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)
Field Crops
Dairy
Business
Livestock
Grains
Upcoming Events
Soil Health Field Day
June 30, 2026
Farmersville, NY
Save the date! We're hosting a Soil Health Field Day at Nichols Farm in Farmersville on June 30th. Topics include soil health demonstrations, cover crop uses and benefits, and lunch is being provided. Call 716-699-2377 (ext.106) to RSVP.
Fecal Egg Count Mobile Workshops Summer 2026 - CCE Erie County Pavilion (Orchard Park, NY)
June 30, 2026
Orchard Park, NY
Amy Barkley, Livestock Specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension's Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program (SWNYDLFC) will be teaching a series of fecal egg count mobile workshops for those who are interested in the internal parasite challenges affecting sheep, goats, llamas, and alpacas.
Dairy Grazing Pasture Walk
July 1, 2026
Bath, NY
FREE
0.75 DEC credits in CORE, 1a, 21 Available
Presentations from Steuben County Soil and Water and SWNY DLFC Team
Announcements
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