“My goal is that my grandchildren will never know cows had horns.”

It’s a bold statement, but one that Wes Kerr believes in wholeheartedly.

Kerr, a young dairyman in Buckeye, Arizona, views polled genetics the way of the future for dairy breeding.

“Even if it doesn’t happen in the industry, it’s going to happen here on this farm,” he says.

Often, when we speak of generations, we are referring to the generations past.

Age: 58

Location: Madison, Wisconsin

Your background in agriculture: Master of science in ag business management from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Currently vice president of Vita Plus Corp.

My day starts as it usually does three days a week, with a 6 a.m. Spanish class over Skype with my teacher, who is at an immersion school in Puebla, Mexico.

Our lessons normally consist of listening and grammatical exercises, followed by reading and comprehension of an article from El Lechero selected by my teacher.

C.J. Middleton, originally of Hannibal, Missouri, was born a dairy farm kid.

His grandfather and uncle were heavily involved in managing cows and compost at Heartland Dairy, owned by Charlie Sharpe, in La Belle, Missouri.

Men who are dairy farmers have it pretty easy when it comes to networking.

They may not even know that is what they are doing when they stand and talk with each other at the feed store or hang around after the pesticide re-certification meeting to chat amongst themselves. They have that support without even really knowing they have it.