Dispatches from Our Own Wisconsin: Mitch Breunig of Mystic Valley Dairy Mitch Breunig, owner of Mystic Valley Dairy, LLC, in rural Roxbury, near Sauk City, manages eight employees, oversees the breeding and healthcare of the herd, …
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Seminar Collaborator Wins U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award
Rosy-Lane Holsteins, a 900-cow dairy farm in Watertown, is owned by UW alumni Lloyd and Daphne Holterman and their partners Tim Strobel and Jordan Matthews. They have hosted the Wisconsin Idea Seminar twice since 1993, …
De Soto Teacher’s Agriscience Students Support Local Dairies and Food Pantries
Dispatches from Our Own Wisconsin: Hillary Bark of De Soto Area School District Hillary Bark is an agriculture teacher and FFA (Future Farmers of America) advisor at De Soto Area School District, a rural school …
Door County Dairy Farm Continues Relationship-Driven Business Despite Supply Chain Challenges
Dispatches from Our Own Wisconsin: Brey Cycle Farms Lauren Brey, along with her husband Jacob, his brother Tony, and sister-in-law Moriah, own and manage a 600-cow farm in Sturgeon Bay. All four graduated from UW-Madison: …
Seminar Collaborators Discuss the Future of Farming
Mitch Breunig, third-generation farmer at Mystic Valley Dairy in Sauk City, and Kent Weigel, livestock geneticist and chair of UW-Madison’s dairy science department, passionately explained some current struggles associated with dairy farming in a recent …
Seminar Collaborator Elected as Council Chair of Dairy Innovation Hub
Mitch Breunig, third-generation farmer and UW-Madison alumnus, was elected as chair of the Dairy Innovation Hub advisory council. In this new position, Breunig will work to assemble the council, set agendas, and provide guidance to the …
Looking Back at Video Summary of 2019 Seminar
The Wisconsin Idea Seminar’s 2019 River Tour was five days packed full with so much learning about Wisconsin life. Rivers provided our narrative frame as we discussed and experienced the cultural, educational, industrial, social, and …
Wisconsin Idea Seminar Dairy Advisor Works to Support Grad Students
Kent Weigel, a professor, extension specialist, and chair of the Dairy Science Department, helps change graduate students’ lives through a new program — the Dairy Research Partnership. This new initiative encourages dairy-related businesses to …
WIS’18 Alumna Jennifer Van Os Helps Cool Cows
Jennifer Van Os, an assistant professor of dairy science, visits milk producers around the state to study cow comfort. In May, she will accompany the Wisconsin Idea Seminar to Rosy-Lane Holsteins in Watertown, Wisconsin, …
WIS Collaborator Mystic Valley Dairy Recycles Silage Plastic
Mitch Bruenig, owner of Mystic Valley Dairy in Sauk City, is one of 5000 farmers in Wisconsin that have joined forces with Wisconsin-based Revolution Plastics to recycle plastic feed bags and other agricultural plastics. …