Rumination Podcast: Recent Episodes
Matt Kauffman
A podcast where we chew the cud on the dairy industry and on life. We interview anyone tied to the dairy industry that has a story, information, expertise, or experiences to share. We aim to provide fun, informational and even inspirational content that people in the dairy industry will appreciate.
Jim@csaanimalnutrition.com
DGA - Dietary Guidelines for Americans - released every 5 years, guides American's diets for nearly 70 years now.
kelly@dairymargintracker.com
https://www.dairymargintracker.com/
Reach out to me for his phone number.
Dr. Mike Crombie is the CEO of Inter-Rock Minerals, parent company of Papillon Agricultural Company. Mike joins us today to discuss the differences in terminology surrounding aluminosilicates, clays, and zeolites.
Contact Matt - matt@papillon-ag.com for a chart of the breakdown of minerals as well as a pdf of the terms and definitions that you will hear or heard on the podcast.
**Phil Leman Contact - philip@belstramilling.com or cell phone 219 869-1127
0:00 - 10:14 Intro and Get to know you with Phil Leman**
10:15 - 11:00 - BHAG - Big Hairy Audacious Goals
12:17 - 14:48 How Belstra works with consultants? 2 customers: the nutritionist and the farm
14:48 - 16:55 Services provided to consultants and farmers.
18:45 - 21:26 How will things change in the future with Belstra and consultants as the industry changes? Technology to monitor feed usage at the dairy for ordering ease.
21:27 - 26:38 BBQ conversation - ribs, butts, queso, pizza, and smoked fatties - the meat pumpkin roll.
26:39 - 27:27 Final plug for Belstra
27:28 - 29:05 Working with youth through his church in Released Time Education.
29:33 - 30:50 Mill perspectives that others may not understand.
30:51 - 32:50 Ingredient and logistic challenges going on right now
32:51 - 33:29 Price increases on fats have nearly doubled in the last year.
33:30 - 35:07 - Things he’s most proud of.
35:08 Rapid Fire session
39:01 Final Thoughts and Contact info
Dr. Barry Bradford - bjbrad@msu.edu
Intro 0:00 - 3:10 Quick history of how he got to MSU
Difference between Dairy and Beef 3:15 - 6:30
Roles and position at MSU 6:31 - 10:01
Projects he’s working on 10:02 - 11:48
Future projects or desired projects around inflammation 11:49 - 13:55
Is inflammation bad thing or a necessary thing 13:56 -16:30
Fun or notable research 16:31 - 18:28
Process for reproducing proof of concept for products in research 18:29 - 20:58
Climate Change, GHG, Ags role 20:59 - 24:10
Praising Cattle for their role in climate change 24:11 - 27:30
Cows role with human food byproducts 27:31 - 28:41
Trash diet - all byproduct diet using no land 28:42 - 30:20
Byproduct upcycling by cows 30:21 - 31:50
Missing an opportunity to promote in 2020? 31:51 - 34:42
Student skeptics on animal agriculture response 34:43 - 36:30
Other thoughts on I didn’t ask about 36:31 - 37:13
New Michigan state dairy facility in the works 37:14 - 38:30
Great Accomplishments 38:31 - 39:01
Next wave of dairy nutrition 39:02 - 40:21
Barry your pants are on fire 40:22 - 41:48
Don’t lock yourself in a freezer 41:49 - 42:46
Rapid Fire discussing general snobbery 42:47 - 47:00
Contact info and closing 47:01 - 47:49
Today's show covers the Westendorp family's transition from milking cows to milking cows and running their own creamery. When they felt like they'd arrived as a business. How they come up with ice cream flavors and which one was the worst flavor ever.
