340 | “Take Care of the Cow”: The Simple Philosophy for Driving Dairy Success
On this episode of the Uplevel Dairy Podcast, Peggy Coffeen sits down with Dr. Cole Anderson of United Vet Services (Heritage Vet Partners) in Northeast Wisconsin to talk about his unconventional path into dairy veterinary medicine and the mentors who shaped it along the way.
From early hands-on experiences to building long-term client relationships, Dr. Anderson shares his philosophy that great service and strong relationships matter more than being the lowest-cost provider. He also opens up about balancing family life with a demanding career, learning through challenges, and his next goal: helping dairy clients improve performance through deeper use of DairyComp and data-driven insights.
Heritage Vet Partners is the nation’s leading veterinary partnership, specializing in mixed and large animal practices. Heritage Vet Partners provides a unique partnership model that preserves local practice legacies, serving dairy and other livestock producers and companion animal owners through shared services, data, and strategic growth. Learn more at HeritageVetPartners.com
01:50 An Unlikely Vet Path
03:16 Mentors Open Doors
04:39 Ron Herb Relationship
08:43 Learning in the Truck
13:09 Service First Mindset
16:42 Teaching Students to Grow
18:55 Hard Lessons and Balance
22:10 More Mentors and Core Values
23:07 Driven Dairy Clients
24:52 Future Vet Service
25:27 Fundamentals Over Fixes
27:44 Cow First Principle
31:04 Family And Mentors
35:43 Practice Lessons Learned
38:06 Next Generation Growth
