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Dairy Management Conferences Set For March 11 And 12

The annual New Hampshire Dairy Management conferences take place in two locations and two separate dates this year, sponsored by UNH Cooperative Extension and the N.H. Dairy Practices Committee.

The conferences will be held on:

  • Wednesday, March 11, Mountain View Grand Resort, Whitefield, and  
  • Thursday, March 12, Fire Side Inn & Suites, West Lebanon.

This year’s featured speaker will be Dr. Hugh Chester-Jones,an animal science professor at the University of Minnesota.

Chester-Jones received a national diploma in agriculture and college diploma in agricultural marketing and business administration from Harper Adams University. He received a B.S. degree in animal ccience at the University of Massachusetts and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ruminant nutrition at Virginia Tech where he was on staff as an agricultural supervisor.

His research activities in Minnesota have focused on production systems for raising calves used for dairy heifer replacements or dairy-beef production (confinement versus grazing). For the past 10 years, he has been a supervisor of the SROC commercial calf and heifer-raising research and Extension facility, a partnership between the University of Minnesota, commercial feed industry and three commercial dairy operations.

His presentation will focus on calf economics pre- and post- weaning, health, grouping calves and feeding systems, post weaning transitional management and feeding options, heifer management, feeding guidelines versus full feeding, nutritional needs and diet options, grouping, space allowances, pasture versus confinement, breeding, and genomics.

Joining him will be Dr. David W. Kammel, the University of Wisconsin - Madison Biological Engineering specialist. Kammel has served as an agriculture engineer with UW-Extension since 1985. He works on livestock housing design and management and master farmstead planning as farms modernize and plan for the futures.  He has worked with farmers across the country, and internationally in developing plans to modernize livestock operations.

Kammel will discuss barn designs for calves and heifers of all ages. This will include sizing group pens, positive pressure tube ventilation systems, and common barn designs - free stall and bedded pens with and without covered feeding lanes. He will also discuss how to efficiently remodel and use the current facilities in a new way and build additional heifer capacity with new construction.

March 11 Registration: Registration is $15 before March 2or $25 at the door, which includes refreshments and lunch. Checks can be made payable to Coös County Extension Education and mailedby March 2 to UNHCE, Coös County, 629A Main St., Lancaster, 03584. Contact Steve Turaj for details at (603)788-4961 or go to http://extension.unh.edu/Programs/Agriculture-1

March 12 Registration: Registration is $15 before March 6 or $25 at the door, which includes refreshments and lunch. The student rate is $10 per person and New Hampshire FFA students are free. Checks can be made payable to New Hampshire Dairy Practices Committee and mailed by March 6 to Michal Lunak, 3855 Dartmouth College Highway, Box 5, North Haverhill, NH 03774.

Source:unh.edu


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