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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Dairy Market Watch
March brought positive movement in milk prices across Federal Milk Marketing Order 1. The Statistical Uniform Price (SUP) rose to $18.47 per cwt (excluding PPD), and with a $2.66 PPD in Suffolk County, MA, the total reached $21.13. Component...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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This fact sheet authored by PRO-DAIRY forage systems specialist Joe Lawrence and nutrient management specialist Kirsten Workman was shared in the April 2026 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Dairy
  • PRO-DAIRY
Panel discussion at 2026 Herd Health and Nutrition Conference

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Nearly 150 dairy industry professionals gathered in East Syracuse, NY last week to hear from industry experts about the latest trends and research related to dairy herd health and nutrition at the 2026 Herd Health and Nutrition Conference. For...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Field Note

Angela George ’26 is a masters student in the Animal Science Department and a researcher in the Dairy Cattle Biology and Management laboratory led by Julio Giordano , professor of dairy cattle biology and management. Giordano is also director of...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Digital Agriculture
cows ins a bunk

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Grain production on New York dairy farms has increased over the last few years, according to Cornell Dairy Farm Business Summary (DFBS) data. Milk production base programs and the inability to grow the herd, land availability combined with no...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science