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A Navy SEAL with Ag Committee seniority faces a dairy farmer who lived the economics that forced her family to sell after 150 years. Both want your vote.

Rick Naerebout had 15 problems moving through the Idaho legislature simultaneously — all of them bad for agriculture.

Small conversations can make the awkward “death talk” easier and help families plan for succession before a loss forces decisions.

Two accidents. Two recoveries. Two back braces hanging on an office wall. And one lesson a California dairy nutritionist learned the hard way: “Professionally, we’re all replaceable. But family? That’s different.”

Washington has seen a spike in HPAI cases in dairy herds in recent weeks, with Texas and Kansas also reporting cases in the past 30 days and a human case confirmed in a Washington dairy employee.

As a wave of retirements reshapes the industry, starting the succession conversation today is the first step toward securing your operation’s future and developing tomorrow’s leaders.