e-Leader Newsletter

Timely news is delivered via e-Alerts and a monthly e-Leader emailed newsletter. This list is also used for program, webinar and forage management updates. Highlights from e-Leader are featured below.
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News

Designing the ReproPhone: New tech to help dairies stay productive
If you love an ice cream sundae in the summer or a latte while the snow flies, then you know how important it is for dairies to produce milk all year around. But to do that, they have to ensure that their cows become pregnant in a timely manner...
  • Dairy
  • Animal Science
  • PRO-DAIRY
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Report

The July 2026 Dairy Market Watch provides an overview of dairy market trends affecting producers in the Northeast Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO #1). As is typical during peak summer production, milk component percentages declined in July...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Junior DAIRY LEADER 2026 class

News

Enthusiasm is always palpable at a Junior DAIRY LEADER graduation, held in August on the Cornell campus at Stocking Hall. The day is a culmination of an intense year of hands-on learning, exposure to industry issues, networking, farm tours and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Dairy
  • PRO-DAIRY
Walnut Ridge Dairy team

News

The PRO-DAIRY Agriservice Awards recognize outstanding contributions to New York agriculture and long-standing support of the PRO-DAIRY program. “This year’s recipients represent the strong partnerships that help drive innovation, education and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Dairy
  • PRO-DAIRY
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News

Cows depend on microbes to live. Thousands of different species inhabit the rumen, the largest section of a cow’s four-section stomach. They ferment the grass that cow eats and extract nutrients, providing metabolites essential for the cow to...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Microbial biology