Dairy Training Resources
Kaitlyn Lutz, VMD, Bilingual Dairy Management Specialist
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops
This document will guide you to many of the resources available for training dairy farm employees.
Topics include:
- Safety
- Animal Handling
- Calf Care
- Milk Quality
- Calving Assistance
- Reproduction
- Herd Health
- Lameness/Hoof Trimming
- Forages/Feeding
- Creating Human Resource Management Documents
- Employee Housing
- Learning Spanish/English
Dairy Resources 2022 (pdf; 357KB)
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