PDPW Business Conference 2022 | Professional Dairy Producers - PDPW | 16 March 2022 | Kalahari Resorts and Conventions, 1305 Kalahari Dr, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53913, US

Surround yourself with people who have dreams and ambition; they’ll help you discover and passionately pursue your own.

The Future
The PDPW annual Business Conference offers best-in-class education and networking that strives to provide education and inspiration for a vibrant and thriving dairy infrastructure, leaving a positive legacy for generations to come.

Attendance
We bring together thousands of dairy farmers and agribusiness people from around the globe. This is dairy's go-to educational event. With 70 percent of attendees representing dairy farm owners and managers, you are exposed to the movers and shakers in dairying. Who else attends? Food companies, marketers, distributors and other food system professionals that rely on the continuous improvement and viability of a strong dairy sector.

Leading Experts
Take away actionable insights from over 50 of the best and brightest leaders across the globe. Take in the most advanced ideas, latest technologies and management practices available.

Personal & Professional Skill
Advance your capabilities through dozens of educational sessions. Discover new leadership paradigms; cultivate team building and elevate internal and external communications; strengthen your business strategy; and amplify your herd production, health, performance and beyond.

Refine your Expertise
With four educational tracks in animal care/food safety, business/financial, HR/management/next gen and social license (consumer trust, environment, policy), there is something for everyone. Deepen your understanding in a specific discipline, trend or technology, or advance in multiple areas.

Enjoy & Relax
Business Conference is all inclusive. You'll have every opportunity to talk with a fellow producer over lunch, rub elbows with agribusiness leaders over the Connection "Wisconsin-Style Cheese, Beer and Wine" Reception. This is your time to shine; meet new people and make connections that will shape your profession for a lifetime.

2022 Speakers

PRESENTERS:

James Bailey,
Owner, ProAGtive, Dairy Nutrition

Eric Birschbach,
Owner and Operator, Ag Site, Crop Consulting, LLC

Janet Clark
Dairy Farmer and Co-owner, Vision Aire Farm, LLC, Eldorado, Wis.

Dr. Hans Coetzee
DVM, PhD, Professor and Head of the Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University

Dr. Nigel Cook
BVSc, DVM, Professor, Food Animal Production Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, UWMadison

Dr. Gerard Cramer
DVM, DVSc, Associate Professor, University of Minnesota

Dr. Dörte Döpfer
DVM, PhD, Professor, Food Animal Production Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, UWMadison

Randy Ebert
sixth-generation Farmer, Ebert Enterprises, Algoma, Wis.

Charles Ellett
Dairy manager, The Ethical Dairy, South West Scotland

Dr. Luiz Ferraretto
PhD, Assistant Professor and Ruminant Nutrition Extension Specialist, UW-Madison

Dr. Julie Føske Johnsen
DVM, PhD, Senior Researcher, Norwegian Veterinary Institute

Dr. Robert James
PhD, PAS, Professor Emeritus, Dairy Science Department, Virginia Tech; Owner of Down Home Heifer Solutions, Inc.

Dr. Sylvia Kehoe
PhD, Professor, Dairy Science Department, UW-River Falls

Dr. David Kohl
PhD, Professor Emeritus, Agriculture and Applied Economics Department Virginia Tech; President of AgriVisions, LLC; Part-owner of Homestead Creamery

Monica Kramer
McConkey, LPC, Rural Mental Health Specialist, Minnesota Centers of Ag Excellence

Matt Lange
Business Consultant, Compeer Financial

Mary Ledman
Global Dairy Strategist, RaboResearch

Jason Mauck,
CEO of Constant Canopy; Farm Manager, Mauck Farms, Gaston, Ind.

Jerry Minor,
Chief, Pittsville Fire and Rescue District Walt Moore, President/General Manager, Walmoore Holsteins, Inc., West Grove, Penn.

Roger Olson,
Dairy Account Manager, Zinpro Corporation Kurt Olson, Dairy Farmer, Olson Dairy Farms, Inc, Birnamwood, Wis.

Dr. Tom Overton,
PhD, Professor, Animal Science Department and Director of PRODAIRY, Cornell University

Daniel Peerless,
Global Sustainable Sourcing Lead for Dairy, Meat, Poultry and Eggs, Nestlé

Chris Pollack,
Dairy Farmer, Pollack-Vu Dairy, LLC, Ripon, Wis.

Amber Radatz,
Agriculture Water Quality Program Manager, UWMadison Division of Extension Logan Rivers, Manager, Trakrite Service

Dr. Joseph Sanford
PhD, Assistant Professor in the School of Agriculture; UWPlatteville faculty researcher for the Dairy Innovation Hub

Chris St. Pierre,
safety instructor

Dr. Jennifer Van Os
PhD, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist for Animal Welfare, UW-Madison

Dr. Marina von Keyserlingk
PhD, Professor, Animal Welfare, The University of British Columbia

Hank Wagner,
Founder, Wagner Leadership Training, author and dairy farmer, Wagner Farms, Inc., Oconto Falls, Wis.

Jay Waldvogel,
Senior Vice President of Strategy and Global Development, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)

Dr. Jennifer Walker
DVM, PhD, Director of Quality and Care, Danone North America

Patrick Wood
Founder, Ag Methane Advisors

2022 Sponsors

VISION SPONSOR:
• Compeer Financial

MISSION SPONSORS:
• American Foods Group
• Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin
• Land O Lakes
• Mediasite events
• MorganMyers
• Professional Dairy Producers Foundation
• Progressive Dairy
• Zinpro Performance Minerals

CORPORATE SPONSORS:
• Agri-View
• Alcivia
• Alforex Seeds
• Arm & Hammer
• Armor Animal Health
• Atten Babler
• Balchem
• BMO
• Boumatic
• Brevant Seeds
• CP Feeds
• Dairy Management Inc.
• Dairyland Seed
• Diamond V
• Farm First
• Focus on Energy
• GEA
• Green Stone
• Investors Community Bank
• Prairie Estates Genetics
• ProAGtive Technologies
• Roto-mix
• Twohig Law
• Zoetis
• Wisconsin Ag Connection

BUSINESS CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
• Agri View
• Agromatic
• Agropur
• Atten Babler Commodities LLC
• Balchem Inc.
• CentralStar Cooperative, Inc.
• Dairyland Seed
• Feedworks USA, Ltd.
• Fox Cities Builders
• Grande
• Hubbard
• Insight FS
• Lely North America
• Micro Technologies
• Milk Specialties Global
• MSA
• Syngenta
• Northside Elevator Inc.
• ProAGtive Dairy Nutrition
• Progressive Diary
• Scherer
• State Bank of Cross Plains
• Vita Plus