ALBANY — Winter Dairy Management meetings provide local access to current research. Register with your local Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) office. Farm Service Agency borrower credits are available. Registration opens at 10am and the program runs to 3pm.
Winter Dairy Management 2017 will focus on keeping cows on their feet and free from lameness. The program will address preventing hoof problems and how to identify lameness issues as quickly as possible.
Program Agenda:
10:00 am Identifying lameness ASAP. Strategies and protocols for consistently identifying lameness.
- Vic Daniels, Vic’s Custom Clips Quality Hoof Care, Ontario CA and Chip Hendrickson, AgroChem Hoof Care Technical Expert
11:00 am Economic Impact of lameness – Lameness impacts your bottom line in more ways than just involuntary culling.
- Neil Andrew, Account Manager, Northeast Zinpro Corporation
1:00 pm Facilities Impact on lameness
- Lindsay Ferlito, NNY Regional Dairy Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Curt Gooch, Sr. Extension Associate, Cornell PRO-DAIRY, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
- Tim Terry, Regional Farm Strategic Planning Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Harvest NY Team
1:45 pm Managing facilities for lameness prevention
- Lindsay Ferlito, NNY Regional Dairy Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension
- Dr. Rob Lynch, DVM, Dairy Herd Health & Management Specialist, Cornell PRO-DAIRY
2:30 pm Humane culling decisions and transportation
- Dr. Rob Lynch, DVM, Dairy Herd Health & Management Specialist, Cornell PRO-DAIRY
- Dr. Jerry Bertoldo, DVM, NWNY Dairy Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension
Location and Dates:
February 15: Jamestown
Frank Bratt Agricultural Center
3542 Turner Road
Jamestown, NY 14701
Register: Lisa Kempisty, CCE of Chautauqua County
716.664.9502 X 203 or
[email protected]
March 7: Warsaw
Wyoming County Agriculture and Business Center
36 Center St, Suite B
Warsaw, NY 14569
Registration Contacts: Cathy Wallace
Jerry Bertoldo and Libby Eiholzer
585.343.3040 x138
March 8: Binghamton
CCE Broome County Office
840 Upper Front St.
Binghamton, NY 13905
Register: Jen Atkinson
607.391.2662 or [email protected]
Questions: Betsy Hicks
607.391.2673 or [email protected]
March 8: Ballston Spa via video conference.
CCE of Saratoga Springs,
Saratoga County Municipal Offices,
50 W High St # 1,
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
Registration: Kirk Shoen
518.885.8995 or [email protected]
March 9: Auburn NY
Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES
1879 West Genesee Street Rd.
Auburn, NY 13021
Registration:blogs.cornell.edu/ccecayuga
Peggy Lillie 315.255.1183 X 238
Questions: Keith Severson, Extension 225;
Judy Wright, Extension 234
CCE of Cayuga County
March 10: Burrville
Farm Credit East Office
25417 NY Route 12
Burrville, NY 13601
Registration: Tatum Langworthy
315.788.8450
—Cornell University
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