The SeconDairy Podcast

Mark Dotterer is a 3rd generation dairy farmer and "Ag-fluencer" from RMD Dairy Farms.  His family milks their mostly Holstein and some Brown Swiss herd with 8 Lely A4 Robots and parlor out side of Rittman, Ohio.  Mark has a lots of knowledge of the dairy industry, robotic and automated milking equipment, cows and farm machinery.  Be sure to check out his youtube channel and beside to subscribe to RMD Dairy Farm.  For any information concerning this podcast or our sponsor at Dr. Walther's Original Formula calcium gel Tubes, feel free to contact us at [email protected].  

Stevie Ruhl is a dairy technician who works for Prenger's Inc. (The Orrville, Ohio store).  He has over 10 years experience working as a technician in the dairy industry.  Stevie has much experience working on Lely equipment such as robotic milkers and feed pushers.  Stevie actually helped install our A4 Astronaut and push our cows at start up day in January of 2017.  Besides working on dairy equipment, Stevie is also a hunter of many varmints such as coyotes.  He is part of a youtube channel called Born Again Hunting.  Thank you for taking the time for listening to our podcast.  

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Dr. Nathan Ward is a primarily, large animal veterinarian from Country Road Veterinary Services located in Apple Creek, Ohio.  He has been practicing at Country Road since graduating from THE Ohio State Veterinary College in 2018.  Please join us as we talk about the veterinary world in Amish Country Ohio and other interesting topics.  

Emma Klick is a student enrolled in the preveterinary/animal sciences curriculum at the University of Findlay and a long standing employee at the Thompson SeconDairy Farm.  She has just completed her first year of college and projected to graduate in 2025.  Emma is going to enroll into veterinary school after completing her B.S. at UF.  We plan to have her on future podcasts to follow her progress through school.  For any questions inquires concerning veterinary school or pre veterinary curriculums feel free to send me a message at [email protected].  

Hey everyone, due to some time constraints we had no guest this week.  We were blessed with the presence of Andrew P. Thompson (my oldest brother) but he refused to wear the ear muffs and talk into the microphone.  The conversation goes from veterinary medicine to current topics in the agricultural world!  Thanks for listening and please share our podcasts with others!

Logan Sauser is a graduate from THE Ohio State University Agriculture Technical Institute with a technical degree in Agri Business.  He serves as a salesman for Lauren Agri Systems specializing in their patented milk inflation.  Aaron Koachman has a mechanical engineering degree from Kent State University.  He manages the research and development department at Lauren Agri Systems.  Listen as we talk about Lauren Agri System's role in the dairy industry.  It just so happens that we use the Lauren Agri System's liners on our A4 Robot.  Also feel free to watch my rise to stardom.  https://youtu.be/EWoXCZrYXIM5

Mr. Brad Woodland is a nutritionist and regional manager of Agri-King nutrition.  Brad has been apart of the Agri-King company for 35 years.  He is an Ohio State ATI graduate of 1985.  Mr. Woodland feeds all of the milk cows at the Thompson SeconDairy Farm.  Please listen about his role on providing a balanced diet to our cows and his knowledge about the Agri-King products that contribute to digestion, milk production, overall feed quality which all contribute to a better carbon foot print.  [email protected]; 330.466.0576.