Tile Drainage Systems, Compassion Fatigue on Tap

Insights on conservation management, supporting team members

This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will focus on strategies to care for land, water and people. The Tuesday episode will highlight tile drainage in conservation systems; Thursday’s session will focus on the importance of recognizing and preventing compassion fatigue.

Tuesday, July 29

Tune in for an interactive conversation about the latest research and strategies for tile drainage in conservation systems. Presenters will be:

• Laura Paletta, Agriculture Water Quality Outreach Specialist, UW-Madison Extension
• Izze McNamee, Agriculture Water Outreach Specialist, UW-Madison Division of Extension

Thursday, July 31

Compassion fatigue can have serious impacts on physical and mental health.  Learn how to recognize signs in yourself and others, how to prevent and manage the condition. Presenter will be:

• Monica McConkey, Rural Mental Health Counselor, Eyes on the Horizon Consulting

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.