Event Details

Date

March 2, 2016

Time

10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Location

CCE - Genesee County
420 East Main Street
Batavia, NY 14020

Cost

$30.00 Enrolled in NWNY Team
(additional attendee $25.00 ea.)

$35.00 Non-enrollee in NWNY Team


Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Cathy Wallace
585-343-3040 x138

Pre-Registration Deadline: February 28, 2016

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Winter Dairy Management - Transition Cows: How to get Fresh Cows off to a Great Start

March 2, 2016

Winter Dairy Management - Transition Cows: How to get Fresh Cows off to a Great Start

2016 Winter Dairy Management will focus around Transition Cows, including Nutrition, Animal Behavior and Environmental Considerations and Cow-side Care and Decision Making. 

Agenda:

Nutrition: Far-off, Close-up and Fresh, Dr. Tom Overton

Emerging Concepts in Feeding Fresh Cows, Dr. Sabine Mann

Animal Behavior & Environmental Considerations: Cow needs at calving vs what she gets, Lindsay Collings-Ferlito

Cow-side Care and Decision Making Topics: Protocols, cow-side test, monitoring, Dr. Robert Lynch


WDM - flyer (PDF; 582KB)


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