Dairy farm families can plan business strategies for 2011 and beyond with the help of three upcoming “Mastering the Dairy Business” conference calls hosted by the Center for Dairy Excellence. The calls will focus on a global outlook for the dairy industry, Pennsylvania’s Watershed Implementation Plan and theNortheast Dairy Farm Summary published annually by Farm Credit East.
Each call is from noon to 1:15 p.m., and the schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, March 2 – Daniel Basse will present “Global Outlook for Dairy in 2011 and Beyond.” An agricultural economist and president of AgResource Company, a domestic and international agricultural research firm in Chicago, Basse will share the company’s research that is distributed in 81 nations.
Thursday, March 17 – John Hines, acting executive deputy secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, will present “A Look at Pennsylvania’s Watershed Implementation Plan,” to explain the plan and what meeting baseline compliance means for dairy producers. Hines oversees statewide policy and program development for the department.
Thursday, April 28 – Joanna Lidback will lead “Benchmarking and a Look at the 2010 Blue Book.” Director of knowledge exchange for Farm Credit East, Lidback authors the Northeast Dairy Farm Summary, or the Blue Book, a study of the financial health and progress of dairy farms in New York, New Jersey and New England, and will use results from the summary to show how key trends affect the entire region.
Anyone can participate in the conference call, and presentation materials can be downloaded from the Center for Dairy Excellence’s website.
Participation is free, but pre-registration is required and each call is limited to 75 dairy producers. Participation is on a first-come, first-served basis.
To register, call the center at 717-346-0849 with name, phone number, e-mail address and the date of call. Once registered, participants will receive the call-in number and code.
Source: Center for Dairy Excellence