Uplevel Dairy Podcast

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Uplevel Dairy Podcast episodes

June 27, 2023#31 - 5 Habits of High-Performing Dairy Farm Managers
For the past 6 months, you’ve been listening to conversations with incredible dairy farm owners and managers who are finding ways to lower their turnover, empower their people and achieve their goals, and in this episode of the High-Performance Mindset Series powered by Nedap, you are going to walk away with the five habits high-performing dairy farm managers have in common.
What you’ll learn:
Winning with communication
Why appreciation matters

How great managers build trust

Cultivating culture

How they show up each day

Featured guests:
Scott Blevins, Wiese Bros Farms

Omar Guerrero, Drake Dairy

Jared Dueppengiesser, Rosendale Dairy

Jared Yousey, Sunnyside Farms

Sonya Koke, Blue Jay Dairy and Blue Bonnet Dairy

Christine Bender, McFarlandale Dairy

Brett Barlass, California Dairy Farms

Michelle Shambeau, Ebert Enterprises

Sandy Larson, Larson Acres

Reese Burnett, Burnett Dairy Farm

Jessica Pralle-Trimner, Miltrim Farms

Jamie and Ellie St. Pierre, Pleasant Valley Farms

Bonus: Hear from Tera Baker at Nedap about the #FarmProof campaign and contest

The High-Performance Mindset Series is powered by Nedap. Nedap is future-proofing dairy farms by revolutionizing cow-side care through technologies in activity monitoring, cow locating, milk metering and identification. Listen for more episodes in this series throughout 2023.
Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UplevelDairy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read the blog and join the Uplevel Dairy email list to receive new podcasts, blogs, and offers from Uplevel Dairy in your inbox.To listen to more episodes, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don’t forget to rate and review!
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28 min
June 20, 2023#30 - How to Optimize Your Time and Your Team - Sonya Koke
Are you running your dairy farm, or is your dairy farm running you? Dairy farmer and mother of 6, Sonya Koke from Blue Jay Dairy and Blue Bonnet Dairy in Dublin, Texas, talks about doing the work to define their mission and develop great managers in order to find more time, more freedom and more enjoyment in dairy farming.

What you’ll learn:
Defining their mission

Empowering good employees to move into management positions

Coaching and meeting with managers

The best parenting advice you will ever hear

This episode is sponsored by our friends at 4D Ag World and 4D Ag Fashion - JP and Elizabeth de Vries - A first-generation American company that provides the highest quality dairy barn technology, from barn rubber to headlocks and fans to fashion. Find it all at 4DAgWorld.com and 4DAgFashion.com

Shop 4D:
https://www.4dagworld.com/
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Follow 4D on social media:
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Contact:
Elizabeth at (806) 557-8406
[email protected]

Resources from this episode:
Bruce Vande Steeg
Leiden LLC
970-397-4902
[email protected]
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56 min
June 13, 2023#29 - Making Farming with Family Fun Again - Troy Nelson and Kayla Burr
Kansas farmers and cattle producers Troy Nelson and Kayla Burr of TDN Farms join us with their family business advisor, Jay Joy from Bridgeforth LLP, to talk about the most critical conversations and continued efforts to get on the same page and stay there, so they can move forward as a family farming business and have fun doing it.

What you’ll learn:
What led them to seek outside help

Aligning individual and business goals

Digging up the past and difficult conversations

Diffusing the drama

Moving forward with weekly, monthly and semi-annual meetings

Contact Jay Joy:
www.Bridgeforthllp.com
[email protected]

Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UplevelDairy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read the blog and join the Uplevel Dairy email list to receive new podcasts, blogs, and offers from Uplevel Dairy in your inbox.To listen to more episodes, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don’t forget to rate and review!
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35 min
June 06, 2023#28 - Dairy Farm Employee Housing Takes Turnover to less than 1% - Sandy Larson
Providing housing options for employees at Larson Acres has taken the turnover rate from an already low 7% all the way down to less than 1 percent. General manager Sandy Larson shares what she has learned about finding and managing housing for nearly half of the dairy’s 75 employees … and how that has led to a line out the front door of the dairy with a waiting list of people who want to work there.
What you’ll learn:
How providing housing has improved culture and employee retention

What the farm provides vs. what employees provide

Finding options in a tight rural housing market

Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UplevelDairy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read the blog and join the Uplevel Dairy email list to receive new podcasts, blogs, and offers from Uplevel Dairy in your inbox.To listen to more episodes, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don’t forget to rate and review!
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37 min
May 23, 2023#27 - Managing more cows, more people and more data - Derrick Josi
If you are thinking about adding technology to your dairy, you know you will get straight talk from TDF Honest Farming’s Derrick Josi, from Wilsonview Dairy in Tillamook, Oregon. This dairy farmer is more than doubling the herd from 500 to 1,100 Jersey cows. Hear about the new facility with a 50-stall rotary parlor, and find out how Derrick and his team are taking the data from their activity monitoring system to get more cows bred and catch sick cows sooner in this episode of the Nedap High-Performance Mindset Series.
What you’ll learn:
The biggest challenge he’s faced

Managing people, cows and data

From visual heat detection to breeding off of activity monitors

Learning to trust the system

The High-Performance Mindset Series is powered by Nedap. Nedap is future-proofing dairy farms by revolutionizing cow-side care through technologies in activity monitoring, cow locating, milk metering and identification. Listen for more episodes in this series throughout 2023.

Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UplevelDairy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read the blog and join the Uplevel Dairy email list to receive new podcasts, blogs, and offers from Uplevel Dairy in your inbox.To listen to more episodes, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don’t forget to rate and review!
Connect with Peggy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Uplevel Dairy on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠
48 min
May 16, 2023#26 - How to Increase Dairy Farm Income and Reduce Expenses - Pauly Paul
Borrowing money to pay the bills? This dairy farm was in the red before Pauly Paul and his team came into the picture. Six years later, they’ve got money in the bank and the financial stress is gone. Hear how Pauly increased income and milking frequency from 2x to 4x without additional labor costs, and the areas where he reduced expenses without compromising cow health.
What you’ll learn:
From 2x to 4x milking, without additional labor costs

Getting employees to buy-in to changes

Cutting costs in the feed center

Healthier cows, lower somatic cell count and 20 more pounds of milk

Contact:
Pauly Paul
www.CompleteManagementConsulting.com
[email protected]
920-418-3135

Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UplevelDairy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read the blog and join the Uplevel Dairy email list to receive new podcasts, blogs, and offers from Uplevel Dairy in your inbox.To listen to more episodes, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don’t forget to rate and review!
Connect with Peggy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Uplevel Dairy on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠
32 min
May 09, 2023#25 - From Fighting to Thriving: How this Farming Family Got on the Same Page - Jay Joy
Having trouble grabbing a gear and getting ahead in your family business? The problem may not be inefficiency, but rather, misalignment. In this episode, Jay shares a real-life example of a farming family that went from fighting with each other and losing money, to now posting some of the best years in their business, while finding enjoyment in doing it together.
What you’ll learn:
What happens when your family or team is out of alignment

An example of a family farm that went from barely talking and below breakeven, to making money and laughing together again.

The reason so many family businesses struggle

Three steps to effective communication in a family business

BONUS:
Jay’s Book Club: The Twin Thieves: How Great Leaders Build Great Teams by Steve Jones and Lucas Jadin
Contact Jay Joy:
www.Bridgeforthllp.com
[email protected]

Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠UplevelDairy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read the blog and join the Uplevel Dairy email list to receive new podcasts, blogs, and offers from Uplevel Dairy in your inbox.To listen to more episodes, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don’t forget to rate and review!
Connect with Peggy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Uplevel Dairy on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠
25 min
May 02, 2023#24 - Unexpected Detours and Doing What Makes You Happy - Annaliese Wegner and Liz Griffith
You may know Annaliese Wagner as the Modern Day Farm Chick on Instagram, and perhaps you also know dairy consultant Liz Griffith, the OG ag-vocate who was telling dairy’s story long before social media existed. But what you may not know about this mother and daughter is that they each have a new story to share, and you will hear about it first right here. With Mother’s Day around the corner, what better time for some friendly banter about motherhood, picking yourself up by your bootstraps and discovering your own story to tell.

What you’ll learn:
Motherhood, dairy farming and telling dairy’s story

The unexpected detour that changed the course of both their lives

Turning a test into a testimony

The Uplevel 5, with a Mother’s Day twist!

Follow Annaliese Wegner:
www.annaliesewegner.com
Insta: @modfarmchick
Facebook: Modern-day Farm Chick
TikTok: modfarmchick

Follow Liz Griffith:
Liz Griffith Family Farm Consulting
Instagram: @itslizgriffithp
Facebook: Liz Griffith
Instagram and Facebook:
A Farm Chick's Closet
[email protected]

Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠UplevelDairy.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to read the blog and join the Uplevel Dairy email list to receive new podcasts, blogs, and offers from Uplevel Dairy in your inbox.To listen to more episodes, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don’t forget to rate and review!
Connect with Peggy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Uplevel Dairy on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn
50 min
April 25, 2023#23 - Biogas: From Start to Startup - Brent Lilienthal
We are talking about biogas, from start to start up, and hearing the story of a farmers-first bioenergy company and the steps in the process for turning manure into renewable natural gas, straight from the co-founder and CEO himself, Brent Lilienthal from LF Bioenergy.
What you’ll learn:
The detailed process of finding solutions for dairy farms

Making sand bedding work with a digester

Why the long-term vision for your dairy farm and family matters

When the dairy farmer can expect to get paid for their credits

What a conversation with a farmer-first RNG developer and operator should include

This episode is sponsored by LF Bioenergy, is a “farmers first” RNG developer and operator.
Learn more at https://lfbioenergy.com/

Brent Lilienthal | CEO
713-857-3908
[email protected]
LF Bioenergy
Ifbioenergy.com

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44 min
April 18, 2023#22 - Coming Back to the Family Business - Reese Burnett
Two-thirds of the 9,000 dairy cows in Wyoming are milked on a 110-stall rotary at Burnett Dairy, located about an hour from Greeley, Colorado. Owned by the Burnett family, this dairy has scaled and added new technologies to gain a competitive edge, and that adds to the excitement for a young dairyman like Reese Burnett. Today, we’ll hear from Reese about what brought him back here and how he views the future of Burnett Dairy.
What you’ll learn:
The challenges and opportunities of dairying in Wyoming

Why he chose to come back to the dairy

What makes Reese excited for the future

The challenges he sees ahead
The episode is sponsored by Dairy Specialists.
Dairy Specialists is one of the leading and most innovative commercial dairy service and equipment dealerships in the country supplying commercial dairy farms with innovative parlor designs, new construction, remodels, robotic milkers, dairy waste management and 24/7 support and technical services. Their mission is to be the trusted and dependable advisors that dairy producers can count on to help bring their operational goals and visions to life.
Find them here: https://www.dairyspecialists.com/

Head to ⁠⁠⁠UplevelDairy.com⁠⁠⁠ to read the blog and join the Uplevel Dairy email list to receive new podcasts, blogs, and offers from Uplevel Dairy in your inbox.To listen to more episodes, head over to Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Don’t forget to rate and review!
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34 min

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