Dairy Agenda Today

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has named Anastasia Poull of Port Washington as Wisconsin's 79th Alice in Dairyland, a role focused on promoting the state's agricultural industry through education, marketing, and public outreach.

Entries are being accepted for the World Forage Analysis Superbowl, which is open to all forage producers across North America. The 2026 contest, held in conjunction with World Dairy Expo, is set to award over $26,000 in cash prizes. And the Missouri Heifer Tag Sale opens today!

Winners have been selected for the Emerging Dairy Leader award, a new category of annual recognition from the National Dairy Shrine. These individuals are dairy industry professionals, 40 years old or younger, who have demonstrated exemplary leadership qualities and accomplishments within the dairy industry and their local community, state or region.Find out who they are on DAT!

It's a new question of the week! Listen in to find out what we are discussing this week on DAT. Plus the Missouri Heifer Tag Sale happens this week!

Two days, three sales and you can be involved in all of them via online bidding. The Southern Hills Tag Sale, the Norse Haven Spring Fling and the Smith-Crest 30th Anniversary Sale. Find details on DAT.

Bidding is open for the Southern Hills Tag Sale which ends tomorrow. Also, the Norse Haven Spring Fling is Friday, May 15th. Listen in to the daily podcast for the latest news and markets.

The American Dairy Coalition has released a new educational visual titled “Where the Value Goes: Make Allowances, Cost Surveys, and Milk Pricing” to help dairy farmers, policymakers, and industry stakeholders understand how make allowances function within federal pricing formulas and why the design of USDA's future mandatory processing cost survey matters to dairy farmers.

It's sale day in Arlington, MN for the Midwest Spring Edition Sale. All the details are on DAT!

We now have the Missouri Heifer Tag sale catalog and we also have info for hoof trimmers! Listen in for details

The Matt Steiner Family of Pine Tree Dairy are this year's NDS Distinguished Cattle Breeders, and they will be honored at WDE in September. Listen in to how many family members work at Pine-Tree and their impact on the industry.

We just added the Norse Haven Spring Fling Sale to the featured sales list. We also have Bob Hagenow's full pedigree in the news as the NDS's Guest of Honor. Listen to the podcast today!

Congratulations to Bog Hagenow as the NDS Guest of Honor. Pine Tree Dairy is the NDS Distinguished Dairy Producer and find out who else is being honored this fall at WDE at the National Dairy Shrine banquet when you listen to our daily podcast.

The Southern Hills Tag Sale IV is coming up and the catalog will be posted today.

The HAUSA announced their Star of the Breed and their Herds of Excellence. Who are they? Listen in and find out. Plus, the Farm Bill has passed the House; it's now up to the Senate to act.

If you're in the Minnesota area, Gopher Dairy Camp might be a great place for your kids to learn.

We have results of the 24th National Dairy Challenge along with markets, ADC's recent comments, and testing status for states unaffected by bird flu.

A new question of the week, the Legacy in Motion at Vir-Clar, the Wisconsin Jersey Spring Spectacular, and the industry lost another giant. Listen to it all today on the podcast.

Our coverage of the Wisconsin Spring Showcase begins today, and we thank those show coverage sponsors who make it possible. Plus, we have more sales added to the featured sales list!

Have you looked over the La-Foster's Sale catalog? It's available on DAT. And our coverage begins for the Wisconsin Showcase tomorrow thanks to our great show coverage sponsors.

The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event held April 21, 2026, signals continued softening in global dairy markets, while U.S. milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) remain relatively stable, reflecting a more balanced domestic outlook.Thank you to our show coverage sponsors for the Wisconsin Spring Show!

It's a brand new week, so we have a new question of the week all about robots. Are you thinking of putting them in? Plus, we give a shout-out to our show coverage sponsors at the Wisconsin Spring Show this week!

Find the added lots, the catalog and the online bidding info for the Ohio Spring Sale on DAT. PLUS....is your school district offering whole milk to kids? If not, they should be!

A tornado ripped through a west Michigan farm, and we have the details. Plus, we have markets and lessons learned on the dairy farm on today's podcast.

USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins visited the new MSU Dairy and made some policy announcments that affect farmers. Also, the Ohio Spring Sale has some added lots you need to check out today!

Who thought a cheese by-product would ever be so popular? Find out why on today's podcast. You can now peruse the Legacy in Motion at Vir-Clar Farms sale catalog, which is now posted on DAT.

We have the Midwest Spring Edition III Sale at Do-N-Joy Genetics catalog online at DAT! And a new question of the week to kick off this Monday!

We have added the La-Foster's Dispersal sale to the featured sales list and the catalog is coming soon! Also, the Spotlight Selections Sale is TODAY! Find details on DAT. Also...it's FRIDAY and time for the FCF!

