Learn about Cleaning Protocols, Fungicide Strategies and FARM ES Program

Earn Dairy AdvanCE continuing education credits and join interactive conversations with leading experts

This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will highlight strategies for healthy calves, crops and more. On Tuesday, learn about sanitation protocols for calf barns and feeding systems. Wednesday’s episode will feature fungicide strategies for the current growing season and tune in on Thursday for a deep dive into the FARM Environmental Stewardship (FARM ES) program and resources.

Tuesday, June 18

Join in this timely and interactive conversation about preventing disease in our youngest herd members. Learn about sanitation and cleanliness protocols for young calves, with a focus on cleaning feeding equipment, calf huts and pens. Episode presenter will be:

• Dr. Donald Sockett, D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., Diplomate ACVIM, veterinary microbiologist/epidemiologist, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Wisconsin

Wednesday, June 19

What is the outlook for disease pressure in this year’s growing season? Tune in for a discussion on fungicide strategies and which diseases could present challenges for this year’s crops. Episode presenter will be:

• Todd Schaumburg, part owner and agronomist, Tilth Agronomy

Thursday, June 20

Learn about the FARM Environmental Stewardship (FARM ES) program, including how greenhouse gas emissions and energy use on dairy farms are calculated, and the tools and resources available to farmers to measure and improve their footprint. Episode presenters will be:

• Nicole Ayache, chief sustainability officer, National Milk Producers Federation
• Sage Saffran, manager, Sustainability Initiatives, National Milk Producers Federation

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.