The Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance and the Northeast Dairy Producers Association are proud to announce a collaborative effort to bring focus to issues challenging the dairy industry.
Beginning at Noon on February 7th NEDPA will hold a Dairy Summit to discuss the dairy economy, labor challenges and policy changes in the current political landscape. The program will feature key industry speakers and include panel discussions to explore opportunities to address the challenges ahead.
The second portion of the summit will feature transportation related topics impacting dairy farmers and the agribusiness community. NEAFA and NEDPA will focus on issues relating to driver availability, training, and licensing as well as dairy industry specific milk hauling challenges. Present will be a panel of milk haulers, feed companies, commodity trucking companies, and trucking associations from New York and Vermont. State legislators from New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont will be invited along with officials from the departments of Agriculture, Transportation, Labor, and Economic Development.
The Dairy Industry/ Transportation Summit will be held February 7th at the Albany Marriot Hotel in conjunction with NEAFA’s Annual Meeting beginning the evening of February 7th. The joint meeting will start at Noon and a box lunch will be provided for those in attendance.
The intended outcome of the Summit is to find viable solutions to the challenges we face in the dairy and feed industries. You are encouraged to attend this important meeting and information on the NEDPA/NEAFA Dairy/Transportation Summit will be forthcoming in the weeks ahead. Registration information for NEAFA’s Annual Meeting, beginning 5:30 pm February 7th with the Opening Reception, will be available very soon