Event Details

Date

November 30, 2017

Time

6-9 pm

Location

Cortland County Chamber of Commerce Building
37 Church Street
Cortland, NY 13045

Cost

$35.00 per person


At the Door
$35.00 per person

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Pre-Registration Deadline: November 30, 2017

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2017 Feed Dealers Seminar

November 30, 2017


The Feed Dealer Seminars are specifically targeted for nutritionists, veterinarians, crop and management consultants, extension educators, and dairy producers with specific interest in nutrition-oriented topics. They are designed to blend the latest concepts in feeding and other management aspects of dairies with field level application. They have been conducted annually as a road show with multiple sites in New York for many years with an additional Vermont location held during the past several years in collaboration with the Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance.

Speakers:
- Tom Overton, Ph.D., Professor of Dairy Management and Director, PRO-DAIRY program, Cornell University
- Rob Lynch, DVM., Dairy Herd Health and Management Specialist, PRO-DAIRY program, Cornell University
- Allison Kerwin, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Animal Science, Cornell University

Topics:
-- Dealing with forage quality challenges
-- Research update - strategies to manage hypocalcemia
-- Antibiotics on the farm - VFD update and results from selective dry cow therapy trial


Feed Dealers Seminar Flyer (PDF; 390KB)


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