Derrick Josi: Media Coverage

Headlines featuring your favorite Oregon dairy farmer.

[podcast] Farming America w/ Steve Alexander featuring Derrick Josi
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[podcast] Farming America w/ Steve Alexander featuring Derrick Josi

Steve Alexander is joined by Derrick Josi, a fourth generation dairy farmer in the Tillamook, Oregon, area. He has become a social media star with over 400,000 followers who enjoy his daily videos from the barns and pastures on his farm, all featuring his "girls," his herd of Jersey cows.

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[podcast] Human Performance Outliers
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[podcast] Human Performance Outliers

Welcome to the Human Performance Outliers Podcast with hosts Dr. Shawn Baker and Zach Bitter. For this episode, Derrick Josi joined the show. Derrick is a fourth generation farmer who has been very transparent about sharing and advocating for his dairy operation in Tillamook, Oregon.

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[podcast] How now, brown cow? Why a dairy farmer talks to his cows.
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[podcast] How now, brown cow? Why a dairy farmer talks to his cows.

Are dairy farmers crazy? Maybe, but it’s because they always put their cows first. It’s National Agriculture Month and we are bringing you a featured farmer (#featuredfarmer) each week. Derrick Josi, an Oregon dairy farmer and founder of TDF Honest Farming, encourages farmers to bridge the gap with consumers – and understand the divide goes both ways.

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New Member Q&A: TDF Honest Farming - Oregon Aglink
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New Member Q&A: TDF Honest Farming - Oregon Aglink

KNOWN BY MANY AS THE TILLAMOOK DAIRY FARMER ON SOCIAL MEDIA, DERRICK JOSI IS A DAIRY FARMER OPERATING (AND POSTING) OUT OF TILLAMOOK COUNTY, WHERE HE RAISES HIS FAMILY AND A HERD OF JERSEYS. WE HAD A CHANCE TO ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS AFTER HE RECENTLY JOINED OREGON AGLINK.

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Social Media Dairyman
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Social Media Dairyman

When Derrick Josi first ventured into social media, he was in defensive mode, correcting misconceptions about agriculture.

Now, the Tillamook dairy farmer takes a more positive and pro-active approach by reaching out to urban consumers.

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The Deal with Dairy: Derrick Josi
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The Deal with Dairy: Derrick Josi

I chose to interview the Derrik Josi a dairy farmer of 37 years out of Tillamook Oregan, and ask him questions on pressing 'issues' in the dairy industry. He blogs and is very active on Facebook and Instagram where he shows his viewers how his farm functions from the inside out.

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Stop Demonizing Dairy, Farming & Beef
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Stop Demonizing Dairy, Farming & Beef

Cyberbullying has now moved into agriculture. Modern Farmer recently reported that the latest victims of cyberbullying are farmers. Vegans and animal activists have been using social media to threaten farmers and their families in what looks like an attempt to “shame” them for their profession but also make nonsensical threats that infer meat farmers should be slaughtered like the livestock they raise.

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The Snake River Dilemma
Sri Lanka & the Columbo Declaration
Sri Lanka & the Columbo Declaration

Off the coast of India sits a small country that’s currently serving as the testing ground for the Columbo Declaration, a UN global campaign on Sustainable Nitrogen Management. In fact, that small country, Sri Lanka, is leading the world effort, with aims to reduce their nitrogen waste by half by 2030.

Conspiracy Theories Debunked
Conspiracy Theories Debunked

If you work in any industry about which the public isn’t well-educated, you know that in the absence of facts, people will try to find patterns or fill-in-the-blank themselves where they have knowledge gaps. Rarely does this end in any kind of positivity.

World Economic Forum Davos Summit
World Economic Forum Davos Summit

What these billionaire investors want you to believe is that they are being incredibly benevolent in their investments. They market their support of a sustainable and climate friendly agriculture as their gift to the world at large. They share stories of how innovation in agriculture will help eliminate world hunger and safeguard the planet for future generations. They speak of the building a better future by harnessing the technology and innovation of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.” Their marketing game is on point.

No Real Winners in the Klamath Basin
No Real Winners in the Klamath Basin

An issue dating back to the 1970s, the Klamath Basin Crisis continues to be a hot mess. For those of you who are not familiar with the area, the Klamath River is about 250 miles long, and stretches from southern Oregon and on into northern California. For years, this area has been in extreme distress as all those who depend upon it for its water are scrambling to decide how best to address this crisis. Farmers, Klamath Tribes members, conservationists, and many others are fighting to preserve the basin, but not everyone can agree on what issue takes priority.

Thoughts on Veganism, Regenerative Agriculture, and Playing Nice with Others
Thoughts on Veganism, Regenerative Agriculture, and Playing Nice with Others

You guys. I made the vegans real mad. I was just doing my thing, posting my videos on Facebook and YouTube, continuing to further my goal of educating humans about animal agriculture. As I usually say, I respect people’s choice to eat how they want to eat, live how they want to live, etc. I do not, nor do I wish to, actively seek out conflict with anyone who makes different choices than I do. However, that’s not always how everyone else chooses to go about life.

Forget your vaccine. What about my dairy cows? Animal vaccine shortage.
Forget your vaccine. What about my dairy cows? Animal vaccine shortage.

