Join your University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension dairy and farm management educators 1-3 p.m. Thursday, March 2 to explore strategies for managing high input costs on the dairy farm in 2023.

Rising inflation, interest rates, and other production costs pose new challenges for dairy producers this year. Farms can prepare now by knowing their numbers and focusing on small changes that can begin to add up.

Leonard Polzin, Dairy Markets and Policy Outreach Specialist, will be presenting a 2023 Dairy Market Outlook-Spotlighting Supply, Demand and Impacts on Your Milk Check. Polzin will cover what the national dairy herd looks like at the end of 2022, what supply and demand for dairy may be in the coming year and how the hike in interest rates and inflation will change your milk check in the coming year.

Regional Dairy Educator, Ryan Sterry, will cover “Tools for Feed Pricing,” free tools producers can use to determine which feeds are the best buy. Sterry will also share methods for pricing standing hay and corn silage for the upcoming growing season.

This program will be held in the county board room at the Pierce County Courthouse Annex, 432 W. Main St., Ellsworth, WI. A Zoom option will also be made available to registered participants who prefer to attend virtually. There is no charge to participate, but pre-registration is required. Register online at https://go.wisc.edu/0pxf9k or contact Regional Dairy Educator Ryan Sterry at 715531-1950 or [email protected] Submitted by UW Extension