- National Milk Producers Federation Coronavirus Resources
- What Dairy Farmers Must Know about COVID-19 by Dr. David Douphrate and Dr. Anabel Rodriguez in Hoard’s Dairyman
- Washington Farm Bureau COVID-19 Resources
- Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt COVID-19 Resource Page
Author: Scott
COVID-19 Resources: COVID-19 and Your Dairy Webinar
Steps that dairy managers should consider to protect their workforce, their business and their markets. The webinar was recorded on March 20, 2020 by Robert Lynch and Richard Stup at Cornell University.
You can find a link to the recording here: COVID-19 and Your Dairy, webinar recording.
We also included a PDF of the presentation with active links to important resources. You can find the PDF of the presentation here: COVID-19 and Your Dairy, PDF of webinar presentation.
COVID-19 Resources: Letters for Dairy Employees Traveling to Work
We have received questions about how to ensure that dairy workers can travel to and from work if limitations are imposed during the coronavirus outbreak.
We recommend providing each of your workers with a letter explaining that the worker is an “essential critical infrastructure worker” because the employee workers in the production of food.
A template of an English/Spanish letter can be found here, along with an explanation document. It should be customized by adding your farm letterhead and other pertinent information. Please download it, open it, and customize it for your use. An explanation document for employees can be found here.
For more information on essential critical infrastructure workers, see this memo from Homeland Security.
Materials Available from Whatcom CD Nutrient Management Training 2020
Thank you to all the farmers, custom applicators, and other manure specialists who came out to learn with us in Lynden on February 20! We enjoyed seeing some new faces as well as many familiar ones, and hope you found the event useful and worthwhile. If you missed the event or if you would like to revisit any of the presentations, they are now all available on our YouTube channel or through the following links:
Videos from the event:
- Updates: What’s happening in your backyard
(Meg Harris, Corina Cheever, Nichole Embertson, Whatcom CD) - Irrigation Water Management
(Gabe LaHue, WSU) - Dairy Program Updates
(Dakota Stranik, Whatcom CD) - Advanced Nutrient Management
(Nichole Embertson, Whatcom CD) - WSDA Recordkeeping Tips
(Dan Sulak, WSDA, Corina Cheever, Whatcom CD) - Farmer Panel Conversation: Conservation on the Farm
Other useful links:
- Dairy Planning Resources
- Irrigation Water Management
- Manure Spreading Resources
- Manure Spreading Advisory and ARM
(sign up for text alerts by texting “EZManure” to 797979)
Our new Manure Application Record Keeping Tool presented by Corina Cheever is also available. If you would like a copy please reply to this email or contact ccheever@whatcomcd.org. If you have any questions, are looking for specific resources, or would like to give feedback on this event, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!
Best,
Dakota Stranik
Resource Specialist
Whatcom Conservation District
6875 Hannegan Road
Lynden, WA 98264
360-526-2381 ext. 108
www.whatcomcd.org