Change is a constant in life, as natural and inevitable as the shifting seasons. In the rural United States, and particularly within Wisconsin’s dairy sector, transformation is happening at a swift pace – one that many predict will accelerate even more rapidly. What once took 25 years to change may now take only five years. That heightened shift can be intimidating, but history and experience assure us that adaptation is key to survival and success.
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Shelly Mayer
Shelly Mayer is the executive director of Professional Dairy Producers. It’s been called the nation's largest dairy-producer-led organization of its kind, focusing on producer professionalism, stakeholder engagement and unified outreach to share ideas, solutions, resources and experiences to help dairy producers succeed. Professional Dairy Producers also reaches outside the scope of dairy to strengthen ties with neighborhoods and communities, to work with and learn from one another, with the aim of securing a better tomorrow for one and all. Visit pdpw.org for more information.
