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.
Junior DAIRY LEADER 2026 class

News

Junior DAIRY LEADER graduation 2026
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
cows in a dairy barn

Report

The June 2026 Dairy Market Watch provides an overview of dairy market trends affecting producers in the Northeast Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO #1). Component production remained historically strong, with average butterfat and protein tests...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
a man holds a vial of liquid and talks with another man in a white lab coat in a barn

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
head shot of a person

News

Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY has hired Cesar Matamoros, Ph.D., for a newly-created precision dairy nutrition specialist position. Matamoros will focus statewide on increasing production and nutrient use efficiency of dairy farms in New York to meet...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • PRO-DAIRY