BUILDING RESILIENCE CALIFORNIA DAIRY FARMS

An Educational Program Addressing Industry Challenges, Farmer Exits, and Strategic Adaptation
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CHALLENGES IN DAIRY FARMING

California’s dairy sector faces increasing pressures from environmental regulations, labor shortages, rising feed costs, volatile milk prices, and emerging diseases such as avian flu. These challenges threaten the resilience of the dairy industry.

Our Program

Project director, Dr. Luis Peña-Lévano, explains the purpose of this educational program.

What is our project addressing?

To help dairy farmers overcome key challenges, this project delivers an educational program focused on automation, sustainable practices, labor management, and proactive disease risk mitigation.

By addressing critical risks in California dairies, it offers flexible, innovative solutions to enhance resilience and improve financial and operational risk management.

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Our Team

Meet the team members of our project

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Luis Pena-Lévano, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension in Dairy Economics

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Fernando García C. Ph,D.

Postdoctoral Scholar in Dairy Economics

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Karl Friedich Boy, Ph,D.

Research Fellow in Dairy Economics

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Shaheer Burney, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Agrobusiness & Director of the Survey Research Center

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Gabriel Rosero

Assistant Professor Ag Economics

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Victor Queirolo

UX/UI Graphic Designer

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What is our project addressing?

The extension program aims to provide information about the primary sources of risk for
California dairy farmers, such as:

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Labor Shortages

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Environmental Regulations

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Feeding Cost

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Volatile Milk Prices

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Emerging Diseases

And the latest research findings tat may address these issues, including

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Automation

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Sustainable Practices

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Alternative Income

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Dairy Programs

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Formats and Outputs

Publications

Pamphlets, bulletins, and articles

Web-Based Modales

Videos, reels, and podcasts

Outreach

Extension workshops and webinars

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