Financial Planning, Feeding Behavior and Market Updates on Tap

Experts share practical strategies and research updates, answer producer questions

 

Episodes in this week’s The Dairy Signal™ from Professional Dairy Producers (PDPW) will provide dairy producers an opportunity to check in on their dairy’s financial position for the year so far and learn how cows’ rations are impacting behavior and performance. Thursday’s episode features a bi-weekly market and dairy industry news update.

Here are more details for next week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal:

Tuesday, May 24

Tune in for a discussion on risk management and budgeting for the remainder of 2022. Now is a great time to review financials from the first quarter and adjust plans for coming months. Episode presenters will be:

• Gary Sipiorski, independent business and financial consultant
• Dr. Kevin Bernhardt, Professor of Agribusiness at UW-Platteville School of Agriculture and Farm

Wednesday, May 25
Learn about the effects that dietary fiber and starch digestibility can have on your herd’s feeding behavior and lactation performance. Episode presenter will be:

• Dr. Luiz Ferraretto, Assistant Professor and Ruminant Nutrition Extension Specialist, UW-Madison

Thursday, May 26

Join the bi-weekly discussion on the latest dairy industry and weather news and hear an analysis of agricultural markets and trends expected to impact dairy producers and the ag industry. Episode presenter will be:

• Dan Basse, President of AgResource Company

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. Developed by dairy farmers and members of the Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) 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 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.