October 28 & 30, November 4 & 6, 2014 ~ 6:30-9:00 PM
Program conducted via video conferencing at:
CCE Herkimer County
5657 State Route 5
Herkimer, NY 13350
and
CCE Saratoga County
50 West High St.
Ballston Spa, NY 12020
November 13 ~ Farm Walk & Hands-On Demonstration in Fultonville
Registration fee is $50.00*
Deadline to register: 10/24/14
*Participants in this program will be given a $40 voucher to use towards the Full Day registration fee for the upcoming PRO-DAIRY Calf and Heifer Congress on December 10-11, 2014 at the RIT Inn and Conference Center in Rochester, NY.
Program Topics:
October 28– Young Calf Care– Instructor Dr. Kim Morrill, PhD, NNY Dairy
Specialist, Cornell Cooperative Extension. Dr. Morrill will discuss the critical first 24 hours, impact of calving stress, the 5 “C’s”-colostrum, calories, cleanliness, comfort and consistency. She will also discuss biosecurity, controlling scours and respiratory disease, assessing the “off” calf and vaccination strategies.
October 30– Impact of Environmental Factors-Dr. Theresa Taraska, DVM, Dairy Specialist, CCE Lewis County and Curt Gooch, ProDairy Extension Associate Sr. will discuss housing essentials, air quality, individual vs. group housing, water quality, cold and heat stress and bedding choices.
October 30– Operation overview with focus on Data Capture– Panel Discussion. Panelists will address and answer: What data are you collecting, why and how are you using it? How are you using data in your decision making process?
Panel Members Include:
- Mike McMahon, Dairy farmer
- Dr. Dave Stockwell, DVM
- Paul Tillotson, Organic dairy farmer
November 4– Calf Nutrition and Delivery, From Birth to Weaning– Instructor Dr. Fernando Soberon, PhD, Technical Services manager at Nutreco Canada. Dr. Soberon will address feeding for biological potential, milk versus milk replacer, gut development, starter formulation, growth rates and weaning strategies.
November 6– Calf Management Issues– Instructor Corwin Holtz, Nelson Dairy Consultants, LLC. Corwin Holtz will address auto feeders vs. robots, acidified milk feeding, nipple selection, placement and number, starting calves in groups, cross sucking, basic economics of raising calves and economics of lost and culled heifers.
November 13 (10:30am-3:00pm) Farm Walk and Hands-On Demonstration – Dykeman Dairy,143 Ingersoll Rd, Fultonville
Focus on: management of newborn calf, environmental considerations, feeding and weaning management, sanitation of feeding articles, and health strategies.
This program qualifies for FSA Borrower Credits
For more information, see the attached flyer. Online registration including paying by credit card available at: http://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/events.php
