Center for Dairy Excellence and PA Association of Milk Dealers (PAMD)
Dairy processors: This is the next webinar in our webinar series to help spur discussion, collaboration and innovation across the dairy supply chain. Join us on Tuesday, November 25 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. EST for the free webinar titled “Diving into the Data: 2025 Dairy Producer Survey Insights for Processors.” Sign up for the webinar below! Connection details will automatically be sent to you via email after you sign up.
With the release of the 2025 Pennsylvania Dairy Producer Survey results, Ginger Fenton from Penn State Extension, along with Jayne Sebright and Valerie Mason-Faith from the Center for Dairy Excellence, will use the data to help connect the dots between dairy farmers and dairy processors. They will share what producers told us through the survey — and what it means for you as dairy processors. They plan to dive into a few key pieces of data for processors and cooperatives:
- A total of 90 percent of the 603 active dairy producers responding to the survey acknowledged they were participating in an animal welfare program, like the National FARM Program.
- Most respondents in the survey were producing less than 4 million pounds of milk, with 80 percent having somatic cell counts ranging between 100,000 and 250,000 cells per milliliter.
- Slightly less than 80 percent of respondents were marketing their milk to a cooperative.
- and more!
About the Survey:
The 2025 Pennsylvania Dairy Producer Survey was conducted by the Center for Dairy Excellence and the Penn State Extension Dairy Team in early 2025 to evaluate current demographics and trends and to identify needs within the dairy sector. The survey was distributed by mail and online to Pennsylvania’s dairy farm community. The response rate represents between 12 – 15 percent of the total dairy farm population in Pennsylvania. Surveys were completed by 777 respondents, with 603 of them identifying as active dairy producers in 49 counties with an average herd size of 152 cows.