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PRO-DAIRY

Enhancing New York’s dairy industry through education and applied research since 1988.

The PRO-DAIRY mission

Facilitate New York state economic development by increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of New York's dairy farm businesses through industry-applied research and educational programs that enhance farm profitability, while advancing dairy producers and agribusiness professionals' knowledge, skills and enthusiasm.

Featured Programming

Tile Drainage on Farms - Managing for Water Quality and Soil Health


April 18, 2023
Auburn, NY and on Zoom

This hybrid workshop will provide strategies to understand and mitigate impacts to water quality will be presented. Researchers will share information related to tile drainage on farms in the Northeast as well as help give context to the larger topic of water, soil and nutrients in our agricultural watersheds.

2023 Herd Health and Nutrition Conference


April 3 - 4, 2023

Presented by PRO-DAIRY and NEAFA, this two-day event for agriservice personnel, feed industry representatives, veterinarians, and dairy producers features educational topics related to current herd health and nutrition management techniques.

Calving and Dystocia Workshop

March 15 - 28, 2023

This workshop will teach best calving management practices to minimize stillbirth rates and improve calf and cow health during and directly after the calving process.

Online on-demand courses

Online courses are now available in an on-demand format! You may begin the course whenever you want and will have 6 months to complete it once enrolled.

Webinar Recordings

A variety of topics to develop the knowledge base of farm owners and the agricultural workforce are available online, archived by topic.

Spanish videos series

A series of videos created in Spanish by Cornell Cooperative Extension staff complements the recent Understanding and Mitigating Lameness program.

PRO-DAIRY News

NYS DEC Releases New CAFO Permit

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The Manager

The Manager, published by Progressive Dairy, includes a useful combination of research, updates, how to's and action steps on every aspect of managing a dairy business.

 

Read the latest Manager issue
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News

PRO-DAIRY releases fact sheets on centralized anaerobic digestion systems
Considerations for central systems of dairy manure anaerobic digestion to renewable natural gas Newly released fact sheets by Angela George, Jason Oliver, and Lauren Ray, PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environmental Systems, gives an overview of three...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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News

Operations Managers Conference
The 2023 Operations Managers Conference, held January 31 and February 1 in East Syracuse, NY, drew an engaged crowd of middle managers and industry leaders. Over 200 people attended, 45 percent of who were dairy farm owners, managers and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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News

Written case studies and recorded webinar available: Economic feasibility of the co-digestion of manure and food waste on a Northern NY dairy
These fact sheets authored by Angela George and Lauren Ray, PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environmental Systems, were shared in the January 30, 2023 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Report

Usage of imported food processing waste and food wastes on dairy CAFO farms
This fact sheet authored by PRO-DAIRY's Jason Oliver, Dairy Environmental Systems, and Kirsten Workman, Nutrient Management, was shared in the January 2023 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Report

Comparison of selected measures and costs by quartiles of profitability
This fact sheet authored by Jason Karszes was shared in the November PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. For farms that participated in the Dairy Farm...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science

The Dairy Advancement Program

Program

Plan for the future of your dairy

The Dairy Advancement Program, in partnership with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, is designed to enhance profitability of New York dairy farms while maintaining a commitment to environmentally responsible dairy farming.

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