What's Happening
Register now for a 2025 Herd Manager Retreat happening in Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa!
Held annually in partnership with Diamond V and Adisseo, our Herd Manager Retreats are designed to provide an atmosphere for sharing ideas and best practices among an elite group of herd manager peers at a family-friendly location. As a team, we understand that family is an important ingredient to your team.
In 2025, we are hosting three Herd Manager Retreats in:
- Wisconsin Dells, WI (February 14-15, 2025)
- Frankenmuth, MI (February 21-22, 2025)
- Arnolds Park, IA (March 7-8, 2025)
Click on the above location to learn more about that event.
Upcoming Events
GPS Herd Manager Retreats
February and March 2025
Held annually, our Herd Manager Retreats are designed to provide an atmosphere for sharing ideas and best practices among an elite group of herd manager peers at a family-friendly location.
- Wisconsin Dells, WI (February 14-15, 2025)
- Frankenmuth, MI (February 22-23, 2025)
- Arnolds Park, IA (March 7-8, 2025)
GPS Feeder Trainings
Originally November 19th, 2024 – POSTPONED. Date TBD.
The goal of the Feeder Training program is to elevate the feeder position in the industry to better align with the fiscal impact the feeding management has on any dairy.
- Trailside Holsteins, Fountain, MN
GPS Dairy Leaders Forum
December 2-4, 2025
Save the Date to join the GPS Dairy Consulting Team as we bring together dairy owners, managers, and industry leaders for this exclusive leadership event that includes interactive and engaging general sessions, panel discussions and breakout sessions with over 20 renowned speakers!
- Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, MN
About Us
What We Do
GPS Dairy Consulting – What We Do
Experience
Experience only brings value when it is shared. At GPS Dairy Consulting we share our experience with each other as colleagues; we share our experience as coaches and mentors for each other; and, we share our experience with our clients, their managers and their employees. Building upon the experiences of all of us we are able to bring the power of the entire GPS Dairy Consulting team to every dairy we work with.
Delivering
In order to deliver anything you must first take personal ownership. GPS Dairy Consultants don't simply hand off the many challenges that come up on a dairy operation; we get involved. At GPS Dairy Consulting we take ownership and responsibility to deliver results to ourselves, our peers and especially to our customers.
Success
Success must be sustained and built upon. We will not be satisfied by delivering a single success. At GPS Dairy Consulting our consultants create value by delivering results. We capture the momentum of those results to create success and we build upon each individual success to create sustained success.
Experience
Experience only brings value when it is shared. At GPS Dairy Consulting we share our experience with each other as colleagues; we share our experience as coaches and mentors for each other; and, we share our experience with our clients, their managers and their employees. Building upon the experiences of all of us we are able to bring the power of the entire GPS Dairy Consulting team to every dairy we work with.
Delivering
In order to deliver anything you must first take personal ownership. GPS Dairy Consultants don't simply hand off the many challenges that come up on a dairy operation; we get involved. At GPS Dairy Consulting we take ownership and responsibility to deliver results to ourselves, our peers and especially to our customers.
Success
Success must be sustained and built upon. We will not be satisfied by delivering a single success. At GPS Dairy Consulting our consultants create value by delivering results. We capture the momentum of those results to create success and we build upon each individual success to create sustained success.
A Unique Offering from GPS Dairy Consulting
FeedFIT® is a collaborative initiative which leverages the tools, teammates, and advisors of the dairy to increase the efficiency and management of the feed center.
The GPS business model provides an environment of innovation and agility allowing our independent consultants to collaborate with each other, our clients as well as our industry allies all in support of our brand promise to Inspire Change and Grow Leaders. We call it Collaborative Consulting for Your Success. What that means to you?
Featured Leader
Wyatt Smith, MS, owner of Smith Dairy Solutions, LLC, provides expert dairy nutrition and management guidance to dairy farms across Wisconsin and Minnesota.
He grew up on a dairy farm in MN and completed his B.S. in Animal Science at the University of Minnesota. He then completed his M.S. in Animal Science through the Miner Institute and it’s pairing with the University of Vermont in the spring of 2019 under the direction of Dr. Rick Grant. Wyatt’s research focused on evaluating fiber particle size and digestibility and the impact on dairy cattle performance. After graduate school, he worked for 5 years in a dairy technical service role in northwest Wisconsin and southeast Minnesota and currently resides in River Falls, WI. As a part of the GPS Dairy Consulting team, he leverages his skill set and supports dairy farms in driving performance and profitability.