Holstein Foundation trains future leaders for the dairy industry. (FYI News & Notes).

Nearly 100 young dairy leaders from across the United States completed the final phase of the Young Dairy Leaders Institute, sponsored by the Holstein Foundation, Brattleboro, Vt. Participants, who range in age from 22 to 45, join the growing network of nearly 400 YDLI alumni that are trained in leadership skills, media relations, board leadership and the public policy process. The institute provided participants with hands-on workshops, presentations by leading experts in the dairy field and panel discussions. The participants also were able to put what they learned into practice through events such as mock senate meetings and a mock television talk show in which to practice their media relations skills.

"YDLI's media training helped us to learn how to convey positive dairy messages and the importance of being strong advocates for dairy," say Roger and Fay Hildebrandt, dairy producers from Wisconsin.