Tune into PDPW’s Dairy Signal for Tips on Team Dynamics, Animal Handling and Market News

Educational webinars now accredited for Dairy AdvanCE continuing education credits

This week’s episodes of The Dairy Signal® from Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW) will share best practices for managing your teams, animals and businesses. The Tuesday episode will highlight five traits of successful teams, and Wednesday’s episode will review cow behavior and handling practices on Wednesday. Tune in for the latest on market and economic news with the AgResource team on Thursday.

More details here:

Tuesday, Sept. 12

Join the discussion about work team dynamics and strategies to help teams work more fluidly. The ideas and solutions brought forth will be based on Patrick Lencioni’s classic book, Five Disfunctions of a Team. Episode presenter will be:

• Tim Schaefer, CFP, Certified Family Business Advisor, Certified Professional Business Coach, Encore Consultants

Wednesday, Sept. 13

Keep cows and people safe, calm, and productive by understanding animal behavior and proper animal handling techniques. Join the conversation about moving animals more effectively and learn how to incorporate predictable animal behavior to effectively assess a cow’s natural pressure zone to increase production, wellbeing and more. Episode presenter will be:

• Dr. Kurt Vogel, PhD, Director, Humane Handling Institute, and Associate Professor, Animal Welfare and Behavior, UW-River Falls 

Thursday, Sept. 14

With fall just around the corner, get an update on the market, export and weather news that will impact the dairy industry and your operation through harvest and winter 2023. Bring your questions for our bi-weekly market update. Episode presenter will be:

• Dan Basse, President of AgResource Company

Dairy producers, industry professionals and students can now earn continuing education units for watching The Dairy Signal® educational webinars. PDPW has added The Dairy Signal to the suite of educational programs accredited through Dairy AdvanCE® (DACE). Dairy professionals can now qualify to earn up to 0.5 DACE continuing education units for each episode by watching a live or recorded episode and completing a brief online quiz as proof of participation.

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. Developed by dairy farmers and members of the Professional Dairy Producers Board of Directors, the 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 PDPW 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 (PDPW) 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.