Event Details

Date

March 10, 2020

Time

10:00am-3:30pm

Location

Otesaga Resort Hotel
60 Lake St
Cooperstown, NY 13326

Cost

$30.00 First person
(additional attendee $30.00 ea.)

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Pre-Registration Deadline: March 6, 2020

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2020 Dairy Day

March 10, 2020


When: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Where: The Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown

Agenda

10:00 a.m. Trade Show Opens, Registration, Coffee & Danish

11:00 a.m. Pathogen based treatment and milking time audits can improve milk income.
  Dr. Rick Watters PhD, Quality Milk Production Services, Warsaw, NY

11:45 a.m. How can I boost my butterfat percent while not decreasing milk production? Old wives' tales on what depresses butterfat & how to improve it.
   Dr. Tom Overton, Animal Science, Cornell University

12:30 p.m. Lunch & visit Trade Show

2:00 p.m. Think you can't affect milk protein percent? Think again. With milk protein values up in value it can pay again to go after a boost in milk protein. Are there other benefits as well?
 Dr. Chuck Schwab, Emeritus Professor, University of New Hampshire

2:45 p.m. Final wrap up questions / discussion

3:00 p.m. Adjourn 


Pay online with credit card with link above. Note: Your transaction may take up to 60 seconds to complete. To help avoid duplicate payments, please wait and do not click the "Register for Event" button more than once.

Or fill out the registration form on the pdf and return it along with payment to:
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County
5657 State Route 5
Herkimer, NY 13350.
Make checks payable to: Cornell Cooperative Extension (or CCE)

Please call 315.866.7920 if you have any questions.

Registration allows us to communicate any cancellations or changes in arrangements.

Note that if you receive a blank registration confirmation, please email herkimer@cornell.edu and we will forward you the correct confirmation. This has been a problem for some email servers such as Yahoo and Verizon.

Sponsors/vendors/agribusiness displays: Follow this link for information on how to be a sponsor for the trade show: https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/sponsor_event.php?event_id=987


2020 Dairy Day (PDF; 327KB)


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