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2008 Tri-State NW Dairy Shortcourse
January 30-31, 2008
The Grove Hotel - Boise, Idaho


The 2008 Tri-State NW Dairy Shortcourse will be held Janaury 30-31, 2008 at the Grove Hotel in Boise, Idaho. The 2008 Conference will be hosted in partnership with the following allied agricultural companies: Alltech, Church and Dwight, Diamond V Mills, Elanco Animal Health, Ferndale Grain, Monsanto Dairy Business, Pfizer and Zinpro. For information about sponsorship please contact Joe Harrison at 253-445-4638 or jhharrison@wsu.edu

Agenda

Day 1

Room A
9:00 AM - 9:35 AM  Registration
9:35 AM - 9:50 AM  Welcome by Joe Dalton
9:50 AM - 10:40 AM  Making Decisions with Data, Normand St Pierre
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM  Immigration Challenges for the Dairy Industry - Raul Labrador
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM  Market Forces that Drive Milk Prices, Ken Bailey
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM  Marketing Options - John Fiscialini

Room B
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM  Improving Reproductive Performance: A Practical Approach - Andy Borrowman
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM  Trojan Cow - Dale Moore
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM  Transitions/Fresh Cow Producer Panel - Bernie Tennissen and Sam Adams

Room A
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM  Lunch and introduction of farm tours.
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  Ethanol Industry - What Impact Wuu it Have on Corn & DGS Production - Kevin Dhuyvetter
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM  Developing a Marketing Plan: How Dairy Producers can Manage in Volatile Markets - Richard Brock
3:40 PM - 4:20 PM  Alternative Options for Energy Sources - Juan Tricarco

Room B
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM  Managing Feed Variation - Normand St Pierre
3:00 PM - 3:40 PM  Implementing Technology on Dairies - Laird Muirbrook
3:40 PM - 4:20   Cross Ventilated Barns - John Smith

Room A
4:20 PM - 5:00 PM  Speaker Questions and Answers and Poster Viewing

Day 2

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM  Alltech Sponsored Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:40 AM  The Changing World of Agriculture: Impact of Ethanol, China and US Economy and the Falling Dollar - Richard Brock
8:40 AM - 9:20 AM  Immigration Challenges for the Dairy Industry - Raul Labrador
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM  Market Forces that Drive Milk Prices - Ken Bailey
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM  Break
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM  Marketing Options - John Fiscialini
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM  Ethanol Industry - What Impacts will it have on Corn & DGS Production - Kevin Dhuyvetter.
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM  Developing a Marketing Plan: How Dairy Producers Can Manage in Volatile Markets - Richard Brock
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM  Alternative Options for Energy Sources - Juan Tricarco
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM  Evalautions and Adjourn
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM  Dairy Tours

Room B
8:40 AM - 9:20 AM  Improving Reproductive Performance: A Practical Approach - Andy Borrowman.
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM   Trojan Cow - Dale Moore
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM  Break
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM  Transition Cow - Producer Panel
11:00 AM - 11:40 AM  Managing Feed Variation - Normand St Peirre
11:40 AM - 12:20 PM  Implementing Technologies on Dairies - Laird Muirbrook
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM   Cross Ventilated Barns - John Smith
 
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