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Dairy Responding to COVID-19 A Limited Podcast Series?

Thursday, April 9, 2020, None Specified
Podcasts: available on demand anytime

Hosted by Rob Lynch, DVM, Dairy Herd Health and Management Specialist, PRO-DAIRY, and Kathy Barrett, Dairy Education, PRO-DAIRY, with interviews of key dairy industry professionals.

EPISODE 1 - COVID-19 OVERVIEW AND MILK DISTRIBUTION

Podcast includes interviews with: Mark Stevenson, Vice President, Milk Division, Cayuga Marketing; Rob Lynch, DVM, Dairy Herd Health and Management Specialist, Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY; and Kathy Barrett, Dairy Education, Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY.

EPISODE 2 - FEED AND NUTRITION SERVICES

Podcast includes interviews with: Scott Lyndaker, General Manager, Mercer Milling Company and David Horn, DVM, Nutrition Consultant, Poulin Grain.

EPISODE 3 - DAIRY FARMER AND FARM CONSULTANT PERSPECTIVES

Podcast includes interviews with: Meghan Hauser, Dairy Farm Co-Owner, Table Rock Farms, and Corwin Holtz, Owner, Holtz Nelson Dairy Consultants.

EPISODE 4 - ANIMAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS

Dr. Rick Watters, Regional Director of Quality Milk Production Services, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Allen Fournier, DVM Large Animal Veterinarian, Co-Owner of Maplewood Veterinary Associates, P. C., discuss providing animal health care and services.

EPISODE 5 - ESSENTIAL CARE OF COWS AND EQUIPMENT

Bob Church, General Manager of Finger Lakes Dairy Services, tells us about how his business is keeping milking equipment up and running. Steve Zehr, Premier Select Sires, gives us insight on how he and his technicians are providing reproductive services during COVID-19. Charles Biche, Biche Hoof Care, continues to care for his customers cows while keeping cows and people safe.

EPISODE 6 - MILK SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES

Andrew M. Novakovic, PhD, E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics Emeritus, and Christopher Wolf, PhD, Professor, Applied Economics and Policy, both from the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, SC Johnson College of Business, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University discuss the current challenges in the milk supply chain, the declining milk price forecast and policy issues.

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