To reach Troy check out their
FB page - https://www.facebook.com/MOOville
or their website - https://www.moo-ville.com/
Todays' show rundown
0:00 - 2:00 - Show intro
2:00 - 7:03 - Don shares where he's been in his career and where he is today
8:00 - 9:40 - His favorite part of his job
9:40 - 11:05 - Building a loyal customer base
11:16 - 17:25 - Advice he gives his students
12:26 - 21:44 - Advice to self
21:45 - 26:12 - Questions about the industry, on farm training, and communication
26:13 - 28:01 - Tools and skills needed today as a consultant
28:02 - 32:38 - New dairy innovation thoughts
32:39 - 42:26 - Other thoughts about the job and the industry
42:27 - end - Would you rather with Don Martell
In an industry where we have data on nearly everything at the farm, we don't have anything detailing the variation in the nutrients of our forages and commodities, and that is an area that if captured, could save a farm a lot of money.
Dr. Goeser is working to come up with a solution to this and so we tackle this issue today as well as the cost of putting up forages and where he thinks dairy innovation will come from in the future. John's always a great listen so I hope you enjoy.
If you want to contact him here's his info.
johngoeser@rockriverlab.com
6083323859 - cell number
@johngoeser - social media/twitter
Dr. Joanne Knapp is an immensely skilled an experienced Independent Consultant to Agriculture. She brings expertise in science and marketing as well as a broad spectrum of knowledge about animal agriculture. On today's show she shares her story about how she got to become an independent consultant, who her customers hers and what things she's working on. She also has some really good ideas about some of the challenges the dairy industry faces due to legislation that is nearly 90 years old. Beyond that she has some great advice to young people pursuing graduate school work and what the industry needs more of in them. We also touch on the changing landscape that is nutrition work and consulting and how it'll change in her opinion in the future.
(559) 788-9695 cell
joanne.r.knapp@gmail.com
Today's show features someone who needs no introduction and someone who does. Today’s show covers nutrient economics, challenges the industry will face in the future, and where they think new innovations will come from.
Dr. Weiss - weiss.6@osu.edu
Dr. Tebbe - atebbe@landolakes.com
If you want to see a demonstration of their Invitro NDFD adjustment sheet, check out the 40 minute mark of the Hoards Webinar. Contact me for the PDF version of this slide.
https://hoards.com/article-29282-improved-methods-for-comparing-the-economic-value-of-feed.html
**Today’s podcast features a man who is one of the most recognized experts in the field of fatty acid digestion and metabolism in the dairy cow and the impact of bioactive fatty acids on animal production and human health, Dr. Adam Lock. Dr. Lock, like so many, needs no introduction in the dairy world. But for those who aren’t familiar he is an associate professor at MSU and if you can’t tell from the accent he’s from the UK. Dr. Lock has been at his post at MSU since 2009 and has a special interest in the role of milk fat in human health.
His email address is allock@msu.edu if you wish to contact him. If you want to see more of what he has to say about this issue, check out the youtube video he put together the other day.**https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X55YvgyPgm0
Fred Martsolf gave the dairy industry 40 years of this life. He spent 36 of those years in management and was responsible for building teams and hiring and training new talent. I refer to Fred as the Abraham of the Great Lakes Region because as Abraham was the father of many nations, Fred was the father of many dairy careers. Many of you may have had your start or restart in the industry through Fred. He's a wealth of knowledge and will be greatly missed since he retired about 1 year ago. He shares is experiences with us today.
Today's show features a man who is definitely unique. Tyler has a rather large family (10 kids) that keeps him busy, grounded and entertained at all times. In his "spare time" he works for Hoover Feed Service & Gutwein Consulting. In this episode we grapple with whether he is a Hoosier or not, generational differences experienced on the farm, challenges of the small dairyman, and funny stories from his large family. He also shares about his families tragic loss of their 19 month old son last fall. He's a man of faith and conviction. I hope you enjoy today's show.
Today's show features a man who's worked just about every job on this side of the industry. Steve currently works for Lely as the North American Manager of the FMS team. He discusses some of the common pitfalls he sees when it comes to adapting robots to dairies and what the future might hold for robotic milking and feeding systems on the farm.