2016 Feed Dealers Seminar

November 17, 2016


The Feed Dealer Seminars are specifically targeted for nutritionists, veterinarians, crop and management consultants, extension educators, and dairy producers with specific interest in nutrition-oriented topics. They are designed to blend the latest concepts in feeding and other management aspects of dairies with field level application. They have been conducted annually as a road show with multiple sites in New York for many years with an additional Vermont location held during the past several years in collaboration with the Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance.

SPEAKERS
• Tom Overton, Ph.D., Professor of Dairy Management and Director, PRO-DAIRY program, Cornell University
• Joe Lawrence, M.S., Dairy Forage Systems Specialist, PRO-DAIRY program, Cornell University

TOPICS
• Forage quality and digestibility - What we can and can't influence in the field
• Feeding strategies based upon forage quality and availability
• Cornell Corn Silage Hybrid Trials - A new look
• Agronomic and feeding strategies for winter forage crop

Registration begins at 5:30pm, buffet dinner at 6pm with program concluding at 9pm. Registration is $35. Please pre-register by November 10th.

Register on-line or by calling Jen Atkinson at 607.391.2662 or email jma358@cornell.edu. Contact Betsy Hicks at 607.391.2673 with any questions.