Organization Culture, FMMO and Market Update

PDP presents opportunities for dairy professionals to learn from experts on trending topics

This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will focus on timely issues for today’s dairy producers. Michael Hoffman will return on Tuesday with strategies for reigniting lackluster team cultures. The Wednesday episode will focus on updates for the Federal Milk Marketing Order pricing changes due in June and their impact on milk prices in 2025, and tune in for a the bi-weekly market news update on Thursday.

Tuesday, March 4

Join a conversation about the importance of culture in any business or organization and tips on how to reignite a lackluster culture to boost morale and productivity. Episode presenter will be:

• Michael Hoffman, President, Igniting Performance

Wednesday, March 5

This episode will cover milk price and margin forecasts for 2025, including the impact of FMMO pricing changes in June. We’ll also discuss policy ideas on trade, labor, and food/nutrition programs, along with an update on bird flu in dairy herds. The episode will be presented by:

• Dr. Charles Nicholson, Associate Professor, Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences and Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thursday, March 6

With the 2025 growing season just around the corner, hear the latest market, export, weather and consumer trend news that could impact your farm and the dairy industry. The episode will be presented by:

• Ben Buckner, Chief Grains and Dairy Analyst, AgResource Company

There will not be episodes of The Dairy Signal the week of March 11-13, 2025.

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.

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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.