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Fred Hall

Fred Hall

Dairy Field Specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, based in Orange City, Iowa, and recurring co-host of the Dairy News & Views from ISU podcast.

Sep 22, 2026

Dairy News & Views from ISU

Dairy News & Views from ISU

Episode 169. Dairy Industry Report

Sep 22 · 31m

Jennifer Bentley
Jennifer BentleyHOST
6:33
What do you think is driving that growth?
Fred Hall
Fred HallGUEST
6:36
Well, I think there's a couple of things that, you know, producers are getting larger.
Fred Hall
Fred HallGUEST
6:44
There's not as many, but they're milking more cows.
Fred Hall
Fred HallGUEST
6:48
And that's being driven by a couple of things.
Fred Hall
Fred HallGUEST
6:50
The big one is our margins are slimmer than they've been.
Fred Hall
Fred HallGUEST
6:56
17 years.
Fred Hall
Fred HallGUEST
6:58
So the idea that, you know, we have to keep all those stalls full with high producing cows is driving the industry, at least on the production side.

11 MINS LATER

Gail Carpenter
Gail CarpenterGUEST
17:44
Yep, yep.

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