By Blake Jackson
The 2024 Business Conference presented by the Professional Dairy Producers® (PDP) will focus on how the dairy industry and individual producers can prepare for continued changes in global trade, conflict, and energy production and use.
The event will feature keynote speakers who will address these challenges, as well as breakout sessions on a variety of topics relevant to dairy producers.
Keynote speakers:
- Jacob Shapiro, partner and director of geopolitical analysis at Cognitive Investments, will deliver the keynote for the Day Two general session titled “What in the wide world?!” He’ll identify today’s key geopolitical forces expected to shape food production and agricultural markets over the next five years.
- Brent Gleeson, Navy SEAL combat veteran and founder and CEO of TakingPoint Leadership, will present a session on resilience and passion.
- A panel discussion featuring Mitch Breunig, dairy producer at Mystic Valley Dairy in Sauk City, Wis.; JJ Pagel, dairy producer at Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy, Kewaunee, Wis.; facilitated by Sustainable Environmental Consultants (SEC) will focus on driving innovation in the environmental sustainability discussion.
- Bruce Vincent, third generation logger from Libby, Montana, will present a session on hope and vision.
Other highlights of the conference:
- 54 learning sessions in a variety of formats
- Hall of Ideas Equipment and Trade Show
- Preview Stage
- Nexus® stage
- Two sessions for 15–18-year-olds to build their leadership and communications skills
- Business conference sessions translated simultaneously for Spanish speakers
- Accredited training through Dairy AdvanCE (DACE), American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS), and Certified Crop Advisor (CCA)
The 2024 PDP Business Conference will be held March 13-14, 2024, at the Kalahari Resorts in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. For more information and to register, visit the PDP website.
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