Event Details

Date

December 9, 2019

Time

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location

Chamber of Commerce
37 Church Street
Cortland, NY 13045

Cost

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

At the Door
$30.00 per person, includes supper

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Pre-Registration Deadline: December 10, 2019

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2019 Feed Dealers' Seminar

December 9, 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

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





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