DairyVoice Podcast

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. Fuel prices and milk prices toward t...

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, women bring unique perspectiv...

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 transfer, sexed semen, among many othe...

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-world situations, what environment...

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 the past 5 years and common proble...

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 an eye-catching linear p...

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, as always, very insighf...

In this episode of DairyVoice, host Tim Abbott of Showbox Sires sits down with Bonnie Ayars, Brian Kelroy, 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 lasts the rest of a person’s...

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 unique, Delta-Lambda-free pedigree for c...

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, identity, and the internal patterns t...

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 members, as they have fairly recentl...

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 together naturally with HerdHQ. Both prod...

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.

For more information on this and othe...

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. 

Dr. Bilby discusses Targeted ...

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 connected technologies, mobile tool...

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 competitions like the World Dairy Ex...

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 bull. They also talk about what bl...