This year’s World Dairy Expo Dairy Woman of the Year is Marion Barlass. She has a family farm where they milk about 400 Jerseys. I got to meet her during the Talk Session. She’s seen here getting interviewed by another reporter after the session.

Marion says she’s very honored to have been chosen. “I feel like I’m a representative of all the women in the dairy industry here and I know that women have not gotten maybe the recognition that they’ve deserved over the years.” She says that she’s able to balance work and family since all the family members are passionate about the dairy industry and are willing to help each other out.

You can listen to my interview with Marion Barlass as part of our Milking Parlor Podcast: [audio:http://zimmcomm.biz/wdd/milking-parlor-33.mp3]

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World Dairy Expo 2008 Photo Album

Sponsors of World Dairy Diary coverage of this year’s World Dairy Expo include GEA Farm Technologies and BASF Plant Science.