Dairy Pioneer Looks Back At Progress

The pace of progress in today’s agriculture industry is unprecedented, from technology, to science much more.  At the center of it all, for the dairy industry, is the Holstein cow, producing more pounds of quality milk with fewer dairies each passing year.  Industry veteran Larry Tande said  the advent of genomics and scientific innovation has led to the biggest changes in his lifetime.

“Frankly it went way beyond what I thought it could. And I’m amazed at the quality of cattle that we have bread through genomics especially mammary systems.”

Tande, a former president of the Holstein Association USA, was recently honored as a National Dairy Shrine Pioneer, for his lifetime of leadership and service to the dairy industry.  Along with four others, this year, he will be inducted into the National Dairy Hall of Fame.

“And I’m very honored when I think about those people who have been honored before.  I am extremely humbled.”

The National Dairy Shrine is a membership organization that’s committed to preserving history and supporting the industry’s future generations.  It’s also home to the National Dairy Hall of Fame in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.

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