The Bullvine Daily Brief profiles Hank Van Exel, the 84th recipient of the prestigious Klussendorf Award, one of dairy farming's highest honors. The episode traces Van Exel's unlikely path to prominence: his Dutch immigrant parents milked grade cows by hand starting in 1954 with nothing, and Hank inherited not an…
Worth it if you're involved in dairy farming, interested in agricultural business succession, or drawn to stories of multi-generational resilience and the pursuit of excellence in a niche industry.