GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – The dairy farming community is coming together in Green Bay on Wednesday to talk about the future of how milk and cheese end up on your table.
“It’s kind of like a family reunion,” Owner Lee Kinnard of Kinnard Farms said. “It’s the newest, the greatest, the latest about where the dairy community is going as a whole.”
About 400 farm families are coming to Green Bay from across the state and the country for the Dairy Business Association’s Dairy Strong Conference to tackle the most significant issues facing the dairy industry.
“In the dairy community you get very close to other dairy farmers from around the state, around the region, so it’s mighty nice to see those folks at this event every year,” Kinnard said.
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Kinnard told Action 2 News the conference brings together farmers, agriculture professionals, researchers and government and university representatives. Some hot topics at the conference are making farms more sustainable, how the presidential election could impact business and new technology.
“Really looking forward to seeing everybody, connecting, talking about what their families are up to, what they’ve been up to, what their businesses are up to.
Then the part I love most about it, what do you see as the next 5 or the next 10 or the next 20 years,” Kinnard expressed. “It’s a lot of excitement just to see everybody but you leave really enthused with new ideas about where the dairy community is going as a whole.”
Kinnard explained he’s especially looking forward to discussing earning carbon credits by reducing emissions and regenerative agriculture, which is rebuilding soil health by using the dairy cow. His team milks more than eight thousand cows multiple times a day.
Kinnard said the future of the dairy industry likely involves innovation we can’t even predict right now:
“Some of the technology being presented is on par with some of the most technologically advanced companies in the world, so it’s really cool when you do have non-farm participants that are there and they’re always in shock and awe.”
Registration for the Dairy Strong Conference is still available at the door at the KI Convention Center in downtown Green Bay at 1 p.m.
Anyone is welcome to learn more about how the dairy industry is evolving.
