PDP: Dairy Margin Coverage, 2024 Forage Strategies and Market News

With temperatures warming and spring arriving, this week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will highlight strategies to keep finances and animals healthy throughout the growing season. The Tuesday episode will highlight the Dairy Margin Coverage Program, and tune in Wednesday for discussion on feed-related stressors and 2024 forage crop. Ben Buckner returns with an economic and market news update on Thursday.

Tuesday, April 23

As the deadline for the 2024 Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program nears, tune in for a conversation about this risk management program and a market news update. Episode presenter will be:

• Leonard Polzin, Dairy Markets and Policy Outreach Specialist, University of Wisconsin Extension

Wednesday, April 24

Join this interactive conversation about the role that animal stress plays in long term health and performance, with a focus on feed-related stressors. Dr. Goeser will also discuss strategies for success in the 2024 forage growing season. Episode presenter will be:

• Dr. John Goeser, PhD, Director of Nutritional Research & Innovation at Rock River Lab, Inc., and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thursday, April 25

With spring planting underway across the country, hear about the market, export, weather and other factors that will impact dairy farmers and the ag industry throughout the growing season and beyond. Episode presenter will be:

• Ben Buckner, Chief Grains and Dairy Analyst at AgResource

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. Those wishing to earn up to 0.5 DACE continuing education units per episode will complete a brief online quiz pertaining to each specific webinar, whether live or recorded. 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. 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.