Cost Management, Detection of Calf Illness and Barn Ventilation on PDPW’s The Dairy Signal

Get news and research updates, earn Dairy AdvanCE continuing education credits

This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will focus on key topics for keeping business and animals healthy. The Tuesday episode will feature strategies for managing costs and Wednesday we’ll discuss tips on detecting illness in calves. Thursday’s episode will help listeners prepare their barn ventilation as winter approaches.

More details here:

Tuesday, Oct. 17

Previous episodes have discussed strategic levers a farm can pull to be more profitable, including that of asset management. In this session we’ll explore the principal factors we can control to manage costs to increase profitability, from budgeting to cost tracking.

Episode presenter will be:

• Dr. Brady Brewer, PhD, assistant professor, Agricultural Economics Department, Purdue University

Wednesday, Oct.18

Join in the interactive discussion on becoming an effective calf-health inspector. Learn about the signs of calf sickness including what’s happening internally as well as the external symptoms for key illnesses. Episode presenter will be:

• Dr. Melissa Cantor, Assistant Professor, Precision Dairy Science, Pennsylvania State University

Thursday, Oct. 19

Temperatures are falling; tune in to make sure your facilities are ready for winter while ensuring proper ventilation for calf, heifer and cow barns. Episode presenter will be:

• Courtney Halbach, MBA, Outreach Specialist, The Dairyland Initiative

Dairy producers, industry professionals and students can now earn continuing education units for watching The Dairy Signal® educational webinars. PDPW has added The Dairy Signal to the suite of educational programs accredited through Dairy AdvanCE® (DACE). Dairy professionals can now qualify to earn up to 0.5 DACE continuing education units for each episode by watching a live or recorded episode and completing a brief online quiz as proof of participation.

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. Developed by dairy farmers and members of the Professional Dairy Producers Board of Directors, 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 shortly after episodes are aired. Access all previously broadcasted sessions at www.pdpw.org.

For more information, contact PDPW 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 (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.