2022 with Healthy Lifestyles for Humans and Cows, Market Update

Episodes of PDPW’s The Dairy Signal™ next week will focus on starting the new year with healthy lifestyles and finances.

The Tues., Jan. 4 episode will highlight health tips for farmers, with a focus on repetitive movements common on the farm. Wednesday’s episode will explore the amount of time cows spend doing certain activities and the impact on their health – particularly lameness. Dan Basse will return for a bi-weekly market and financial news update on Thursday.

Tuesday, Jan. 4

Tune in to learn how to make choices toward a healthier lifestyle and hear tips for avoiding repetitive-movement injuries on the farm. Discover how stretching and techniques for lifting and bending can make a world of difference. Episode presenters will be:

• Amy Mydral Miller, MS, RDN, FAND, Founder and President of Farmer’s Daughter Consulting
• Jenna Gibbs, Director of Operations, Ag Health and Safety Alliance; Personal Trainer, University of Iowa

Wednesday, Jan. 5
Hear the latest advances in our understanding of the importance of rumination and resting for rumen pH, health and milk components, as well as how decreasing or adding time for certain activities can impact a cow’s health and incidence of lameness. Episode presenter will be:

• Dr. Rick Grant, President, William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute

Thursday, Jan. 6
Start the year with a look at the latest news and analysis of agricultural markets and trends that will impact dairy producers and ag industry now and through 2022. Episode presenter will be:

• Dan Basse, President of AgResource Company

Developed by fellow dairy farmers from the Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) Board of Directors, The Dairy Signal™ is a weekly series of free educational episodes offering insights and resources for fellow dairy farmers and other food system professionals throughout the value chain. The 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 later in the day. All Dairy Signal episodes are accessible through www.pdpw.org.

For more information, contact PDPW at 800-947-7379 or by emailing mail@pdpw.org. Join the conversation digitally by following @dairyPDPW and using #TheDairySignal on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

Professional Dairy Producers (PDPW) 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.