashell Echeveste we re-run the February 4th webinar of our Cattle Council/WUD round-table. We had some major editing issues two weeks ago, and we hope the message comes through in a much clearer way this go-around. Let us know if you have questions! mlema@wudairies.com d...

Happy Valentines Week! Today we hear a market update from Tiffany LaMendola, our contract economist of Blimling. Darby sits down with Darryl Maas of Maas Energy Works to talk about the exciting projects they're undertaking our dairy partners, and we re-run this weeks Virtual Kitchen Table Meeting with Ashley Rosales, RDN and Program Director for Nutrition with the Dairy Council of CA who shared ab...

Today we bring you a market update with our contract economist, Tiffany LaMendola of Blimling and we re-broadcast this week's Virtual Kitchen Table meeting where California Cattle Council executive director Justin Oldfield and Board Members Jennifer Beretta, Cody Nicholson Stratton and Tyler Rebiero join WUD CEO Anja Raudabaugh and Director of Leg. Affairs, Jason Bryant, to discuss a recent partne...

Today we share Tiffany LaMendola's Market Update from this week's Virtual Kitchen Table Meeting; Tiffany takes an in-depth look at the markets, where they have been and where they may be headed, as well as what options are out there for producer price supports in 2021. Tiffany's update is followed by a short producer Q&A. Our Market update is followed by a visit from Anja Raudabaugh and Devin...