Join us for the New England Dairy Conference on March 13th:
CONFERENCE AGENDA
9:00 am – Registration, Refreshments and Trade Show
9:50 am -Welcome
Dr. Sheila Andrew, Professor, UConn, Department of Animal Science
10:00 am – “New Milk Analysis Technologies to Improve Dairy Cattle Performance’”
Dr. David Barbano, Professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
11:00 am – “Use of Milk Fatty Acid Metrics to Make Nutrition and Management Decisions”
Dr. Heather Dann, Research Scientist, W.H. Miner
Agricultural Research Institute, Chazy, NY
12:00 noon “Risk Management Program Updates”
Mr. Joe Bonelli, Associate Extension Educator, UConn Extension
12:15 pm – Introduction of Trade Show Participants
12:30 pm – Lunch and Trade Show
1:45 pm – “Harvest for Profit”
Mr. Tom Kilcer, CCA, Advanced Ag Systems, LLC
3:15 pm – Adjourn
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Dr. Heather Dann is a research scientist at the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute in Chazy, NY. She grew up on a dairy farm in New York where she developed a passion for dairy and an appreciation for research. She received a B.S. degree from Cornell University, a M.S. degree from the Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois. For the past 12 years, her research at the Miner Institute has focused on dairy cow nutrition and management. In particular, she has investigated different types of diets for transition cows to help control feed costs and minimize environmental concerns while promoting animal health and productivity.
Tom Kilcer grew up on a dairy farm in Columbia County, New York. After receiving a B.S. degree in Fisheries Science from Cornell University, he worked on environmental impact studies for Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station and Indian Point Energy Center. In 1976, he obtained a second B.S. degree in Agronomy from Iowa State University. For 33 years, he was the multi-county Field Crop and Soils Educator and Program Leader at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County, Troy, New York. In 2009, Tom moved to private consulting, with focus on research and education in close cooperation with university and extension specialists. Much of Tom’s effort is to develop crops, rotations, and harvest systems to support high forage dairy diets that enable farms to compete nationally and globally. His innovative work includes wide swath haylage, red clover same day haylage, winter forage production and management, sorghum production and harvest for dairy cows.
Dr. David Barbano is a professor in the Department of Food Science at Cornell University. He received his B.S. degree in Biology/Food Science in 1970; his M.S. degree in Food Science in 1973; and Ph.D. in Food Science in 1976, all at Cornell University. He joined the Department of Food Science as an Assistant Professor in 1980. In 1988, he became Director of the Northeast Dairy Foods Research Center. He is a member of ADSA, IFT, IDFA, AOACI, IAMFES, IDF, and NYS Association of Milk and Food Sanitarians. He is past president of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA), a fellow of ADSA and the Association of Official Analytical Chemists. He received the Harvey Wiley Award of AOAC in 2010. He is on numerous International Dairy Federation committees for milk analysis.
DIRECTIONS
From Hartford, CT and points South: Take I-91 North. Take Exit 49 to merge onto US-5 N. Use the right lane to merge onto US-5 N. Turn right onto Bright Meadow Boulevard. From Springfield, MA and points North: Take I-91 South. Take Exit 49 for US-5/Enfield Street. Turn left onto US-5 N/ Enfield Street. Turn right onto Bright Meadow Boulevard.
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