Because Merial believes that every dairy can be a “Best in Class” dairy, the company has started a new initiative to help dairy producers be all they can be.

Dr. Frank Hurtig says the “Best in Class” initiative is a way to help producers improve milk quality. “Because this is such an important part of the dairy business,” he said during an interview last week at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting meeting in Kansas City.

The free, customized program consists of website-based professional improvement focused on providing dairies access to valuable information and educational tools to help ensure healthy cows and profitable operations. “They will be able to create an educational opportunity for themselves and their employees that is private to them,” Dr. Hurtig explains. “When one looks at the employees on a dairy, it is a profession. If you are doing a good, professional job, and continually improving in your job, that’s going to help improve the quality of the milk that’s produced.”

The materials will be available in English and Spanish and will make it easy to get the right level of training for both new and experienced dairy employees. The program is currently in the sign-up stage and interested dairy operators should go to bestinclassdairies.com to register.

Listen to an interview with Dr. Hurtig here: Dr. Frank Hurtig