Energy Plans, Managing Hypocalcemia and Understanding Milk Checks on Tap for The Dairy Signal

Weekly webinar from PDPW provides interactive discussions with experts, continuing education credits

This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will provide timely information to benefit dairy producers’ bottom line and herd health. On Tuesday, learn about on-farm strategic energy plans.  The Wednesday episode will focus on hypocalcemia in fresh cows and tune in on Thursday to understand changes in milk check line items and risk management options.

Here’s a little more:

Tuesday, Oct. 31

Using energy as efficiently as possible not only reduces expenses on your farm, it also provides an opportunity to demonstrate sustainability and environmental stewardship to consumers, policymakers and others. Join in to learn about the process and benefits of developing a strategic energy plan for your farm. Episode presenters will be:

• Mark Inkrott, Co-Founder and Partner of UpField Group
• Paul Walker, Strategic Segment Leader, EnTech Solutions

Wednesday, Nov. 1

Tune in for an interactive discussion on practices to manage fresh cows to reduce the impact of hypocalcemia as they enter the milking herd. Episode presenter will be:

• Dr. Luciano Caixeta, PhD, Associate Professor of Dairy Production Medicine, University of Minnesota

Thursday, Nov. 2

An increasing number of changes to line items on milk checks combined with price volatility is making dairy risk management even more challenging.  Learn about the variables that impact pay prices, what factors you can control and key risk management decisions to make. Episode presenter will be:

• Will Babler, Principal, Atten Babler Commodities LLC

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.