The 20th Annual MILK Business Conference has a great line-up of speakers and sessions that will explore the decisions and opportunities to help dairy producers set their dairy on a path of making bold directions. Held at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas Dec. 13 – 15, the MILK Business Conference is like no other dairy conference.
The conference line-up includes keynote speaker, Alex Weber, American Ninja Warrior and award-winning leader and entertainer. Alex’s greatest passion is championing your highest potential by helping you find your edge.
Next, the Large Dairy Sustainability Roundtable will include an expert panel moderated by Lori Captain, executive vice president of global sustainability strategy, science and industry affairs with Dairy Management Inc. (DMI). Panelists include Emily Johannes, senior manager, diverse and sustainable sourcing with Nestlé USA, and Angela Anderson, director of sustainability dairy with Starbucks Coffee Company, alongside a dairy producer.
Other featured sessions this year include:
Labor: Refine Retention – A conversation on how to keep your good employees
Panelists: Juan Quezada, director of training & development, Milk Source, Wis.; Jimmy Tosh, CEO of Tosh Farms, Tosh Pork, LLC and Bacon By Gosh, Inc., Tenn.; Casey Dugan, owner, Desperado Dairy, Az.
Water Crisis: How will we feed our cows in the future?
Speaker: Dr. Thomas Borch, Colorado State University
Young Producer Panel
Panelists: Tony Lopes, Tony L. Lopes Dairy L.P, Calif.; Rachel Holtz, Willow Bend Farm, LLC, N.Y., and Ben Smith, Cool Lawn Farm, Va.
Go Bold with Renewable Energy
Moderator: Amy Skoczlas Cole, executive vice president, Trust In Food
Panelists: Marissa Watson, vice president of sustainability, Dairy West and Kevin O’Donnell, senior vice president, sustainability, Dairy Farmers of America
The Unthinkable: A one-on-one interview with New Mexico dairy producer who had to euthanize nearly 3,700 cows, Art Schapp, Highland Dairy, N.M.
U.S. Farm Report Live Taping
Host: Tyne Morgan
Panelists: Dan Basse, economist & president, AgResource Company, Mike North, principal, ever.ag and Mary Ledman, global dairy strategist, Rabobank
An incredible line-up of speakers and sessions will address ways producers are bold with their directions. Also, block room rates are a bargain price at $69, plus the resort fee and tax. That rate expires Thursday, November 10. Register today at MilkBusinessConference.com.
