Episodes
Episodes
Monday Dec 11, 2023
University of Guelph Panel Discussion
Monday Dec 11, 2023
Monday Dec 11, 2023
On this week's episode of the podcast, we have something a little different for the listeners. I had the opportunity to host a panel where we discussed our careers. I wanted to say thanks to our participants, Dr. Sara Robson from Grand Valley Fortifiers, Justine Dodson MSc from Sharpe's Feed Supply, Dr. Bruna Mion from Lactanet and Dr. Chris Church from Trouw Nutrition Canada.
Also a special thanks to Dr. David Innes from the University of Guelph's Dairy at Guelph faculty who hosted the podcast for his fourth year Nutrition Group.
I hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast. If you have any questions about this episode or future episodes of the podcast, please feel free to reach out to me by email at keithschweitzer@wfs.ca by phone at 1 (519) 872-0742 and please follow me on your favorite podcast player and on twitter @keithschweitzer
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Aaron Keunen
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
On this episode of the podcast, I have a great conversation with Aaron Keunen. Aaron is part owner of Mapleview Agri, a milk replacer, animal health product manufacturer and veal/calf research facility in Palmerston Ontario, Canada.
Aaron and I have a great talk about calves, what we are seeing in the country side currently and what is coming down the pipe with regards to calf health and calf performance.
I hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast. If you have any questions about this episode or future episodes of the podcast, please feel free to reach out to me by email at keithschweitzer@wfs.ca by phone at 1 (519) 872-0742 and please follow me on your favorite podcast player and on twitter @keithschweitzer
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Dr. Bill Mahanna
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
On this episode of the podcast, I talk to Dr. Bill Mahanna. Bill is the Global Nutritional Services Manager with Pioneer, he is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Animal Science at Iowa State University.
Bill and I cover all things corn silage, we touch on plant health, starch deposition, kernel processing and some new and exciting technology coming down the pipeline.
He has an incredible wealth of knowledge and experience when it comes to making high quality forages, especially corn silage. He has worked for Pioneer for over 30 years and he has travelled all over the world educating dairy, beef and small ruminant producers and industry professionals.
If you have questions, you can reach him at bill.mahanna@pioneer.com or on Twitter @billmahanna
I hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast. If you have any questions about this episode or future episodes of the podcast, please feel free to reach out to me by email at keithschweitzer@wfs.ca by phone at 1 (519) 872-0742 and please follow me on your favorite podcast player and on twitter @keithschweitzer
Friday Jul 28, 2023
The big 5-0!
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
On this week's episode of the podcast, I have the pleasure of talking to Michelle Durnin. Michelle is an agronomist and the owner of Prosperity Ag, located in Huron County, Ontario.
Michelle has worked for several years in Ontario with a focus on forage crops. We have a great conversations about this years corn crop, whether or not we should look at fungicide and we also cover some options for forage crops after this years wheat.
Michelle have several iron in the fire outside of being an agronomist. She is the owner of Durnin Farm and Ranch wear (www.dfrwear.ca), a company that designs work and ranch clothes for women. She is also the host of the Propsperity Ag Out Loud Podcast, you can find that on Apple Podcast and Spotify. She can also be found across social media platforms.
I hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast. If you have any questions about this episode or future episodes of the podcast, please feel free to reach out to me by email at keithschweitzer@wfs.ca by phone at 1 (519) 872-0742 and please follow me on your favorite podcast player and on twitter @keithschweitzer
Friday Jul 21, 2023
It’s a hot topic
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
On this weeks episode of the Dairy Farmer's Digest, I have the pleasure of talking to Dr. Geoffrey Dahl from the University of Florida. Geoffrey is the Director of the Feed the Future Innovations Lab for Livestock Systems and a Professor - Harriette B. Weaks Professor President of the ADSA.
Dr. Dahl is the leading experts in the world when it comes to the topic of heat stress and its impact biology and physiology of the dairy production animals. He has won a multitude of professional service honors and awards, he has also been sited more than 10,000 times for research that he has conducted.
Heat stress has both a huge physiological and financial impact on today's dairy operations and it is one of the most important management areas with regards to production animal agriculture.
I hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast. If you have any questions about this episode or future episodes of the podcast, please feel free to reach out to me by email at keithschweitzer@wfs.ca by phone at 1 (519) 872-0742 and please follow me on your favorite podcast player and on twitter @keithschweitzer
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Guess who’s back, back again .... Gary’s back, tell a friend.
