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Middle Managers Conference

November 19, 2009

Four Points Sheraton, 800 East Park Drive, Harrisburg, Pa.

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Fee: Registration Discount - thanks to a grant from the PA Department of Labor and Industry. $50 for PA dairy producers and their employees; $125 for non PA dairy producers/dairy employees.

To register, click here to register online with your Mastercard or VISA. Click here to print out a form to register by mail or fax.

About the conference:

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This conference will help middle managers develop practical skills that they can use to make their dairies better places to work and more successful businesses.

This highly interactive program will focus on building for the future with examples from herd expansion, supervisory skills, leadership and communication in workshop format for good opportunity for discussion.

Keynote speaker is Clay Reese, herd manager of Rosendale Dairy in Rosendale, Wisconsin, who will present:

“Building Successful Teams:
Meeting the Challenge of Operating a Large
Dairy through a Team Approach”

Clay Reese grew up on his family's dairy farm in Port Matilda, PA.  A graduate of Cornell University with a B.S. in Animal Science, Clay has worked on a variety of dairy farms, ranging in size from 200 cows to 6,500 cows. He is currently the herd manager at Rosendale Dairy.  His responsibilities include herd work, staffing, training and supervising of the herd health staff and oversight of the milk harvesting operation. Rosendale Dairy, Inc., a 4,000-cow dairy located near Pickett, WI, began production in November 2008.  Phase 2 is currently under construction and will provide housing for an additional 4,000 head.  The dairy is owned by Milksource, Inc.

Other featured speakers and topics will include:

Conference presenters:

  • Jim Henion, Creative Resources International: “Leading and Influencing Others”
  • Dr. Lisa Holden, Penn State University: "Ready, Set, Train"
  • Dr. Ernest Hovingh, DVM, Penn State University: "Lame Cows: Find' 'em and Fix' 'em"
  • Jason Irwin, Mercer-Vu Dairy: "Effective Communication in 8 Minutes or Less!"
  • Justin Risser, Meadow Vista Dairy: "Communication: Is Your Farm a Dead Zone?"

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Conference planning committee:

  • Kimberley Bunting, Mains Dairy Inc., Newville, Pa.
  • Jeff Harding, Elanco
  • Dr. Lisa Holden, associate professor, Dairy Science
  • Jason Irwin, Mercer-Vu Farms Inc., Mercersburg, Pa.
  • Miguel Saviroff, Extension educator
  • Pam Whitehill, Murmac Farms LLC, Bellefonte, Pa.

Conference sponsors:

  • Elanco
  • Genex/CRI
  • MidAtlantic Farm Credit

For more information:

Contact Penn State Dairy Alliance, toll free, at 888-373-7232 or at askdairyalliance@psu.edu

 

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