Several companies recently showcased the latest and most innovative advancements available in 2025 for dairy farmers.
Progressive Dairy, in collaboration with Professional Dairy Producers (PDP), invited each of these companies on stage during PDP’s Business Conference March 12-13 to share their new technologies. Each was deemed a Nexus Innovation Award winner by a panel of dairy producers.
The award is judged and given based on excelling in three criteria: the audacity of the product’s innovation, its ability to ingeniously tackle pressing challenges within the dairy sector and the value it brings to dairy operations.
The Nexus Innovation Award is judged and given based on excelling in three criteria: the audacity of the product’s innovation, its ability to ingeniously tackle pressing challenges within the dairy sector and the value it brings to dairy operations. Image courtesy of PDP.
Representatives from each of the companies delivered live presentations during the conference that were a cross between a TED Talk and a Shark Tank pitch. Each one was a testament to ingenuity and forward thinking.
Here are the companies whose visionary creations earned them a Nexus Innovation Award.
- BankBarn – New digital lending platform funds farmers’ projects in days, not weeks
- CowManager – New sort gate runs quieter on just electromagnets and springs
- Dairy Nutrient Reclamation – New feed pad design keeps rainfall out of lagoon, saves money on manure hauling
- Pathway Intermediates USA – Feeding rumen-protected lysophospholipid increases nutrient absorption, energy-corrected milk and feed efficiency of dairy cows
- Quadra Step Hoof Care – Automated footbath gains computer vision capability