You just thought supply chain issues and vaccine shortages were for humans. Turns out my girls could be at risk due to a lack of vaccine supply, too. Lets say a foot-and-mouth disease outbreak took place while supply chain shortages are still in place, we could be looking at some serious issues for all livestock.

You good, Arizona? Arizona Genome Stewardship Act
You good, Arizona? Arizona Genome Stewardship Act

Some folks down in Arizona seem to really have a lack of understanding in regard to the law of unintended consequences.

Update On Oregon’s IP13 Ballot Initiative
Update On Oregon’s IP13 Ballot Initiative

Initiative Petition 13, a ballot initiative filed for the 2022 Oregon general election, would remove many of the current exemptions from Oregon’s animal cruelty laws against animal abuse, animal neglect, and animal sexual assault.

Factory farm vs. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO)
Factory farm vs. Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO)

It’s been a minute, all right only four years, since we tackled the topic of CAFOs. Since the media and many influencers are quick to share how factory farms are detrimental to society, and in these same articles, they sometimes mention CAFOs, I believe it makes sense to dive a little deeper on the subject.

Milk choices: pasteurized vs. ultra-pasteurized vs ultra-high temperature pasteurized
Milk choices: pasteurized vs. ultra-pasteurized vs ultra-high temperature pasteurized

There are three types of milk pasteurization: high temp short time (HTST), which is the standard form of pasteurization for milk; ultra (UP); and ultra-high temperature (UHT).

Support Your Local Humane Society, Not HSUS
Support Your Local Humane Society, Not HSUS

There is a vast difference between your local humane society and the Humane Society of the United States, which you may know as HSUS.

Carbon Footprint
Carbon Footprint
From hand milking to robots: the evolution of dairy farms
From hand milking to robots: the evolution of dairy farms

Innovation is a common denominator in dairy farming regardless of herd size, farm-owner demographics, or geography. From a principle standpoint, perpetual innovation is one of the few consistencies in farming at all.

Holiday Gift Guide
Holiday Gift Guide
Another Week, Another Headline Roundup
Another Week, Another Headline Roundup
Whole Milk in Schools is Illegal, which Limits Healthy Options for Our Children
Whole Milk in Schools is Illegal, which Limits Healthy Options for Our Children
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To the TDF Honest Farming Community
Hot Takes from Recent Headlines
Hot Takes from Recent Headlines
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A Dairy Farmer’s Top 10 Favorite KEY Apparel Items
Pacific Northwest Heat Wave
What We Do with Bull Calves on Our Farm
What We Do with Bull Calves on Our Farm

So a dairy farm’s purpose is to produce milk, right? And milk comes from female cows, right? So you might be wondering what we do with bulls that are born on our farm.

Cows and “Consent” to be Bred
Cows and “Consent” to be Bred

There’s a lot of controversy about cows giving “consent” to be bred. I don’t know about you, but last I knew, cattle can’t speak English. So their way of giving “consent” is to provide nonverbal cues to show when they want to be bred.

What is a Milking Parlor?
What is a Milking Parlor?

No longer are the days of sitting on a stool with a bucket and milking each cow by hand. The milk parlor has optimized the milking process; making it more efficient and a vital tool in keeping up with the dairy demands of the world.

Why We Separate Baby Calves from their Mother
Why We Separate Baby Calves from their Mother

Taking calves away from their mama cow is a common practice on dairy farms. Why do we do this?

What goes into my feed truck?
What goes into my feed truck?

I get a lot of questions about what we feed our cows. The answer to that question is a Total Mixed Ration (TMR). A TMR is a combination of feed ingredients to make up a balanced meal to feed the cows. A TMR helps a dairy cow achieve maximum performance and health.

Hey Epicurious, you aren’t going to share beef recipes? Then I will.
Hey Epicurious, you aren’t going to share beef recipes? Then I will.

So I heard Epicurious isn’t going to post beef recipes anymore. I think that’s crap. So I did my own recipe round up. Join me in enjoying these 10 beef recipes from farmers and ranchers themselves.

Earth Day Thoughts from an Oregon Dairy Farmer
Earth Day Thoughts from an Oregon Dairy Farmer
Response to Oregon’s IP13 ballot initiative</a>
Response to Oregon’s IP13 ballot initiative

There are people who wake up and see the world through a realistic lens, who trust scientists and their years of experience, who trust animal welfare experts like the renowned scientist Temple Grandin, and then there are people who wake up every day like Allstate’s Mayhem Commercial Guy and are ready to pounce upon the world like the F1 offspring of a category 7 hurricane and F5 tornado.

Get it together, Colorado. Response to the Protect Animals from Unnecessary Suffering and Exploitation (PAUSE) ballot initiative
Get it together, Colorado. Response to the Protect Animals from Unnecessary Suffering and Exploitation (PAUSE) ballot initiative

As a fourth generation dairy farmer who has dedicated my career - and therefore life - to raising and caring for dairy cattle and ensuring high-quality, reasonably priced, delicious dairy products are available in grocery stores, the thought of defending an industry that shows generation after generation we can become more-sustainable while continually improving how we care for our farm animals is exhausting.