DAIRY NEWS – This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will focus on keeping the entire dairy herd healthy and productive. Tuesday’s episode will focus on udder health and treatment options. Tune in Wednesday for a discussion on feed ingredients and cost of production, and on Thursday learn from a session of “fact or fiction” on cold-weather calf management.
A few more details here:
Tuesday, Feb. 6
Join in for an interactive conversation about dollars and sense in udder health. The discussion will include ways to use dry-cow therapy and pathogen-based treatment options and how sound cow management can lead to positive financial outcomes. Episode presenter will be:
- Dr. Daryl Nydam, DVM, PhD, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
Wednesday, Feb. 7
Take a deep dive with fellow dairy producers for tips on calculating cost of production. And learn about how feed quality and ingredients impact milk production. Hear about valuing forage in cost of production and discover how fellow dairy farmers measure, manage and control shrink. Episode presenters will be:
- David Trimner, General Manager and Co-Owner, Miltrim Farms Inc.
- Shawn Kemp, CFO and Consultant at Pico/Dos Pico Dairy
Thursday, Feb. 8
Tune in for a special “fact or fiction” episode focused on calf management in cold weather, including managing the winter into spring transition. Episode presenter will be:
- Dr. Chelsea Holschbach, DVM, MS, DACVIM, Assistant Professor in Large Animal Medicine and Food Animal Production Medicine at University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine
Episodes of The Dairy Signal® are accredited through Dairy AdvanCE® (DACE), enabling dairy producers, industry professionals and students to earn continuing education units for watching. Those wishing to earn up to 0.5 DACE continuing education units per episode will complete a brief online quiz pertaining to each specific webinar, whether live or recorded. Dairy AdvanCE is an online continuing education management tool for dairy farmers and other professionals that simplifies finding, tracking and managing continuing education units (CEUs). To learn more, visit www.DairyAdvance.org. Farmers and students are eligible for a free subscription; allied industry professionals can subscribe for a one-time fee of $75.
The Dairy Signal® is a weekly series of educational episodes offering practical insights and resources for dairy farmers and food-system professionals across the value chain. Episodes air live from 12:00-1:00 PM CT each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Live sessions offer attendees the opportunity to engage in open Q&A with the speakers; recorded sessions are available shortly after episodes are aired. Access all previously broadcasted sessions at www.pdpw.org.
For more information, contact PDP at 800-947-7379 or send an email to mail@pdpw.org. Join the conversation digitally by following @dairyPDPW and using #TheDairySignal on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Professional Dairy Producers (PDP) is the nation’s largest dairy producer-led organization of its kind, focusing on producer professionalism, stakeholder engagement and unified outreach to share ideas, solutions, resources and experiences that help dairy producers succeed.
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