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PA Dairy Summit

PA Dairy Summit

30 episodes

8 months ago

When it comes to designing your tomorrow, the pathway to chasing dreams and achieving goals is never linear. Caleb and Alice Crothers of Long Green Farms both have nontraditional journeys and careers that eventually led them back to their family’s eighth-generation, 150-cow dairy farm. Learn from their experience interfacing with consumers, farming with sustainability and heritage in mind, and their mindset for achieving goals. Caleb and Alice Crothers farm on a 150-cow, eight-generation dair...

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When it comes to designing your tomorrow, the pathway to chasing dreams and achieving goals is never linear. Caleb and Alice Crothers of Long Green Farms both have nontraditional journeys and careers that eventually led them back to their family’s eighth-generation, 150-cow dairy farm. Learn from their experience interfacing with consumers, farming with sustainability and heritage in mind, and their mindset for achieving goals. Caleb and Alice Crothers farm on a 150-cow, eight-generation dair...

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Episodes (20/30)

PA Dairy Summit

Emerging Markets for Fluid Dairy: ESL Milk & Milk Molecule Separation with Paul Ziemnisky and Rebecca Pfeffer – 2025 Keynote Session

As demand for fresh fluid milk continues to struggle, embracing innovation and pursuing new market opportunities offers opportunities for the fluid dairy case. Hear about the latest research in milk molecule separation and learn how Maola’s recent investment in the Philadelphia area could lead to growth in market opportunities for Pennsylvania milk. Save the date for the 2026 PA Dairy Summit: Join us on February 4-5, 2026 in Grantville, PA!

8 months ago

1 hour 20 minutes

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Farming for the Future in a World Where People Know Their Farmers: Producer Showcase with David Moser of Oakridge Dairy – 2025 Keynote Session

At Oakridge Dairy, a people-first culture, a rotary milking parlor, environmental responsibility, and the idea of supplying milk direct to consumer are the notions driving change at their dairy operation. It’s all part of their mindset of staying ahead of the curve and building a future where people know their farmers. Oakridge Dairy is a 2,900-cow dairy farm in Connecticut, the largest single site dairy farm in the Northeast. David Moser shares a glimpse inside this CT dairy in this producer...

8 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes

PA Dairy Summit

Building for Tomorrow Today, A Producer Showcase with Caleb and Alice Crothers of Long Green Farms – 2025 Keynote Session

When it comes to designing your tomorrow, the pathway to chasing dreams and achieving goals is never linear. Caleb and Alice Crothers of Long Green Farms both have nontraditional journeys and careers that eventually led them back to their family’s eighth-generation, 150-cow dairy farm. Learn from their experience interfacing with consumers, farming with sustainability and heritage in mind, and their mindset for achieving goals. Caleb and Alice Crothers farm on a 150-cow, eight-generation dair...

8 months ago

1 hour 3 minutes

PA Dairy Summit

Define Your Why, Design Your Future with Peggy Coffeen – 2025 Keynote Session

What’s exciting about dairy’s future? How can you get in touch with your “why” and use that to guide your future? For the past 15 years, Peggy Coffeen from the Uplevel Dairy podcast has been sitting down with dairy farmers across the country to tell their stories as a dairy magazine editor and podcast host. Based on her conversations with dairy managers across the nation, Peggy dives into what the future of the dairy industry looks like. Save the date for the 2026 PA Dairy Summit: Join us on ...

8 months ago

46 minutes

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Navigating Shifting Market Dynamics with Phil Plourd from Ever.Ag - 2024 Keynote Session

When the only constant in dairy markets is the never-ending shifts, learning how to navigate change and uncertainty is crucial. In this Keynote Session, hear the latest updates on shifting market dynamics and factors you can control.

1 year ago

1 hour 12 minutes

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Cultivating a Multi-Faceted Family Farm, a Producer Showcase with Rob Noble and Sarah Moag of Noblehurst Farms - 2024 Keynote Session

As farmers, good stewardship ranges from our animals and natural resources to the employees we work with every day. In this Keynote Session, hear how Noblehurst Farms takes a team approach and cultivates a multi-faceted family farm.

1 year ago

1 hour 3 minutes

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Building Trust Inside and Outside the Farm Gate with Roxi Beck from the Center for Food Integrity - 2024 Keynote Session

How can we think differently about what it means to earn trust, both inside and outside the farm gate? In this keynote session, hear about the varied pressure points that shape today’s food system and ways we can build deeper transparency.

1 year ago

1 hour 12 minutes

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Innovating a Producer-Led Marketplace, a Panel Discussion with Ken Smith, Jason Frye, and Joel Riehlman - 2024 Keynote Session

We might dream about controlling our own destiny and creating a producer-led milk market, but bringing an idea like this to fruition takes cohesiveness, creativity and persistence. In this Keynote Session, hear how these panelists approached the idea, found a market, and formed a cohesive group of producers.

