Join Progressive Dairy Podcast co-hosts Kimmi Devaney, Walt Cooley and Matti McBride as they highlight some of their favorite articles and podcast episodes from 2025 and discuss Progressive Publishing’s new artificial intelligence (AI) policy, the new Ask AgProud AI feature on agproud.com, 2026 internship opportunities and a fun Christmas segment.

Links:

• Sign up for Real Producer Exchange webinars
• Article: Preparing for unexpected visits from immigration officials (podcast episode – season 7, episode 27)
• Podcast episode with Bethany Dado-Senn (season 7, episode 1)
• Snider Dairy Farm’s “Grandma Got Run Over By a Jersey” parody video

Episode overview:

[~1:30] Ask AgProud AI

[~5:15] New editorial AI policy

[~6:45] Overview of some of Devaney, Cooley and McBride’s most memorable articles and podcast episodes this year

[~13:25] 2026 internship opportunity for students in the U.S. and Canada

[~19:30] Christmas segment

[~16:30] Internship advice for college dairy students

[~29:30] Rapid-fire questions

DMI’s Katie Bambacht, Vice President of Nutrition Affairs at the National Dairy Council, speaks with DMI’s Scott Wallin about how the checkoff is working directly with schools to improve school lunches (with dairy being front and center) by collaborating with the School Nutrition Association.

Katie explains that nearly 30 million students participate in school meal programs daily, with dairy providing significant nutrients, while emphasizing the critical role of school meals in addressing food insecurity and improving academic performance.

She also covers the "Made with School Lunch" campaign, which aims to change perceptions of school meals, and the "Smart Swaps" initiative, which helps schools meet evolving USDA standards while maintaining dairy offerings.

The discussion also touches on the potential of whole milk in schools and future projects with the School Nutrition Association.

To learn more about the national dairy checkoff and your local dairy checkoffs, please visit dairycheckoff.com.

Host and Guest:

Host: Scott Wallin, Vice President of Farmer Communications & Media Relations, Dairy Management Inc.

Guest: Katie Bambacht, Vice President of Nutrition Affairs, National Dairy Council

This episode is sponsored by Dairy Management Inc.

David Kerr, milkrite | InterPuls (MI) Regional Sales Manager, shares insights on Impulse Air liner technology, proper milking equipment setup, mastitis prevention strategies, and MI comprehensive Farm Services Programs supporting dairy producers.

Episode highlights:

• MI Lines of Business and Impulse Air [~2:08]
• How to choose the right liner [~4:00]
• The importance of massage [~5:17]
• Key factors for liner setup [~5:58]
• Relationship between liners and mastitis [~7:25]
• The advantages of MI Capital Goods and Farm Services [~12:52]

This episode is sponsored by milkrite | InterPuls (MI).

At MI, we support our business partners and farmers. We provide fully integrated systems where all aspects of herd management and milking meet, constantly monitoring and controlling efficient milking.

We serve our products through a well-developed network of distributors and technical dealers, which is constantly developing.