The Spotlight Selection Sale will happen at the Field of Dreams movie site! We have markets, FMMO changes, and the catalog is now online for the Wisconsin Ayrshire Sale on Saturday!

The Oklahoma State Holstein Sale is TODAY! Find the catalog on DAT. Also the catalog is now online for the Wisconsin Ayrshire Spring Sale is NOW ONLINE!

The World Dairy Expo award honorees have been announced! The Dairy Persons of the Year award goes to Jonathan and Alicia Lamb, Matthew and Kendra Lamb & Jim Veazey and Janette Veazey-Post. Find out who else will be honored on today's podcast.

Two sales are happening today, the Diley & Partners Online sale and the Buckeye Classic. We also have a run down of who was just elected to the BOD for WDE. Hear it all on our podcast today

Check out the Buckeye Classic online sale today, the Diley & Partners Sale tomorrow, the KY National on Friday and the IL PDCA Sale on Saturday! Listen to today's podcast for details!

We have the Kentucky National Sale catalogs online NOW! Also, we have a new question of the week. Find it all on DAT!

Enjoy our visit with Rick Allyn of Canaan, CT, as he recountshow he got into the cow business and tells the stories of traveling through Canada with Callum McKinvin looking for cattle to invest in. He also tells the story of how Durham Atlee came to be, and he does a great impression of his dearfriend and partner, the late Michael Heath.  Listen to the DAT Extra podcast on the video section of theDairy Agenda Today home page, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, I Heart Radio, YouTube, Amazon, and we are listed on the podcast directory of AgriAmerica

"How is “over bagging” or “excessive fill” measured and consistently defined? The guideline is way too vague and subject to massively wide interpretations. I don't know who is responsible for attempting to enforce this 'guideline', but if it is a judge....." read the rest of this comment on Dairy Agenda Today or listen to tomorrow's episode with the Friday Comment Feature.

We are Spring Sale Central, and we have another sale that just came in for April 19th! Plus, read about Carson Corwin at K-State and his unlikely journey into the dairy world.

The Buckeye Classic sale catalog is now online on DAT! That sale happens next week during Spring Dairy Expo! Also, ADC did a survey and the results are interesting. Listen in on the daily podcast.

Over-bagging is our question of the week and we are asking your opinion! Listen in and then head to DAT to express your thoughts on our question of the week.

This weekend is full of sales and we have added content and sales to our featured sales list! W. Plus , listen in to our Friday Comment Feature on today's podcast.

There is a new grant platform for the dairy industry that makes finding a grant easier! Plus the Lady Luck Royal Flush Tag Sale is set for tomorrow! We have the details.

The voice of American agriculture for decades has passed away and you can find Orion Samuelson's obituary when you hit the news tab at the top of the page. Today we have our last Wednesday with Cole, and we'll share a little more about our visit.

The KCCK Genetics Springtime Showcase Sale III is set forMarch 21st and we are sitting down with Cole Kruse to discuss all things sale prep and the offering.  This final week leadingup to the sale on Saturday, March 21st Cole outlines the Jerseys, Guernseys and Milking Shorthorns along with the genomic offering and some last minute announcements.Listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, DATYouTube, Amazon, I Heart Radio and the podcast directory on AgriAmerica.

We have another clip of Rick Allyn describing the Holstein sale that changed his direction! Plus the Illinois PDCA Calf Sale catalog is NOW AVAILABLE!

Farm families make American agriculture special, and we celebrate all of you this week with National Agriculture Week! Also, our question of the week is all about farm family memories!

We have a small slice of our recent conversation with Rick Allyn--the full podcast will be dropping soon. Plus, we have three more sales that have been added to the featured sales list!

The added lots keep coming for the Hard Core Selection Sale and the March Madness on the Home Court, and we have them all on DAT. Also, we have more from Wednesdays with Cole.

It's Wednesday, which means Cole visits us on our Wednesdays with Cole series. Also, have you ever seen a milk vending machine on the farm? Annie G's has one, and you can hear about it in today's podcast.

The KCCK Genetics Springtime Showcase III Sale is set forMarch 21st, and we are sitting down with Cole Kruse to discuss all things sale prep and the offering.  In our second conversation on Wednesdays with Cole, we discussed the Ayrshire and Brown Swiss offering. Listen to the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, DATYouTube, Amazon, I Heart Radio and the podcast directory on AgriAmerica.

You can now peruse the catalog for the Lady Luck Royal Flush Sale--it's now online on DAT!

If you didn't buy what you wanted last weekend, enjoy a big selection of quality animals selling this weekend, and we outline those sales in today's podcast.

It's sale day at Oakfield Corners Dairy and we have all the info on DAT. We outline all of the sales this weekend and our Friday Comment Feature...listen in to today's podcast.