2025 Wisconsin Farm Technology Tours

August 19, 20 & 21 Casco, Waunakee & Markesan, WIPrice: Member - $40/tour; Non-member - $80/tour See some innovative approaches to nutrient management across Wisconsin on August 19, 20 & 21. Join us at all three locations, or choose the tour that interests you most. Get ready to hear from fellow producers about how the technologies they've adopted are making a difference on their farms.
 

ACE® On-The-Farm Twilight Meetings

August 25, 26, 27, & 28 Durand, Tomah, Newton, Watertown , WIPrice: Free The value of Wisconsin’s agriculture industry is more than $116 billion — and dairy represents over one-third of that number. That makes your input regarding how we use and protect our communities and resources incredibly important.

Be a part of the idea-sharing and productive conversations at the Agricultural Community Engagement® (ACE) Twilight Meetings, held August 25, 26, 27, and 28 from 6:00-8:30 p.m., in Durand, Tomah, Newton and Watertown, WI.

PDP Business Management & Advanced Finance Workshop

October 29-30, 2025 Sun Prairie, WIPrice: Member: $875; Non-Member: $1,050 Uncertainty in the ag economy - along with the potential for adversity - has made financial literacy more important than ever. Become resilient to this adversity and position your business for success by attending this workshop with instructor Dick Wittman October 29-30 in Sun Prairie, Wis.

2026 Managers Academy for Dairy Professionals

January 20-22, 2026 Puerto RicoPrice: $975 members; $1,575 non-members; $875 each add'l person from same farm Save the dates! PDP's acclaimed program, Managers Academy for Dairy Professionals, is heading to Puerto Rico in 2026. 

2026 PDP International Tour - New Zealand - SOLD OUT

February 2-15, 2026 New ZealandProfessional Dairy Producers is celebrating 10 years of international tours by bringing you back to where it all began - New Zealand! Join fellow dairy producers for a look at the country, culture and cows next February 2-15, 2026. Call to be put on our waiting list.
SOLD OUT - Call PDP office at 800-947-7379 to be put on our waiting list.

Cornerstone Dairy Academy®

March 3-4, 2026 Madison , WIPrice: students and producers pay $200; industry members pay $500 Join industry members from across the country as you build your leadership skills at this dynamic professional-development training. Applications are due January 15, 2026, for the March 3-4, 2026 program. The event will be held at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wis.

Financial Literacy for Dairy®

Varies by level. Level 1 begins Nov. 12-13, 2025 Kewaunee, Wis. Price: Varies by Level Join the 2025-2026 PDP Financial Literacy for Dairy® training series this fall and winter, held at Pagels Ponderosa in Kewaunee, Wis. The multi-level, multi-session financial development program is designed to provide dairy farmers, veterinarians, nutritionists, and other agribusiness professionals a solid financial understanding and foundation and then stretch their thinking beyond current comfort zones.

2025-2026 PDP Educational Programs Calendar

2025-2026 ​The 2025-2026 PDP Educational Program Calendar once again offers ongoing learning opportunities for an industry that thrives on idea sharing, discovering solutions and working together. The upcoming PDP calendar features out-of-state programs, hands-on workshops, youth programming, online programming through The Dairy Signal^® and more.

PDP Commemorative Painting "Faithfully Feeding the Future"

If you are interested in purchasing a painting, please call 800-947-7379 (Monday through Friday from 8am-5pm) to place your order.