Improving Your Dairy Herd: Reproductive Essentials

March 12 — Union County, East Buffalo Twp. Bldg., 589 Fairground Rd., Lewisburg, PA

March 16 — Blair County, Williamsburg Farm Show Bldg., Recreational Dr., Williamsburg, PA

March 22 — Lancaster County, Lancaster Farm & Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Rd., Lancaster, PA

March 23 — Somerset County, Somerset Rural Electric Bldg., 223 Industrial Park Rd., Somerset, PA

March 23 — Berks County, Berks County Ag Center, 1238 County Welfare Rd., Suite 110, Leesport, PA

March 30 — Lebanon County, Lebanon Ag Center, 2120 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA

Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

About the Workshop

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This workshop focuses on the essentials you need to know to improve reproduction in your dairy herd, including:

• Reproductive measures and the economics of reproductive efficiency

• Methods to improve your heat detection

• Reproductive anatomy. You will examine reproductive tracks to learn the importance of each structure, as well as semen placement

• Synchronization protocols, including the benefits of using them, as well as the most popular protocol

Workshop Agenda

•  9:30:    Introductions and welcome

• 9:35:     Reproductive measures and the economics of reproductive efficiency

• 10:45:    Break

• 11:00:    Heat detection and ways to improve your heat detection

• 12:15:    Lunch

• 1:00:    Reproductive Anatomy; Using reproductive tracks to learn the importance of each structure as well as semen placement

• 2:15:    Synchronization protocols; Benefits of using them, as well as the most popular protocol

• 3:00:    Questions and adjourn

Registration

Discount for PA producers and employees who register early!

Advance registration is required. Pa. producers and their employees who register early receive 60% off! Thanks to a grant from the PA Department of Labor and Industry, a discount is available to the first 10 Pa. producers and Pa. dairy employees who register for each site. Attendance is limited to 20 per location.

Discounted rate: $14 pp. Non-discounted rate: $35 pp.

Please note that only Pa. dairy producers and their dairy employees are eligible for the discount, if they are among the first 10 to register at each site. Consultants are not eligible for the discounted rate.

• Register online with your Mastercard or VISA
• Print out a form to register by mail or fax
• Or, call the Dairy Alliance office toll-free at 888-373-7232
  

 Program developers

• Robert Goodling, Extension educator
• Gary Hennip, Extension educator
• Brian Kelly, Extension educator
• Dr. Michael O'Connor, professor
  
• Dr. Robert Van Saun, Extension veterinarian
• Dr. David Wolfgang, Extension veterinarian
• Amber Yutzy, Extension educator