1 year ago

1 hour 29 minutes

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Dairy Innovation Forum: Engaging in Export Opportunities with Dominic O’Brien, Kristina Watson & William Loux (2023 Dairy Summit)

Learn about export opportunities for Pennsylvania dairy products and the potential to grow our market share through moving product overseas.

2 years ago

1 hour 18 minutes

PA Dairy Summit

Moving Milk 101: Dairy Processing Supply Chain Logistics with Chuck Turner (2023 Dairy Summit)

Learn about dairy processing supply chain logistics by getting an insider’s perspective on how milk moves from your farm to the retail space and the channels and challenges it encounters along the way.

2 years ago

41 minutes

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Minimizing the Impact of Heat Stress with Dr. Geoffrey Dahl (2023 Dairy Summit)

This session discusses the physiological impact of management interventions, including heat stress abatement, at various stages of the lactation cycle to help you harness that knowledge and optimize your herd health and performance.

2 years ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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Linking Your Business’s Sustainability with Environmental Sustainability with Brett Reinford, Stan Erwine & Katie Morison (2023 Dairy Summit)

If we can’t meet the environmental demands and expectations of our customers, our industry isn’t going to be sustainable, and if our industry isn’t sustainable, it jeopardizes the sustainability of each farm business. Recognizing what “customer demand” means to your farm’s future is the first step. This panel discussion features professionals from all sectors of the food chain to discuss the interdependency of the environmental agenda and the viability of the dairy industry.

2 years ago

1 hour

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Boosting Your Mental Fitness with Monica Kramer McConkey (2023 Dairy Summit)

All too often we pour ourselves into caring for our animals at the expense of our own well-being. Being physically strong doesn’t matter if we aren’t mentally fit as well. This session equips you with strategies to effectively take control of your mental fitness, manage stress, take care of yourself, and be available to others in this high-demand field.

2 years ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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Young Professionals Panel: From Internships to the Real World with Shara Allman, Beckie Burns & Aaron Harbach (2023 Dairy Summit)

Our speakers for the Young Dairy Professionals Reception have all completed the On-Farm Internship program during their college years and now have meaningful, full-time careers serving the dairy industry. They share fresh, real-world perspective to high school and college students who are interested in pursuing careers in herd management, nutrition and beyond.

2 years ago

58 minutes

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Digging Into Regenerative Ag Planning with Shawn Saylor, Sue Ellen Johnson & Katie Sattazahn (2023 Dairy Summit)

This session features an insightful panel discussion about how we can cultivate regenerative agriculture to increase biodiversity, improve soil health, protect waters, and support high-yielding livestock and growing businesses.

2 years ago

1 hour 7 minutes

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Climate Smart Solutions: Practical Answers and Funding Sources for Your Dairy with Peter Hughes, Mauricio Rosales & Charlie White (2023 Dairy Summit)

Now that we know why environmental sustainability is linked to your business’ sustainability, come learn which on-farm practices are likely to get you the best bang for your buck, and where to find the resources and funding to get them implemented on your operation. There is more funding being committed to reducing agriculture’s environmental footprint than the total budget of some countries, and there are several projects and ways you can tap into some of that. Learn about the treasure trove...

2 years ago

51 minutes

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An Outsider’s Look Inside Your Business with Dale Brown, Kate Kulp & Mark Mosemann (2023 Dairy Summit)

Even professional athletes rely on coaches to assess their performance and advise them on how to up their game and achieve their peak performance. The same is true for dairy farming. This producer panel has tapped a second set of experienced eyes to look at their operations and bring an outside perspective to improving their operations and enhancing profitability. They share their personal experience on the best ways to stay open-minded when it comes to business coaching, consulting, and ment...

2 years ago

59 minutes

PA Dairy Summit

Creating a Biosecurity Plan for Your Operation with Miquela Hanselman and Danelle Bickett-Weddle (2023 Dairy Summit)

We learned from our poultry partners the risk of not having a biosecurity plan for your operation. With National FARM’S new secure milk supply agreement, it’s easier than ever for dairy producers to put together a biosecurity plan that could protect you from a potential crisis. This session offers updates on what is involved and provide a clear-cut checklist for biosecurity planning on the farm.

2 years ago

1 hour 25 minutes

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Breeding for Enhanced Profitability with Harrison Hartman, Clint Burkholder & Bryon Graybeal (2023 Dairy Summit)

By remaining laser-focused on breeding and genetics, many dairy producers are not only improving their herd’s performance but also enhancing their overall profitability. During this panel discussion, hear from multiple dairy producers who are infusing breeding and genetics into their herd management decisions.

2 years ago

56 minutes

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Redirecting Your Business Plan for an Evolving Future with Rob Goodling, Amy Brickner & John Esh (2023 Dairy Summit)

Developing a detailed business plan can help ensure your dairy business remains profitable, but your business plan isn’t something you can stick on the shelf once you finish it. It’s a living and breathing document that must evolve alongside your business– whether you open a farm store, install robots, bring on the next generation, or enter the retail space. In this panel discussion, hear from two dairy producers who have used their business plan to grow their businesses.

2 years ago

1 hour 16 minutes