2009 Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop
Overview
- November 11-12, 2009
- Holiday Inn, Grantville, PA
- Exhibitor list and directory (pdf)
- Continuing education credits: ARPAS 14, Pennsylvania veterinarians 15, additional 4 credits for both ARPAS and vets if you attended the Feed Management training session
Proceedings
PDF of the complete proceedings
DSM Nutritional Products Pre-conference Symposium
- Production and reproduction responses of dairy cows to supplemental beta-carotene, Dr. Mary Beth de Ondarza, Paradox Nutrition LLC
PDF of PowerPoint slides - Feeding in today's economy, Dr. Bill Weiss, The Ohio State University
PDF of PowerPoint slides - Improving starch digestibility in dairy cows: Opportunities with low-starch diets, Dr. Randy Shaver, University of Wisconsin-Madison
PDF of PowerPoint slides - Maintaining client relationships in good and bad times, Dr. Jeff Weyers, Compass Nutrition
Penn State Nutrition Workshop
- Interaction of hormones and nutrition on reproductive efficiency of dairy cows, Dr. Milo Wiltbank, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Cow behavior to judge free-stall and tie-stall barns, Dr. Neil Anderson, Ontario Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
- Tie-stall dimensions, Dr. Neil Anderson, Ontario Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
- Characteristics of highly profitable dairy farms: Striking a balance for long haul profits, Mr. Mike Hosterman, AgChoice Farm Credit
Adisseo Post-conference Seminar
- New developments in amino acid formulation for dairy cows, Dr. Chuck Schwab, professor emeritus, University of New Hampshire
- Practical amino acid formulation guidelines and Formulate 2, Gary Foster, Central Valley Nutritional Associates
Breakout Sessions
November 11
- Cost effectiveness of feed additives, Dr. Mary Beth de Ondarza, Paradox Nutrition LLC
- Evaluating corn grain for dairy cows, Dr. Randy Shaver, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Formulating real world diets that reduce manure ammonia without affecting milk yields, Dr. Bill Weiss, The Ohio State University
- Operating on tight margins, Mr. Andrew Martin, Penn State
- Forage analyses 101, Dr. Sarah Dinh, Penn State
- Transition mission: Bigger peaks at five weeks, Dr. Gabriella Varga, Penn State, Mr. Phil Anderson, Renaissance Nutrition, and Dr. Chris Canale, Cargill
- Water quality issues for dairy cattle, Mr. Bryan Swistock, Penn State
- Not even really good cows can live forever, Dr. Ernest Hovingh and Mr. Craig Williams, Penn State
- Bioactive nutrients, Dr. Kevin Harvatine, Penn State
- Update on limit feeding heifers, Dr. Geoff Zanton, Penn State
- Essential oils as modifiers of ruminal fermenation, Dr. Alex Hristov, Penn State
- Assessing heifer and milking cow reproduction, Dr. Greg Bethard, Dairy Records Management Systems
November 12
- Cows, barns and stockpeople: Exploring opportunities to enrich their relationships, Dr. Neil Anderson, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
- Reducing failure of passive transfer in calves by pasteurizing colostrum, Dr. Jud Heinrichs, Penn State
- Corn hybrid performance for silage production: PDMP/Penn State project overview for 2009, Dr. Greg Roth, Penn State; Dr. Chris Canale, Cargill; and Mr. Gary Kline, PDMP
- Heifer housing alternatives, Mr. Dan McFarland, Penn State
- Future genetic improvement opportunities through genomics and feed intake evaluation, Dr. Chad Dechow, Penn State
- Dairy Dashboards: A new way to explore problem solving, Dr. Dave Galligan, University of Pennsylvania
- Creating a productive environment for calves, Mr. Dan McFarland, Penn State
- Synching in a sea of options, Dr. Milo Wiltbank, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Case study: This Dairy Profit Team needs tools for success, Dr. Lisa Holden, Penn State
- Lameness and its relationship with BCS, Dr. Rodrigo Bicalho, Cornell University
- Assist your non-electric clients with milk quality concerns, Dr. Sandy Costello, Penn State
- Profit strategies: Information-based decision tools for farm advisors, Mr. Brad Hilty, Penn State
- Interpretting forage digestibility analyses, Mr. Dave Taysom, Dairyland Laboratories
- PA Dairy Tool: Web-based version of the nutrition drill-down tool, Dr. Gabriella Varga and Ms. Virginia Ishler, Penn State
- Strategies for trace mineral supplementation, Dr. Tanya Gressley, University of Delaware
- PA Dairy reproductive management drill-down spreadsheet tool, Dr. Mike O'Connor and Mr. Gary Hennip, Penn State
- Feeder steps to success for improving TMR consistency, Mr. Tom Oelberg, Diamond V Technologies
- Income over feed costs spreadsheet tool, Mr. Tim Beck, Penn State
- Using DHI test day milk yields to examine "employee" performance, Mr. Rob Goodling and Dr. Ken Griswold, Penn State

