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2009 Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop

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  • 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
Penn State Nutrition Workshop
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
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