“Hats Off!” to the group of western Iowa dairy producers, agri-business representatives, community planners, and extension workers who took on the task this summer of attending extra meetings to form a viable Western Iowa Dairy Alliance. Not only did they succeed in forming a Vision and Mission Statement to express the overall interests of the western Iowa dairy community, but they also completed a Strategic Planning process that identified and prioritized important issues for Iowa and the Iowa dairy industry. Here are the important products of their efforts.