Event Details

Date

March 13, 2018

Time

10:00am-3:15pm

Location

The Otesaga Resort Hotel
60 Lake St
Cooperstown, NY 13326

Cost

$30.00 First person
(additional attendee $30.00 ea.)
Additional attendees


Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Pre-Registration Deadline: March 9, 2018

EVENT HAS PASSED

2018 Dairy Day

March 13, 2018


The 2018 Dairy Day will be held at:
Otesaga Resort Hotel
60 Lake St, Cooperstown, NY

When: Tuesday, March 13, 2018
10:00 am - 3:15 pm

Where: The Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown

Cost: $30 per person (includes the best buffet lunch you will ever eat!)

AGENDA

10:00 a.m. Trade Show Opens, Registration, Coffee & Danish

11:00 a.m. "Spore Counts in Milk - Will this be the next raw milk test you will be subjected to? Why is it important & how can you affect it?" Nicole Martin, Associate Director, Cornell's Milk Quality Improvement Program.

11:30 a.m. "New Milk Analysis Technologies to Improve Dairy Cattle Performance" Dr. David Barbano, Professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

12:30 p.m. Lunch & visit Trade Show

2:00 p.m. "Use of Milk Fatty Acid Metrics to Make Nutrition and Management Decisions" Dr. Heather Dann, Research Scientist, W. H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, Chazy, NY

3:00 p.m. Final wrap up questions / discussion

3:15 p.m. Adjourn 

Registration is $30 per person: Pre-registration is required!

Pay online with credit card with link above. Note: Your transaction may take up to 60 seconds to complete. To help avoid duplicate payments, please wait and do not click the "Register for Event" button more than once.

Or fill out the registration form on the attached pdf and return it along with payment to:
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County
5657 State Route 5
Herkimer, NY 13350.
Make checks payable to: Cornell Cooperative Extension

Please call 315.866.7920 if you have any questions.

Registration must be received in the office by noon on Friday, March 9, 2018.

Registration allows us to communicate any cancellations or changes in arrangements.


2018 Dairy Day (PDF; 1279KB)


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