Event Details

Date

December 1, 2017

Time

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

Location

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

Cost

$30.00
(additional attendee $25.00 ea.)
Hot meal & proceedings included

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Brittany Griffin
315-536-5123

Pre-Registration Deadline: November 27, 2017

Feed Dealer's Meeting

December 1, 2017

Feed Dealer's Meeting

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 Dealer Meeting Flyer (PDF; 1001KB)


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