DairyBusiness: From Western DairyBusiness to a Digital Dairy News Brand
Profile updated November 2026
DairyBusiness is one of the longest-running names in American dairy publishing. It grew out of Western DairyBusiness, a regional magazine founded in 1922, and today operates as DairyBusiness News, an all-digital news service, monthly digital magazine and podcast network published by DairyBusiness, LLC of Indianapolis.
| Roots | Western DairyBusiness, founded 1922 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | DairyBusiness, LLC |
| Home | 4911 South Missouri Street, Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Format | All-digital: daily news, monthly digital magazine, weekly email |
| Audio and video | DairyVoice podcast and Dairy Video News |
| Partner | Official media partner of National DHIA since 2019 |
| Official website | DairyBusiness.com media kit |
History of DairyBusiness
The DairyBusiness name traces to Western DairyBusiness, founded in 1922 to serve milk producers in the Western states. By the mid-2000s it was published monthly by DairyBusiness Communications, which covered 14 Western states with that title and also produced Midwest DairyBusiness, Northeast DairyBusiness, Holstein World, the newsletter Dairy Profit Weekly and the syndicated daily radio program DairyLine.
In that period DairyBusiness Communications was part of Multi Ag Media, LLC, and affiliated with Farm Market iD, with offices in East Syracuse, New York. Joel P. Hastings served as president of the company and publisher of Western DairyBusiness, and the company also produced publications for World Ag Expo in Tulare, California.
The regional print editions were later consolidated under the single DairyBusiness brand, which today describes itself as having served the dairy industry for 121 years. The publisher is now DairyBusiness, LLC, based in Indianapolis.
DairyBusiness Today
DairyBusiness News is now fully digital. Its 2026 media kit describes daily news on DairyBusiness.com, a monthly digital magazine released on the first Monday of each month, a Wednesday email newsletter, push notifications and a monthly Dairy Video News segment. The publisher argues that digital delivery is more affordable for advertisers than print.
The company reports about 85,000 unique website visitors a month, the large majority of them dairy professionals, along with more than 17,000 email subscribers. Its DairyVoice podcast, which features producers and industry specialists, has logged more than 162,000 listens, and the brand has been the official media partner of National DHIA since 2019.
What DairyBusiness Is Publishing Now
Monthly editorial themes
The 2026 calendar rotates through environment and manure, nutrition and forage, herd health and genetics, facilities and cow comfort, calves and heifers, and business, HR and finance.
News sections
The site runs DHIA News, Breeder News, product spotlights and industry personnel news alongside daily market and policy items.
DairyVoice podcast
Twice-monthly conversations with dairy producers and advisers on topics such as cow comfort, cash flow and farm management.
DairyBusiness Editors and Staff
The 2026 DairyBusiness media kit lists these people and contributors:
- Julie Parker - Managing Partner
- Joel Hastings - News Editor Emeritus
- Connie Kuber - DairyVoice podcast host
- Mike Opperman - Guest podcast host and contributor
- John Ellsworth - Contributor, finance and strategy
- John Geuss - Contributor, dairy trends and milk value
The media kit credits Joel Hastings with nearly 56 years in the dairy industry, much of it with the DairyBusiness titles.
Who Reads DairyBusiness
Readers are dairy producers, veterinarians, nutritionists, educators and allied industry professionals, roughly four in five of them in the United States. Dairy is one of the largest animal sectors in American agriculture: USDA's Economic Research Service put 2021 dairy receipts at $41.8 billion, and the agency tracks milk supply, prices and trade on its dairy topic page.
DairyBusiness readers spend their days thinking about components, cow comfort and cash flow, and a twice-a-day milking schedule leaves little room for nonsense. For the moments in between, farm.FM offers farm satire and farm humor built for people who know what a robotic milker costs, with some ranch humor for the beef cousins. Its farm jokes pair well with a bulk tank that finally passed inspection.
farm.FM, the nation's first satirical farm site, also runs Tractor Tunes, a country music lineup for farmers. For a sample of the writing, try the archive of one of its staff humorists.
DairyBusiness Sources and Agriculture Authority Links
- DairyBusiness News 2026 media kit - audience, products and editorial calendar.
- AgWired: DairyBusiness Communications - background on the company's earlier regional titles.
- USDA ERS: Dairy - federal data on milk supply, prices and trade.
- USDA ERS: Animal product receipts - dairy's share of U.S. livestock receipts.
- Ohio State University Extension: Dairy outlook - a land-grant summary of the ERS dairy outlook.
DairyBusiness FAQ
Is DairyBusiness still in print?
No. DairyBusiness News is now an all-digital publication with a monthly digital magazine, daily web news and a weekly email.
Who publishes DairyBusiness?
DairyBusiness, LLC, based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
What was Western DairyBusiness?
A regional dairy magazine founded in 1922 for Western milk producers and the oldest root of today's DairyBusiness brand.
Does DairyBusiness have a podcast?
Yes. DairyVoice features dairy producers and advisers and is produced alongside DairyBusiness News.
From a 1922 regional monthly to a digital newsroom and podcast, DairyBusiness has kept its focus on the business side of milking cows.