Dairy Delivery
Podcast Description
Dairy Delivery is a new podcast from the Dairy Star, a new way to hear dairy farmers' stories. Dairy Star covers a third of all dairy producers in the U.S. mailing free newspaper copies to farmers in the Upper Midwest. We are "All dairy, all the time™" Our content is presented from the perspective of the producer, from the 50 cow dairy, to the farm of 10,000 cows and everywhere in between.
New episodes are released Thursdays after the newspaper is published.
We look forward to bringing you this brand new way to consume Dairy Star. This is Dairy Delivery, all dairy, all the time.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers diverse topics related to dairy farming, such as personal narratives, farm management, and industry challenges, with episodes featuring personal stories like a brother and sister starting a calf cuddling business, Jeff Novak balancing multiple enterprises on his farm, and discussions around community-building initiatives like the UW-River Falls dairy club.
Dairy Delivery is a new podcast from the Dairy Star, a new way to hear dairy farmers’ stories. Dairy Star covers a third of all dairy producers in the U.S. mailing free newspaper copies to farmers in the Upper Midwest. We are “All dairy, all the time™” Our content is presented from the perspective of the producer, from the 50 cow dairy, to the farm of 10,000 cows and everywhere in between.
New episodes are released Thursdays after the newspaper is published.
We look forward to bringing you this brand new way to consume Dairy Star. This is Dairy Delivery, all dairy, all the time.
A fall harvest story to preserving history and dairy farmers setting goals, today's episode highlights many stories found in the latest issue of the Dairy Star.
First, a conversation about family dynamics with first-time dad Ken Bekius finishing this year's corn silage in Minnesota. He and his wife welcomed their new son in September and seven days later their newborn had his first tractor ride. There were four generations on the farm helping with this year's harvest. In Wisconsin, Terisa Schmidt was studying to be a nurse when her career path took an unexpected turn. With no prior dairy experience, she took a part-time job milking cows. She highlights her timeline of becoming a farmer and what it took to be where she is at today. Another story found in today's episode is how a restored Iowa dairy barn is powering raw milk production and a farm store. Tenley Farms and Greg's MilkHouse Market is owned by Tanner and Lakaya Tenley, who have been operation the storefront since June, but selling raw milk since 2023. The two applied for a grant to fix the barn and applied for the Iowa Barn Foundation's Award of Distinction. This program recognizes historic barns that have been restored by their owners. Today's last conversation is with Katie Bonow. At 15 years old, she started making goat milk cheese, using the extra milk from her herd. From her beginnings experimenting using recipes from 4-H friends and books she ordered about cheese, she ahs gone on to work on cheese-making dairies in Italy. And for the past nine years, she has operated her own micro-creamery, Capra Nera Creamery LLC.
New episodes are released Mondays after the newspaper is published, sharing the many conversations from the dairy community! Send story ideas and your comments to [email protected].
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We look forward to bringing you this brand-new way to consume Dairy Star. This is Dairy Delivery. All dairy, all the time.
This episode is sponsored by Heartland Interpretation and Translation.
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TIME STAMPS
4:29-9:00 – Bekius family harvest
10:10-14:23 – Terisa Schmidt, first time farmer
15:26-21:38 – Lakaya Tenley and Greg's MilkHouse Market
22:10-27:34 – Katie Bonow and artisan cheese making
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