| Program agenda |
| Sponsors |
| The UF commitment to teaching, research and extension in a new era |
Joan Dusky, University of Florida |
| Crossbreeding opportunities |
Chad Dechow, Penn State University |
| Squeezing the most milk out of your feed dollars |
Randy Cragoe, Cragoe Consulting ,SD |
| Learning Chinese for fun and profit |
Jerry Dryer, Delray Beach, FL |
| Facing cow management decisions with the new cost of production on Southeast dairy farms |
Albert De Vries, University of Florida |
| Feeding your cows cheaper: perennial vs. annual forages |
Yoana Newman, University of Florida |
| Opportunities to enhance reproduction, cow health, an herd life within breed |
Chad Dechow, Penn State University |
| Redefining dairy herd efficiency in our new economic climate |
Randy Cragoe, Cragoe Consulting ,SD |
| Milk quality is more than SCC and SPC, it is now shelf life (slides) |
David Bray, University of Florida |
| DBAP report: effect of type of feeding system on costs of Southeast dairy farms |
Mary Sowerby, University of Florida |
| Program agenda |
| UF dairy science update |
Geoff Dahl, University of Florida |
| Cost of environmental regulations |
Russ Giesy, Univerity of Florida |
| Economics of pregnancy in dairy cows |
Albert De Vries, University of Florida |
| Can your dairy survive low milk prices? |
Greg Bethard, G&R Consulting, Virginia |
| Keep the "I" in community |
Scott Wallin, Dairy Farmers Inc., Florida |
| The only certainties in life are change and the hereafter |
John Folks, FL DACS, Tallahassee |
| Looking forward with an open mind |
Art Darling, Sunshine State Milk Producers |
| Change in inevitable, success is optional |
Dieter Krieg, Farmshine News Paper, PA |
| Dairy producer panel: Social issues and the future of our Southeastern dairy industry |
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| Program agenda |
| DBAP: planning for the future, a report of trend analysis |
Russ Giesy, University of Florida |
| Cost of milk production |
Tom Kriegl, Universy of Wisconsin |
| Farm of the future: potential for nutrient management systems |
Ann Wilkie, University of Florida |
| A comparison of three levels of heat stress control using dairy herd improvement (DHI) data |
Dan Webb, University of Florida |
| Economics of (non) seasonal milk production in Florida |
Albert De Vries, University of Florida |
| Dairy producer panel |
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| Speaker bios |
| Relative economic importance of increasing milk production, reproduction, and productive life |
Albert de Vries, University of Florida |
| Opportunities through expansion |
Robert Beauchamp, B&E CPA |
| Genetic trends & cows of the future |
Don Bennink, North Florida Holsteins |
| Future opportunties: update on cowpeat - potential market for part of your manure |
Roger Nordstedt, University of Florida |
| Program agenda |
| Udder financial stress and mooving out of it |
Scott Peelen, Tonie Moreno, Tom Ruggie |
| How should you be looking at feed cost? |
Brian Perkins, Monsanto |
| Economic feasibility of generating electricity from biogas |
Russ Giesy, University of Florida |
| DBAP 2003: What we have learned about your business |
Albert de Vries, University of Florida |
| Coping with milk price volatility |
Geoff Benson, North Carolina State University |
| Changes in consumer habits when choosing some dairy products |
Bob Degner, University of Florida |
| Cow comfort, what is really important |
Brian Perkins, Monsanto |
University of Florida Dairy Extension | Last Modified:
April 23, 2013