Event Details

Date

December 13, 2019

Time

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Location

Genesee County Cooperative Extension
420 East Main Street
Batavia, NY 14020

Cost

$30.00 per person, includes lunch
(additional attendee $25.00 ea.)

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Pre-Registration Deadline: December 10, 2019

EVENT HAS PASSED

2019 Feed Dealers' Seminar

December 13, 2019

2019 Feed Dealers' Seminar

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. 

Topics:
- Managing forage quality and quantity challenges
- Increasing diet precision through management of feed variability
- Local research updates

Speakers:
- Tom Overton, Ph.D., Professor of Dairy Management and Director of Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY
- Dr. Kristan Reed, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance Partners Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow 

Online registration is now open!  Or contact Brandie Waite at 585-343-3040 ext. 138 or email bls238@cornell.edu 



Feed Dealers Seminar Flyer 2019 (PDF; 1193KB)


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