Farm4Profit Podcast
Farm4Fun W/ Derrick Josi
Episode Summary
Enjoy our podcast with Derrick Josi, an Oregon dairy farmer producing for Tillamook. Join us as we delve into his family farming journey, family life, and the inspiration behind his book. Discover the impact of social media, his speaking engagements, and what's up next on the horizon. Plus, some fun rapid-fire questions to dig deeper into who Derrick is!
Episode Notes
Derrick Josi @tdf_honest_farming Instagram: 63k YouTube: 13.1k Twitter: 19.9k
- Catch Up
- Where are they from, what do they farm, how did they get into farming
- How’s the family - do they farm with family?
- Kids? - 3 girls and 1 boy (5th generation); married
- Met his wife on a blind date? In 2011
- What are they up to today?
- What they see that excites them?
- What do they want to make sure they see before they leave
- Oregon Dairy Farmer
- Farms the same land as his great grandfather - Alfred
- All-Jersey dairy herd, produced nearly 35,000 lbs (3,000 gallons) of milk per day
- 450 acre farm: double-12 herringbone parlor, a free stall barn, grows 500 acres of corn and grass silage, and includes open pasture for grazing
- What methods do you use to farm with Derrick’s parents, Don and Desi?
- Past 15 years - extensive renovations (infrastructure, reduce labor, and relocate the milking parlor out of the flood plain)
- What benefits have you seen from this? Any other big projects coming?
- Derrick and Kaycee were knighted with the 2020 Young Jersey Breeder Award
- What helped you get to this position/spot?
- Author - An Industry Worth Fighting For
- Offers readers a glimpse behind the curtain of a working dairy farm
- Does not shy away from sensitive topics
- He presents reality in terms that are stark but sensitive…a balance as delicate as the lives for which he is responsible
- What inspired you to share your story?
- What are your goals? How do you want to impact the readers?
- TDH Honest Farming
- Tillamook Dairy Farmer
- Keynote Speaker
- Where have you spoken? Most powerful time?
- How did you get started?
- How has social media changed his life?
- Why do it?
- How would he start it over differently?
- Which is their favorite platform?
- How do you deal with negative comments?
- If you were an animal, what do you think you would be?
- Right now, who inspires you?
- If you could make anything bigger on your body what would it be?
Would you rather
- Have a pause or rewind button in your life
- Live in a treehouse or in a cave
- Give up coffee or soda forever
- Have your own theme park for your kids or your own zoo for your kids
- Forget your partner’s birthday or your anniversary every year
- Be the funniest person in a room or the smartest person in a room
- What’s next for them?
- What can our listeners do to help?
- What can we do to help?
Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give yourself or others at 18?