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Laura Daniels is a mother, wife, farmer, dairy consultant and agriculture advocate. I met Laura at the 2013 Ag Chat Conference where she was the keynote where she related hitch pins to telling our story. I still remember the keynote to this day and am honored for her to share her story with us today as the conclusion to my… Read More
Iris’ Story in her own words: I was born and raised as fourth generation dairy farmer. We started helping out with small chores as kids and our responsibilities expanded and we grew. I was involved in both 4-H and FFA and judged everything from soil to horses. The highlight of my involvement with these groups was being named a State… Read More
Janet’s Story in her own words: I am a 6th generation dairy farmer. Growing up, I was surrounded by dairy farmers, as all of my grandparents and all of my aunts and uncles were also dairy farmers. I attended Iowa State University and majored in art, and interior design. After 10 years of working as an Interior Designer in the… Read More
It is my honor to introduce Jennifer Heim who grew up in a small town in Illinois and went to the University of Illinois and obtained a BS and MS in Civil Engineering. Jennifer works in Kansas City as a Structural Engineer. She married into dairy, and together, Jennifer and her husband (David) farm in Easton, KS. Jennifer’s main interests… Read More
Today, we head to Little Falls, Minnesota and get the opportunity to hear from Brenda Rudolph. Brenda and her husband of 10 years, Nate, have two kids Everett (6) and Vivian (11 months). Brenda did not grow up on a dairy farm; instead she grew up on a lake. During high school and college, Brenda worked on her uncle’s… Read More
Ashley’s story in her own words: I (Ashley Abbott) grew up on my family’s 40 cow dairy in upstate NY. My parent’s sold their farm in the 90’s, but I kept my love for cows. I have degrees from SUNY Cobleskill in Ag Business as well as Cornell University in Animal Science. After graduating from Cornell in 2009, I married… Read More
