Highlighting Beneficial Insects, Insights from Your Farm-Your Footprint

Learn from experts and peers about conservation cropping systems and sustainability efforts

This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will provide timely insights for forward-thinking dairy producers. The Tuesday episode will share strategies to promote beneficial insects and tune in on Thursday for a panel discussion with farmers who have participated in PDP’s Your Farm-Your Footprint program.

Tuesday, August 12

Join an interactive conversation about research and best practices for using integrated pest management and conservation cropping systems to promote beneficial insects. Presenter will be:

• Dane Elmquist, Ph.D., Conservation Cropping Outreach Specialist (Statewide), UW- Madison Extension

Thursday, August 14

Tune in as two dairy farmers who have participated in the Your Farm – Your Footprint program share their insights, including information gathering, data analysis and how the results have impacted their operations. Presenters will be:

• David Trimner, General Manager and Co-Owner, Miltrim Farms Inc.
• Paul Lippert, Owner, Grass Ridge Farm, LLC

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 live or recorded episodes. 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 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 broadcast sessions at www.pdpw.org.

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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.