Calf Enrichment, Data Ownership, Water Quality Research

Opportunity for dairy producers to engage with leading experts, trending topics

This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will delve into the details of topics impacting animals, data and natural resources on today’s farms. The Tuesday episode will feature ideas to enrich the lives of calves. Learn about data streaming rights on Wednesday and tune in for the latest in on-farm water quality research on Thursday.

Tuesday, July 16

Join an interactive conversation about ways that producers can enrich the lives of calves and youngstock, including cost-effective solutions that will deliver benefits to animals, team members and the operation. Episode presenter will be:

• Dr. Jennifer Van Os, Ph.D., assistant professor and extension specialist- animal welfare, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Wednesday, July 17

There is no shortage of data in today’s dairy operations. Take a deep dive into the rights that farmers have to control data streams and what current laws are affecting ownership and control of data streaming from farms. Episode presenter will be:

• Todd Janzen, attorney and co-founder, Janzen Agricultural Law LLC

Thursday, July 18

Learn about on-farm water quality research program coordinated by Wisconsin Discovery Farms, including results of ongoing research and exciting upcoming projects to benefit the state’s water quality. Episode presenters will be:

• Steven Hall, assistant professor and extension specialist, Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences, UW-Madison
• Lindsey Hartfiel, research program manager, UW-Madison Division of Extension

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 either the live or recorded version. 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.

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.