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Keynote Speakers
4 March 2021 • PDPW • Dairy’s Bottom Line
PDPW: Who we are
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Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) is Dairy's Professional Development Organization®. With a vision to lead the success of the dairy industry through education, our mission is to share ideas, solutions, resources and experiences that help dairy producers succeed.
PDPW Board of Directors
President Katy Schultz
Fox Lake, Wis. 920-210-9661 katylschultz@gmail.com
Vice President
Janet Clark
Rosendale, Wis. 608-341-6709 vafarmsllc@hotmail.com
Secretary John Haag Dane, Wis. 608-576-0812 jahaag5@gmail.com
Treasu rer Jay Heeg Colby, Wis. 715-507-0030 jcheeg@yahoo.com
Directors Andy Buttles Lancaster, Wis. 608-723-4712 stonefront@tds.net
Ken Feltz Stevens Point, Wis. 715-570-6390 feltzfarms@hotmail.com
Corey Hodorff Eden, Wis. 920-602-6449 corey@secondlookholsteins.com
Steven Orth Cleveland, Wis. 920-905-2575 orthlanddairy@gmail.com
Dan Scheider Freeport, Ill. 815-821-4012 dnscheider@gmail.com
PDPW Advisers
Paul Fricke UW-Madison Dairy Science Madison, Wis. pmfricke@wisc.edu
Roger Olson Zinpro Performance Minerals roger.olson@zinpro.com
Kurt Petik Rabo AgriFinance Fond du Lac, Wis. kurt.petik@raboag.com
Andrew Skwor MSA Professional Services Baraboo, Wis. askwor@msa-ps.com
www.pdpw.org mail@pdpw.org 800-947-7379
Directions to Kalahari
Address: 1305 Kalahari Drive, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965 From Madison or Chicago: Interstate-90 westbound to exit #92, U.S. Highway 12 – Lake Delton/Wisconsin Dells. From Milwaukee: Interstate-94 westbound to exit #92, U.S. Highway 12 – Lake Delton/Wisconsin Dells. From Green Bay/Appleton: U.S. Highway 41 southbound to Wisconsin Highway 44 west. Take Highway 44 west to Wisconsin Highway 23 west; Highway 23 merges with Interstate-39. Take exit #100 onto Highway 23 west to Wisconsin Dells. From Minneapolis: Interstate-94 eastbound to exit #92, U.S. Highway 12 – Lake Delton/Wisconsin Dells. Note: GPS and MapQuest users may need to use the city of Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Continuing Education Units available
The sessions at the 2021 PDPW Business Conference offer a total of 790 minutes of continuing-education units through three continuing-education providers. PDPW’s Dairy AdVanCE® – DACE – is open to the public. Farmers and student subscriptions are free; professional subscriptions are $50 a year. Visit www.DairyAdvance.org for more information.
American Registry of Professional
Animal Scientists – ARPAS – provides certification of animal scientists through examination, continuing education and commitment to a code of ethics. Limitations and restrictions apply to the number of continuing-education credits that can be obtained. Visit www.arpas.org for more information. Certified Crop Advisor – CCA – is one of the professional-certification programs offered by the American Society of Agronomy. Visit www.certifiedcropadvisor.org for more information.
Upcoming Educational Events
MAR 2-4
The Dairy Signal™
Online, 12 – 1 pm CT
Visit www.pdpw.org to participate in live-streamed event. Audio/video recordings also available free. MAR 3-4
Financial Literacy for Dairy®
(Level 2 concludes)
PDPW headquarters Juneau, Wis. Visit www.pdpw.org for details; all sessions held in compliance with CDC guidelines. MAR 9-11
The Dairy Signal™
Online, 12 – 1 pm CT
Visit www.pdpw.org to participate in live-streamed event. Audio/video recordings also available free. MAR 16-17
Cornerstone Dairy Academy™
Kalahari Resort Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Visit www.pdpw.org for details; all sessions held in compliance with CDC guidelines.
MAR 17-18
PDPW Business Conference
Kalahari Resort Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Visit www.pdpw.org for details; all sessions held in compliance with CDC guidelines. MAR 23-25
The Dairy Signal™
Online, 12 – 1 pm CT
Visit www.pdpw.org to participate in live-streamed event. Audio/video recordings also available free. MAR 24-25
Financial Literacy for Dairy®
(Level 3)
PDPW headquarters Juneau, Wis. Visit www.pdpw.org for details; all sessions held in compliance with CDC guidelines. MAR 30-APR 1
The Dairy Signal™
Online, 12 – 1 pm CT
Visit www.pdpw.org to participate in live-streamed event. Audio/video recordings also available free. APR 6-8; APR 13-15
The Dairy Signal™
Online, 12 – 1 pm CT
Visit www.pdpw.org to participate in live-streamed event. Audio/video recordings also available free.
