It’s kidding season on Wisconsin dairy goat farms. That means sweet baby goats and increased milk production. But it’s not the only excitement that the goat dairy industry is witnessing in 2024. Anna Thompson Hajdik is the vice president of the Wisconsin Dairy Goat Association and serves as a director of the Upper Midwest Region for the American Dairy Goat Association. She frequently returns to the family dairy goat herd in Minnesota. She says the dairy goat industry is faced with an incredible opportunity as demand is high and the room for product innovation is endless. Hajdik also comments on the news that Saputo is closing two facilities and rerouting that production to its Reedsburg plant. First, she tells us this mild winter is a relief for the critical kidding season. 

It’s kidding season on Wisconsin dairy goat farms. That means sweet baby goats and increased milk production. But it’s not the only excitement that the goat dairy industry is witnessing in 2024. Anna Thompson Hajdik is the vice president of the Wisconsin Dairy Goat Association and serves as a director of the Upper Midwest Region for the American Dairy Goat Association. She frequently returns to the family dairy goat herd in Minnesota. She says the dairy goat industry is faced with an incredible opportunity as demand is high and the room for product innovation is endless. Hajdik also comments on the news that Saputo is closing two facilities and rerouting that production to its Reedsburg plant. First, she tells us this mild winter is a relief for the critical kidding season.

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Join Pam Jahnke for the latest farm news. Heard daily on WOZN 96.7 FM and 1670 AM in Madison Wisconsin from 5-6am. Also heard on affiliate stations all over Wisconsin.

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