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
On this week's episode of the Dairy Farmer's Digest, I talk with Gary Markus, who along with his wife and four kids run Markhill Holsteins in Ingersoll Ontario. In addition to milking cows, Gary also works as an Elite account manager with Alta Genetics in SW Ontario.
Gary and I have a great discussion about developing a plan and choosing criteria to cull animals, it is a tough decision to move on from these animals, but with the right data we can make these decisions a little bit easier, and make your operation more profitable.
If you have any questions about this episode or future episodes of the podcast, please feel free to reach out to me by email at keithschweitzer@wfs.ca by phone at 1 (519) 872-0742 and please follow me on your favorite podcast player and on twitter @keithschweitzer
Thursday May 18, 2023
#cowchow23 is our Oyster.
Thursday May 18, 2023
Thursday May 18, 2023
On this on the DFD podcast, I have a great conversation with Dr. Luis Ferraretto. Dr. Ferraretto is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Dairy Nutrition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The spring is one of the most important times of year, not only is it planting season but it brings the first opportunity to make high quality forages for the upcoming year. Luis and I touch on several topics related to this years winter forages and hay crops. We also touch a bit on the upcoming corn crop.
I hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast. If you have any questions about this episode or future episodes of the podcast, please feel free to reach out to me by email at keithschweitzer@wfs.ca by phone at 1 (519) 872-0742 and please follow me on your favorite podcast player and on twitter @keithschweitzer
Monday May 01, 2023
Takin care of business!
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
On this episode of the Dairy Farmer's Digest (DFD) podcast, I talk to Cox Wensink. Cox is the owner and herd manager at Hoenhorst Farms in Woodstock Ontario where her and her team milk 500 cows with 10 Lely A4 milking robots on two locations utilizing temporary foreign workers (TFW). We have a great discussion around how she came about using TFW and how to get the process started and the learning curve involved in going down this route.
Cox is a Mechanical Engineer with a Masters in Strategic Product development and she has worked in Canada and in Europe before returning to the farm to take over the family farm nearly a decade ago.
The main goal at Hoenhorst farms is to fill quota efficiently and maintain a positive team culture at the farm which lead her down the road of employing TFW to meet and exceed her goals.
I hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast. If you have any questions about this episode or future episodes of the podcast, please feel free to reach out to me by email at keithschweitzer@wfs.ca by phone at 1 (519) 872-0742 and please follow me on your favorite podcast player and on twitter @keithschweitzer
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Legend .... wait for it .... Dairy!!
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
On this episode of the Dairy Farmer's Digest (DFD) podcast, I talk to Dr. Mike Hutjens. Mike is a Professor Emeritus in the department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois.
Dr. Hutjens grew up on a dairy farm in Green Bay, Wisconsin and has a PhD from the University of Wisconsin and has focused his entire career on teaching dairy professionals and producers how to make milk as efficiently and economically as possible. He has published several hundred if not thousand articles for publications like Hoard's Dairyman and other industry publications around the world. Mike has won numerous awards and was a President of the ADSA (American Dairy Science Association).
Our discussion on this podcast covers how to evaluate whether a feed additive is right for you farm, how do reduce feed costs from non feed factors (shrink) and his own list of must haves in your feeding program.
I hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast. If you have any questions about this episode or future episodes of the podcast, please feel free to reach out to me by email at keithschweitzer@wfs.ca by phone at 1 (519) 872-0742 and please follow me on your favorite podcast player and on twitter @keithschweitzer
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Where’s the Beef?!
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
On this episode of the Dairy Farmer's Digest (DFD) podcast, I talk to Brad Gilchrist. Brad is the Beef Marketing and Product specialist for Semex. Brad is a graduate of the University of Guelph Ag economics and Business degree. He and his family also operate a purebred Angus cow calf operation in Lucknow Ontario.
Breeding Beef x Holstein has become the norm in the dairy industry in North America, Brad and I discuss how farmer are utilizing these genetics and how producers can maximize the calf value by breeding to the right sires.
I hope you enjoy this episode of the podcast. If you have any questions about this episode or future episodes of the podcast, please feel free to reach out to me by email at keithschweitzer@wfs.ca by phone at 1 (519) 872-0742 and please follow me on your favorite podcast player and on twitter @keithschweitzer
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