Dairy Alliance News

Position Announcement: Senior Project Associate

Responsibilities include collaborating with project investigators, agribusiness professionals and dairy producers in managing data collection and analysis for a dairy profitability research project in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

Managing Risk During Volatile Times

Cash flow a necessary element to managing risk

Penn State's Dairy Alliance Goes International

In a collaborative effort with the University of the Azores, Penn State's Dr. Lisa Holden and Alan Bair trained industry leaders and producers in the concept of dairy advisory teams.

Dairy Analysis 20/20 Workshop Shows Who Has the Competitive Advantage

Penn State Dairy Alliance invited large-herd dairy producers from across the nation to explore who has the competitive edge – and why – at a two-day Dairy Analysis 20/20 workshop held recently in Gettysburg, Pa. This multi-state business management workshop analyzed each participating producer’s production and financial records for 2006-2007 and compared them to performance indicators, or benchmarks. The comparison showed participants how they performed in terms of various financial and production factors – business performance, cost of production, income over feed costs, parlor performance, and culling management – and the steps that they could take to match top performance levels on their own dairies.

Survival depends on monitoring income over feed cost

Dairy Alliance programs show how to track IOFC monthly

Italian and French dairy nuritionists find Penn State training is worth the trip

Penn State is extending its ever-broadening impact in agriculture to the dairies of Italy and France. The Penn State Dairy Alliance team recently welcomed Italian and French dairy nutritionists – whose work influences one-fifth of the cows in the two countries – to University Park for advanced training in their field.

Is there a light at the end of the tunnel for the dairy industry?

Currently, Penn State is working with numerous producers on developing cash flows and calculating IOFC. Monitoring this information over time will help them make smart decisions regarding management strategies.

Hileman will facilitate dairy discussion groups

Penn State Dairy Alliance is currently forming discussion groups for dairy producers in southcentral and southwestern Pennsylvania who want an opportunity to meet regularly so they may network and learn from each other.

Discussion Forum for Dairy Team Facilitators Kicks off Oct. 16

Online discussion series offered free of charge to Profit and Target Team facilitators