Smart Starts to Summer: Wellness, Research & Market Updates

Experts share insights on managing dairy business and personal topics

This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will cover a range of topics for today’s dairy producers. The Tuesday episode will zoom in on reducing stress and combatting mental health issues, Wednesday’s session will showcase the latest research on phosphorus stratification in no-till systems, and Ben Buckner will present a market update on Thursday’s episode.

Tuesday, May 27

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and it’s the perfect time to learn how agricultural professionals can reduce stress to combat mental health issues and how combining a healthy diet with plenty of rest plays a role in overall mental health. Presenter will be:

• Amy Myrdal Miller, MS, RDN, FAND, Founder and President, Farmer’s Daughter Consulting

Wednesday, May 28

Hear about the work that University of Wisconsin-Extension Ag Water Quality Team is doing to survey the prevalence of phosphorus stratification in no-till systems while they focus on mitigating the risk of dissolved-phosphorus loss to surface water. Episode presented by:

• Sheri Schwert, Ag Water Quality Outreach Specialist, UW-Extension

Thursday, May 29

Join in for a timely up-to-the-minute analysis of the agricultural markets and trends that will impact dairy producers and the ag industry this growing season and beyond. Presenter will be:

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

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.