Cornell Cooperative Extension

Saratoga County
Feeding time in the free stall heifer barns at Brubaker Farms, which is both a diary and green energy producer in Mount Joy, PA on March 19, 2011.
Image by Lance Cheung, USDA

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2016 Winter Dairy Management - Transition Cow Management - How to get Fresh Cows Off to a Great Start

  • Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

2016 Winter Dairy Management will focus around Transition Cows, including Nutrition, Animal Behavior and Environmental Considerations and Cow-side Care and Decision Making.

Agenda
10:00 am Registration
10:30am Nutrition: Far-off, Close-up and Fresh - Dr. Tom Overton
11:15am Emerging Concepts in Feeding Fresh Cows - Dr. Sabine Mann
Noon-1pm Lunch
1:00pm Animal Behavior and Environmental Considerations: Cow needs at calving vs what she gets
Lindsay Collings-Ferlito
1:45pm Cow-side Care and Decision Making Topics: protocols,cow-side tests, monitoring - Dr. Robert A. Lynch, DVM
2:30pm Wrap up and Questions

Registration deadline - February 12 - Click here for registration form.

Location

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County
50 West High Street
Ballston Spa, NY 12020

Last updated January 26, 2016

 

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