Event Details

Date

December 10, 2018

Time

6-9pm

Location

Chamber of Commerce
37 Church St
Cortland, NY 13045

Cost

$25.00 per person
(additional attendee $25.00 ea.)

At the Door
$25.00 per person

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Pre-Registration Deadline: December 10, 2018

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2018 Feed Dealers Seminar

December 10, 2018


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
• Dr. Kristan Reed, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance Partners Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow

Topics:
- Maximizing milk fat on the dairy
- RuMUNations on nitrogen efficiency (aka, Strategies for assessing and improving nitrogen efficiency through the entire lactation)

Fee for the events is $25 per person and includes supper and proceedings.  

For questions or to register, contact Betsy Hicks at 607.391.2673 or bjh246@cornell.edu.  


Feed Dealers Seminar Flyer (PDF; 50KB)


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