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Westin Kierland Resort & Spa
Scottsdale, Arizona
December 7 - 9, 2026

The MILK Business Conference provides critical business information to help dairy producers thrive in a constantly changing economic environment. Education topics include understanding markets, improving people management skills, and affecting change to help a business continue to grow and develop.

New projections show officials see policy rate in 4.00%-4.25% range by end of 2026, unchanged at end of 2027.

With 35 cows in a tiestall barn, a robot doing the milking, a farm store and a meat locker, this Iowa dairy has built a business that looks anything but typical.

Vision without a written plan is just a daydream. Here’s why putting your goals on paper, and doing the math, changes everything.

A lifelong livestock advocate shares the bitter irony of developing a red meat allergy on the family farm and her battle to regain a normal life.

Certain Canadian dairy products banned in the United States beginning September 29^th and others with 50% tariff rates have the U.S. dairy producers wondering how this ongoing trade dispute will affect prices.

Veteran producers share how they hit 7,000 lbs. of FPCM per robot by increasing cow density and prioritizing milking efficiency over frequency in a new era of data-driven dairy automation.

Beef-on-dairy calf prices have fallen from their $1,700-plus highs, putting more focus on the economics of beef semen, feed costs and calf revenue.