Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest Dairy’s blog features our program experts in Nutrition, Retail and Schools plus dairy farmers and an industry expert. The blog is a forum to share and dialogue about the many reasons why dairy makes sense for you and your family.

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Chop, Chop - It's Silage Time

From Karen Bohnert
September 03, 2010 12:50 PM

I’m not sure who is more excited when it’s time to chop corn to make into silage to feed our beloved Jersey cows — Tyler and Cassie, or the grown men!

Back to Football Friday: Are you ready for some wellness?

From Lori Dather
September 01, 2010 03:30 PM

Almost anyone who knows football is familiar with the NFL song asking, “Are you ready for some football?” Well, this football season there is reason to get your school “ready for some NFL excitement and wellness.”

Great Starts Begin with Quality Calf Care

From Susan Anglin
August 30, 2010 04:40 PM

Notebooks, paper, crayons, pencils, backpacks, clothes, shoes… the shopping list seems endless as parents and children get ready for the first day of the new school year. Just as parents make every effort to prepare children for a great start to the school year; great starts are also important for our third-generation dairy farm.

Want a Mom Miracle? Break for Breakfast and Fuel Up for the Day

From Carolyn Hudson
August 23, 2010 01:45 PM

What if you could improve your child’s math and reading scores, increase their physical energy and creativity, help them develop short term memory and perk up their mood with one simple thing? Sounds like a miracle.

State Fair Time in Illinois

From Karen Bohnert
August 20, 2010 10:30 AM

Our Illinois State Fair is here—and the entire Bohnert family is filled with pure excitement. We love to show our Jersey cattle, and have pulled our cow truck and trailer more than 170 miles each way for the past two decades.

Shopping Trends - The Channel Surfer

From Cindy Sorensen
August 18, 2010 03:00 PM

I’d like to continue my series on emerging shopping trends, as identified by "Supermarket News", and focus on “The Channel Surfer.” The channel surfer is someone who shops across multiple types of retail channels to satisfy their shopping needs.

Oregon Farm Help

From Karen Bohnert
August 16, 2010 03:55 PM

The Jersey kids have been countin’ down their west coast visitors for months and when the day arrived to pick up the Oregon family—my kids couldn’t have been more excited.

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Featured Bloggers

Susan Anglin

I now consider myself a dairy farmer. At first, I was married to the dairy farmer. After 25 years of marriage, raising two sons on the farm, learning to do all sorts of jobs around the farm and being involved in the everyday operation – I have arrived!

Karen Bohnert

Hi, I’m Karen Bohnert of Bohnert Jerseys located in the Illinois Quad Cities area. I am a mom, dairy farmer’s wife and dairy enthusiast – through and through. My pride and passion for each of these roles could fill a barn!

Lori Dather

I am a registered dietitian working as a school nutrition program manager for Midwest Dairy Council. My work takes me to schools across the Ozarks region, including Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma and southwest Missouri.

Char Heer

As a licensed registered dietitian with the Midwest Dairy Council, I am part of a 90-year tradition of providing science based, practical nutrition information to educators, health professionals and consumers.

Mary Higgins

From the first blade of grass the cow consumes until the time you eat it, I have studied it. I grew up on a farm in southern Illinois and have spent my 17-year career in the agricultural, dairy and food industries.

Carolyn Hudson

Hi! I am Carolyn Hudson, a registered and licensed dietitian (RD, LD). All fancy words for letting you know that I am licensed to help you make sense of dairy nutrition.

Cindy Sorensen

Hi, I’m Cindy Sorensen, the “retail guru” and vice president of national retail accounts for Midwest Dairy Association. Why do they call me the retail guru? After 27 years of sales experience with Nestle, Cadbury and Minute Maid, I have learned a thing or two about grocery stores.

Leo Timms

For more than 25 years, I’ve worked as an extension dairy specialist and professor at Iowa State University (ISU). My job is to make science simple, easy to understand and economical. In this role, I directly serve as a conduit to answers and solutions for a variety of dairy topics or audiences.