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Editor’s Note BY EMILY KITTENDORF
Fall is finally here (at least unofficially)! Kids are back in school, leaves are changing colors and the nights are colder… all meaning that harvest is here or right around the corner and before we know it local meeting season will be here.
On the Cover On the cover is this year’s OYDCs Kip and Rochelle Siegler, elected at their local
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farm in Westphalia, Michigan. Kip’s a social media star with a crazy large following
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on YouTube – so official he even has his own merch shop. Learn more about him and
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Rochelle on page 24 and find more information about the conference on page 22.
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meeting last year and selected as finalists last month. I had a chance to meet them in August at the OYDC Conference held at Brent and Emily Simon’s (last year’s OYDCs)
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In this Issue Nothing is more fall than back to school and football! Michigan State University is in session and the animal science department has strengthened dairy’s position by
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creating additional dairy-focused classes as part of a new dairy concentration. I met
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with three faculty members to learn more about it and other exciting dairy-related
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updates at MSU (page 16). Also back to school are MMPA’s summer interns, Faith Adam at Purdue University and Monika Dzuiba at MSU. Learn more about them and their internship experiences on page 11. And finally, the wait is over to view the results of the 2021 MMPA photo contest
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(page 14). The views of the dairy lifestyle are stunning and harvest lends itself to some of
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the most beautiful photos! Take time to capture them for next year’s contest! I wish you a happy and safe harvest!. milk messenger / SEP-OCT 2021
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