The Monthly Call Will Be Held on Wednesday, June 11 at 1 pm The Center for Dairy Excellence is launching a new “All Things Dairy” monthly conference call to provide a platform for organizations and industry partners to share timely updates, resources, programs, and upcoming events relevant to the dairy community. The calls will be…
Kennedy Joins the Center’s Team Supporting the Dairy Industry The Center for Dairy Excellence has named Sara Kennedy, a rising junior at The Pennsylvania State University, as the 2025 education and communications intern. She joins a team of employees who provide resources and support to Pennsylvania dairy farms and develop dairy education programming for students…
Dairy Producers Can Support the Next Generation With Their Everyday Feed Purchase Dairy producers can support the next generation of dairy through their everyday feed purchases by bidding in the annual “Feed for the Future” silent auction. With Purina Animal Nutrition donating $5,000 worth of dairy feed to the Dairy Excellence Foundation to help support…
The Center’s Job Opportunities Page Allows Dairy Producers to Submit Job Openings With Pennsylvania dairy production and associated businesses contributing $11.8 billion annually to the state’s economy, and those businesses creating more than 47,000 jobs, the Center for Dairy Excellence continues to offer a “Dairy Job Opportunities” tool for dairy producers who have employment opportunities…
The Webinar Will Happen on Tuesday, June 3 From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Whether you’re a beef, poultry or dairy producer, your workforce is one of your most important assets. In light of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) enforcement activities across the country, the free webinar will be…
More Than 6,600 Books Have Been Distributed to Date This spring, the Center for Dairy Excellence is once again offering free copies of Animal Care Protocol Record-Keeping Books to Pennsylvania dairy producers and veterinarians. With more than 6,600 books distributed to date, they have been created to help Pennsylvania dairy farm families comply with National…
For Logan Keister, a high school senior at Milton Hershey School in Pennsylvania, his interest in agriculture started on his grandfather’s beef farm. Logan is unsure what the future looks like for his family’s business but he hopes to be part of it one day. He decided to complete the Center for Dairy Excellence’s Dairy…
The Program Reaches Thousands of Classrooms Across the U.S. Thanks to Partner Support With the school year coming to a close, Discover Dairy’s “Adopt a Cow” program continued to expand its reach this school year. Thanks to support from partners and donors, a total of 43,000+ classrooms participated and more than 1.7 million students across…
The Animal Care Workshops Helped PA Dairy Farmers Get Trained in National FARM Standards A group of 155 dairy producers attended a series of animal care workshops hosted by the Center for Dairy Excellence, PA Beef Council, the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania (PDMP) and Penn State Extension this spring. English and Spanish-speaking dairy employees…
The Free “Protecting Your Profits” Webinar Will Take Place on May 9 at 12 p.m. EST On Friday, May 9 from 12-1 p.m., the Center for Dairy Excellence will host a “Protecting Your Profits” webinar titled “Know Your Numbers: Cost of Production and Break-Evens Simplified.” Jacob Thompson and Andy McCarty, two experienced dairy business advisors from Land…
