Dairy Workshops To Teach
Solid Decision Making
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Every decision made in a
business impacts its profit margin
in multiple ways. This is particu
larly true of dairy farms, where
daily decisions can have far-reach
ing effects on the farm’s profitabili
ty-
Dairy Alliance is helping pro
ducers learn how to manage a vari
ety of risks and improve their fin
ancial stability through a new
program called Profit Manager, to
be conducted at three sites across
Pennsylvania during January.
“Implementing a systems ap
proach to decision-making will en
able dairy producers to control risk
and reduce the volatility of profit
margins,” explained Bradley Hilty,
information specialist with Penn
State Dairy Alliance. “Participants
in the Profit Manager workshops
will focus on the interaction of the
feeding and milk production sys
tems with milk marketing, and
leant how management of each can
impact the profit margin of their
business.”
A number of Penn State Cooper
ative Extension faculty and staff
will instruct the program. They in
clude Kenneth Bailey, associate
professor, agricultural economics
and rural sociology; Bradley Hilty;
Lisa Holden, associate professor,
dairy and animal science; Virginia
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cialist, Dairy Alliance; and Richard
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Dairy Alliance. In addition, a
member of Downes-O’Neil broker
age firm, Chicago, 111., will partici
pate.
For producer convenience, the
program will be take place at three
sites: Jan. 13-14 at the Holiday Inn
Harrisburg/Hershey; Jan. 20-21 at
the Ramada Inn, Altoona; and
January 27-28 at The Lighthouse
Restaurant, Chambersburg.
Cost is $125 per person; $65 for
each additional person per farm.
The fee includes lunch and dinner
on the first day, lunch on the sec
ond day, and all program materi
als.
Advance registration is required.
To register, contact Michele Moyer,
Dairy Alliance program manager,
at (814) 865-4682 or (888)
373-7232, or via e-mail at HYPER
LINK “mailto:mcml4@psu.edu”
mcml4@psu.edu.
The deadline to register for the
first session (Jan. 13-14) is Dec. 23.
From Dec. 24 through Jan. 4,
registration for the second session
(Jan. 20-21) and third session (Jan.
27-28) may be e-mailed or faxed to
the above numbers. Phone registra
tions for these sessions will resume
on Jan. 5.
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