Rural Route Radio June 4. 2026 Melissa Hart as we catch up on latest in sex semen in dairy and local challenges to AI Data Centers, Wind and Solar.

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Trent Loos and Melissa Hart discuss the impact of recent developments in the dairy industry and renewable energy on rural America.

CALVES, CO-OPS, AND COMMUNITY PUSHBACK Trent Loos is joined by Melissa Hart, calling in from Ohio, for a hard-hitting conversation about the forces reshaping rural America. They dig into the proposed merger between Select Sires and ST Genetics, currently under DOJ antitrust review, and raise…

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Host: Trent Loos

Guest: Melissa Hart

Topics covered

• dairy industry
• AI data centers
• renewable energy
• rural America
• antitrust issues
• community pushback

Keywords

• sex semen
• dairy
• AI data centers
• wind energy
• solar energy
• antitrust review
• rural challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Select Sires, ST Genetics, DOJ

Places: Ohio

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