PDPW mission: to share ideas, solutions, resources and experiences that help dairy producers succeed.
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Keynote speakers to inform with unique insights
This year’s keynote speakers offer an array of insights, experience and knowledge. Conference emcee Pam Jahnke is known to many as “the Fabulous Farm Babe.” Growing up on a dairy farm just north of Green Bay, she was surrounded by agriculture. Jahnke is a past-president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, has been named Farm Broadcaster of the Year and has moderated panels for U.S. agricultural secretaries in the White House. The MidPam Jahnke west Farm Report network has grown to encompass 26 stations in Wisconsin and Minnesota, as well as daily appearances on the CBS-TV affiliate in Madison, Wisconsin, and the Fabulous Farm Babe Facebook page. In her spare time Jahnke farms in partnership with her brother, sister and mother on the home farm.
Old Glory
Evangelo “Vann” Morris is a former nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submariner. He’s an Afghanistan-deployed combat veteran and retired U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer. A decorated and educated veteran, Morris has a master’s in business administration from the Naval Postgraduate School. He has
Evangelo had an array of military
“Vann” achievements, including an
Morris incident in 2001 in which his team seized 14 tons of pure cocaine during a Colombian drug raid – the largest drug bust in U.S. maritime history. During his past two tours of duty he served at the U.S. Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and at the United States Special Operations Command in Tampa, Florida.
Morris will kick off the PDPW Business Conference with an evocative message about the American flag – “Old Glory.” In addition to reminding attendees what a privilege it is to be able to stand together under one flag, his keynote address is meant to bring unity to a world and a country in which there is much conflict. His opening keynote will pay tribute to those who have served and continue to serve the USA.
0.5 DACE credits Resilient leadership
Dairy producers and professionals need to lead every day in one manner or another. Whether it’s making a difficult choice regarding personnel or discontinuing business practices that are no longer optimal, leadership in business is a must. Speaking as one who has been called on in many dangerous and challenging situations, an American hero will remind attendees of their inner strength and resilience. With the perspective that preparing for tomorrow’s challenges is imperative, Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré will highlight some of the bold leadership approaches he relied on to rebuild the city
Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré of New Orleans after the utter physical, economical and emotional devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
1.25 DACE credits Ag policy and trade – where’s the bull?
Thursday’s general session features agricultural economist Dan Basse. In his keynote Basse will address what the numbers show – for U.S. dairy, global market and international trade have been volatile. With markets depressed and a future uncertain, activities
Dan Basse that encourage bullish action are what the industry is after. Basse will summarize current macro-economic forces and outline what can be expected in the seasons ahead.
1 DACE, 1 PD CCA credit
Basse is president of AgResource Company, a domestic and international agricultural-research firm in Chicago that forecasts domestic and world agricultural-price trends. AgResource provides research around the globe to various segments of the industry including farmers, elevators, soy and corn processors, wheat millers, food companies, trading companies, and importers and exporters. An economist who’s been in the commodity business since 1979, Basse was raised on a dairy and grain farm near Waukesha, Wisconsin. Since April 2020 his market reports and forecasts have been among the most popular episodes of PDPW’s The Dairy Signal™.
An 8x8 perspective
As the 2021 PDPW Business Conference draws to a close, attendees will hear a moving message of triumph despite tragedy, and conquest in the face of cruelty. Though many may view 2020 as a year of isolation and broken connections, Capt. Charlie Plumb’s testimony will provide a profoundly different perspective. Just five days before the end of his tour in the Vietnam War, Capt. Charlie the plane Plumb piloted
Plumb was shot down in enemy territory – where his capturers tortured and held him in an 8-foot by 8-foot cell for just short of six years. His message is a stark reminder that it sometimes takes difficult situations to discover that what seems insurmountable actually is not. The perspective he offers will resonate long after the conference has concluded.
1 DACE credit
Plumb graduated in 1964 from the Naval Academy; he earned his Navy wings the following year. Shortly afterward he made his mark helping develop the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School, now known today as “Top Gun.” Plumb flew 74 successful combat missions over North Vietnam and made more than 100 carrier landings. During his 75th mission he was shot down over Hanoi and taken prisoner. He spent the next 2,103 days in prisoner-of-war camps. Despite his dismal outlook, Plumb distinguished himself as incredibly adept at underground communications.
