Building for Tomorrow Today, A Producer Showcase with Caleb and Alice Crothers of Long Green Farms – 2025 Keynote Session

Building for Tomorrow Today, A Producer Showcase with Caleb and Alice Crothers of Long Green Farms – 2025 Keynote Session

When it comes to designing your tomorrow, the pathway to chasing dreams and achieving goals is never linear. Caleb and Alice Crothers of Long Green Farms both have nontraditional journeys and careers that eventually led them back to their family’s eighth-generation, 150-cow dairy farm. Learn from their experience interfacing with consumers, farming with sustainability and heritage in mind, and their mindset for achieving goals. Caleb and Alice Crothers farm on a 150-cow, eight-generation dairy operation in Maryland.  Save the date for the 2026 PA Dairy Summit: Join us on February 4-5, 2026 in Grantville, PA!

Emerging Markets for Fluid Dairy: ESL Milk & Milk Molecule Separation with Paul Ziemnisky and Rebecca Pfeffer – 2025 Keynote Session

As demand for fresh fluid milk continues to struggle, embracing innovation and pursuing new market opportunities offers opportunities for the fluid dairy case. Hear about the latest research in milk molecule separation and learn how Maola’s recent investment in the Philadelphia area could lead to growth in market opportunities for Pennsylvania milk. Save the date for the 2026 PA Dairy Summit: Join us on February 4-5, 2026 in Grantville, PA!

Farming for the Future in a World Where People Know Their Farmers: Producer Showcase with David Moser of Oakridge Dairy – 2025 Keynote Session

At Oakridge Dairy, a people-first culture, a rotary milking parlor, environmental responsibility, and the idea of supplying milk direct to consumer are the notions driving change at their dairy operation. It’s all part of their mindset of staying ahead of the curve and building a future where people know their farmers. Oakridge Dairy is a 2,900-cow dairy farm in Connecticut, the largest single site dairy farm in the Northeast. David Moser shares a glimpse inside this CT dairy in this producer showcase.  Save the date for the 2026 PA Dairy Summit: Join us on February 4-5, 2026 in Grantville, PA!

Define Your Why, Design Your Future with Peggy Coffeen – 2025 Keynote Session

What’s exciting about dairy’s future? How can you get in touch with your “why” and use that to guide your future? For the past 15 years, Peggy Coffeen from the Uplevel Dairy podcast has been sitting down with dairy farmers across the country to tell their stories as a dairy magazine editor and podcast host. Based on her conversations with dairy managers across the nation, Peggy dives into what the future of the dairy industry looks like. Save the date for the 2026 PA Dairy Summit: Join us on February 4-5, 2026 in Grantville, PA!

Navigating Shifting Market Dynamics with Phil Plourd from Ever.Ag - 2024 Keynote Session

When the only constant in dairy markets is the never-ending shifts, learning how to navigate change and uncertainty is crucial. In this Keynote Session, hear the latest updates on shifting market dynamics and factors you can control. Save the date for the 2026 PA Dairy Summit: Join us on February 4-5, 2026 in Grantville, PA!