PDMP: Dairy Alliance Technical Training Workshops
Presented by Penn State Dairy Alliance and the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania, these workshops are for dairy owners, managers, and employees.
- Costs and Risks Associated with Natural Service Sires
- Antibiotic Basics
- Highlights of the Dairy 2007 Survey: Focus on Calves and Heifers
- Polled Holstein History Now Online
- Welcome New Faculty Members Dr. Alex Hristov and Dr. Joy Pate
- Middle Managers Conference
- PDMP: Dairy Alliance Technical Training Workshops
Presented by Penn State Dairy Alliance and the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania, these workshops are for dairy owners, managers, and employees. Each workshop features a management session with guest speakers in the morning, followed by lunch and then hands-on training on a local farm that demonstrates best-practices in transition cow and calf nutrition. Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Fee: Discounted rate for PA dairy producers and
their employees - $30; Non-discounted rate for other participants - $75 PA
dairy producers and their employees are eligible for this discount, thanks to a
grant from the PA Department of Labor and Industry.
To register: Call 888-373-7232. Or register online with a credit card at www.dairyalliance.org.
Transition Cow Nutrition: Options, Ideas, and What Works
Guest speakers: Stephen Abrahms, PhD, Nutrition Professionals, Inc., and Charles Gardner, DVM, Cargill Animal Nutrition.
The transition period is one of the most important and most stressful in the life of a cow. Clearly, nutrition plays a key role in maintaining high milk production and in minimizing metabolic disorders and health-related problems. Is there room for improvement in your transition program? Are you interested in learning new ideas that are working well at the farm level? In this workshop a nutrition professional will provide highlights of sound transition nutrition program. Pairs of producers and their nutritionists will provide insight into "what works" in an interactive round-table discussion.
March 3, 2008 - Somerset County
Shanksville Volunteer Fire Company, 601
North Street, Shanksville, PA, with afternoon session at Pennwood
Farm
March 4, 2008 - Huntingdon County
Petersburg Bethel Presbyterian Church , R.D. 1, Petersburg, PA, with afternoon
session at Mowrer Farms
March 5, 2008 - Chester County
Cochranville Fire Company, 3135
Limestone Road, Cochranville, PA, with afternoon session at Glenville
Farms
Calf and Heifer Nutrition
Guest speakers: Jud Heinrichs, PhD, Penn State Dairy Alliance, and Jeff Durkin, Goodnature Products
The agenda for these calf and heifer sessions features: using pasteurized waste milk for dairy calves, including the economics, various systems possible, nutrition, calf health, use, maintenance, and quality control of the systems. The second component will cover increasing feed efficiency in heifers with an emphasis on maintaining normal growth and limit feeding higher concentrate (byproducts) to growingheifers. These diets have a goal of increasing feed efficiency and reducing manure amount and ammonia production.
March 6, 2008 - Bradford County
Smithfield Township Fire Company, Main Street Extension, Milan, PA,
with afternoon session at Gorrell Dairy
March 7, 2008 - Blair County
The Park at Morrison's Cove, 201
S. Walnut Street, Martinsburg, PA, with afternoon session at Kulp Family
Farm
