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Karen Bohnert

Dairy Editorial Director

Karen Bohnert is the Dairy Editorial Director at Farm Journal, overseeing Dairy Herd Management and Milk Business Quarterly since 2021. A lifelong advocate for dairy, Karen draws from both professional expertise and personal experience—she and her husband operate Bohnert Jerseys, a 750-cow dairy in East Moline, Illinois.

Raised on a dairy farm in Oregon, her editorial career spans freelance journalism and roles at organizations like Swiss Valley Farms and the American Jersey Cattle Association. She was named a Distinguished Alumni Leader by the Holstein Foundation.

Latest Stories
Earlier this week, a Borden Dairy processor informed its workers, vendors, and customers that they would be closing their doors this summer at their plant in Chembung, Ill.
Knowing the importance of advocating, the Modern-day Farm Chick toyed with the idea of starting a blog. After talking with her grandma, Annaliese Wegner started a blog and began sharing her dairy good story
The biggest conversation in 2022 for McCarty Family Farms, LLC has been centered around finding a balance of taking care of their cattle and land and avoiding any catastrophic mistakes.
Four months have passed since Kent and Coreena Meyer opened a letter from their milk processor, Wakefern Food Corp., owner of Readington Farms, informing them they no longer would pick up their milk.
With more consumers demanding ‘on-the-go’ options, cheese has increasingly grown under the snacking category. Earlier this month, Sargento Foods signed a definitive agreement to acquire Baker Cheese Factory, Inc.
Each Memorial Day weekend, a winning tradition unfolds in the midsection of the country. At the end of the biggest motorsports event in the world, all eyes will be on the winner’s circle of the Indianapolis 500.
Milk prices have soared and producers are looking at each line of the milk check to learn just what the money maker is. The takeaway is that strong component prices easily help drive that price per hundredweight up.
Dairy sprinklers and fans generally idle on low until summer. With an extreme heatwave across the midsection of the U.S., farmers are stepping up their cooling systems to ensure their cows are as comfortable as possible.
This ongoing Oregon water issue has become a headache for many farmers, like Jos Poland. Less water doesn’t only mean fewer aces for his cows to graze on. It has forced Poland to sell 40% of his herd earlier this year.
John Schouten endless devotion to global bovine genetics helped earn him the honors of the 2022 Dairy Shrine Guest of Honor award. The World Wide Sires global traveler played a vital role in U.S. dairy semen exports.
The power of a mother is enormous. A mom is more than a chauffeur, a cook or someone who does the laundry. A mom shapes self-esteem and responsibility in her children and makes endless sacrifices to empower her children.
There are a lot of dynamics going beyond just the higher prices we have seen lately in the dairy market. Closely monitoring dairy culling rates, economists look at what the drivers are and where milk prices could go.
USDA announced April’s Class III price to be $24.42/cwt., the third-highest on record. With 2022 forecast showing high prices, it is of no surprise that enrollment in the USDA’s 2022 DMC program showed a decline.
Michigan dairy farmer, Ashley Kennedy, grabbed the opportunity to have a front-seat voice to testify at the Senate Agriculture Committee’s first hearing committed to the upcoming Farm Bill.
While the cows seem less fazed with a big-name country star holding a concert in their backyard, Gar-Line Dairy Farm is thrilled. The Minnesota dairy farm is a 2022 Farm Tour stop for the Sept. 24 Luke Bryan concert.