PDPW Business Conference 2025 | Professional Dairy Producers - PDP | 12 March 2025 | Alliant Energy Center, 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison, WI 53713, USA

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

The 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.

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.

You'll have every opportunity to talk with a fellow producer over lunch and rub elbows with agribusiness leaders in the Hall of Ideas. This is your time to shine; meet new people and make connections that will shape your profession for a lifetime.

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.

2025 Speakers

Dr. Maggie Baldwin
State Veterinarian, Colorado Department of Agriculture

Dr. Tera Barnhardt
Veterinarian & Animal Welfare Advocate, Beef and Dairy Sectors

Jalyssa Beaudry
Graduate Researcher, UW–Madison & UW–River Falls

Mike Bolender
Retired Operations Captain, Oak Creek Police Department

Dr. Brady Brewer
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University

Elsa Condon
Agricultural Banker, Nicolet National Bank

Thibaut Cordel
Dairyman, GAEC de l’Alliance

Dan Basse
President, AgResource Company

Dr. Trevor DeVries
Professor & Canada Research Chair, University of Guelph

Carson Dugger
Lead Agronomist, Eocene Environmental Group

Morgan Ekovich
Owner & Coach, Get Fit with ME

Kevin Erb
Program Manager, Conservation Professional Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension

Gideon Fynaardt
Master’s Student, Department of Soil and Environmental Science

Dr. John Goeser
Director of Nutrition & Research, Rock River Laboratory

Michael Hoffman
Founder & Owner, Igniting Performance Inc.

David Hyland
Dairy Farmer, Ireland

Emily Johannes
Director of Diverse and Sustainable Sourcing, Nestlé USA

Dan Kaufman
VP of Agribusiness, GreenStone Farm Credit Services

Sandy Larson
Owner & Leader, Larson Acres

Paul Lippert
Owner & Herdsman, Grass Ridge Farm, LLC

Jerry Minor
Chief, Pittsville Fire and Rescue District

Miguel Miranda
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Heather Moore
Owner & Operator, Moore Family Farms & Moore Family Farms Creamery

Jack Myers
PhD Candidate, Animal and Dairy Sciences, Dairy Policy Focus

Marissa Nehlsen
Money & Business Strategist

Dr. Chuck Nicholson
Associate Professor, Animal and Dairy Sciences & Agricultural Economics, UW–Madison

Bill Oemichen, JD
Research Fellow, Food Systems Security & Institute for Legal Studies, UW–Madison

Lynn Olthof
PhD Candidate, Dairy Management, Michigan State University

Kurt Petik
Senior Relationship Manager, Rabo AgriFinance

Dr. Keith Poulsen
Director, Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Dr. Gregg Sanford
Principal Investigator & Assistant Professor, Department of Soil & Environmental Sciences, UW–Madison

Sheryl Schwert
Ag Water Quality Outreach Specialist, University of Wisconsin Division of Extension

Jacob Shapiro
Partner & Director of Geopolitical Analysis, Cognitive Investments

Eric Snodgrass
Principal Atmospheric Scientist, Conduit

Alisha Staggs
Director, Dairy Program, The Nature Conservancy’s North America Agriculture Program

Anton & Arjan Stokman
Innovative Dairy Farmers, Netherlands

Natalia Teixeira
PhD Candidate, Animal Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tom Thibodeau
Professor, Viterbo University

David Trimner
Co-Owner, Miltrim Farms

Wesley Tucker
Farm & Ranch Transition Specialist, University of Missouri Extension

Dr. Alysia Vang, PhD
Endocrinology & Reproductive Physiology Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Suzanne Vold
Fourth-Generation Dairy Farmer, Dorrich Dairy

Patrick Wood
Founder, Ag Methane Advisors

2025 Sponsors

PDP Business Conference Sponsors:
• Acepsis
• Agri-View
• Agropur
• Bayland
• Cargill
• CentralStar
• Chemlock Nutrition
• Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin
• DLF
• Enogen
• Farm Inc
• FMUB
FormaFeed
• GPS Dairy
• Grande
• Kwik Trip
• McLanahan
• MWI Animal Health
• MSA
• NutriQuest
• Prairee
• Progressive Dairy
• Rebk Seed
• Vita Plus
• Walbec Group
• Westway

VISION SPONSOR:
• Compeer Financial

MISSION SPONSORS:
• Acepsis
• American Foods Group
• Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin
• Dairy's Foundation
• Enghouse Video Events
• MorganMyers
• Progressive Dairy
• Progressive Diary Solutions
• Rabo AgriFinance
• Zinpro Performance Minerals

CORPORATE SPONSORS:
• AgCountry
• Agri-View
• Alcivia
• Arm & Hammer
• Armor Animal Health
• Balchem
• BMO
• BouMatic
• Comfort Hoof Care
• CP Feeds
• Your Dairy Checkoff
• Diamond V
• DLF
• Farm First
• Focus onEneergy
• GEA
• GreenStone
• Land LAkes Inc
• Menn Law Firm
• Nicoleet
• Usagnet
• Zoetis