The 2015 Georgia Dairy Conference is rapidly approaching and dairy producers should make plans today to join us! This year's event will take place at the Savannah Riverfront Marriott in Savannah, Georgia, Jan. 12-14, 2015.
The Georgia Dairy Conference (GDC) is dedicated to providing dairymen with significant and practical "take-home" information. Thanks to support from generous industry supporters, the GDC has earned a reputation as a top educational conference in the Southeast. In 2014, more than 200 producers and dairy industry representatives attended this three-day event. This year, we're building on that momentum by delivering another high-impact conference. Leading experts will make presentations on topics ranging from nutrition and genetics to the future of the dairy industry, dairy sustainability and economics.
In addition to our quality line-up of educational speakers, we will also host the first Southeast Dairy Student Symposium during the GDC on Tuesday, Jan. 13 from 6 to 9 p.m. This program is designed to provide students, interested in the dairy industry, with a platform to explore careers and internship opportunities in the Southeast. The objectives of the symposium are to connect dairymen, industry affiliates and future graduates; promote the exchange of ideas and experiences among students, dairymen and industry affiliates; and to build networking opportunities for future graduates.
We hope you will join us as we invest to make the Georgia dairy industry competitive in a national context.
Dairy producers, industry affiliates and students interested in attending GDC can download an agenda and registration form at www.gamilk.org or contact Farrah Newberry or Allison Fortner at 706-310- 0020.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
Monday, January 12th
8:30 a.m. ACCM Board of Directors Meeting 10:00 GA Milk Board of Directors Meeting
12:00 p.m. Registration and GDYF Board of Directors Meeting 12:00 p.m. SUDIA / ADA of GA Board Meeting
2:30 p.m. GA Dairy Industry Update - GA Milk, SUDIA, etc. 3:45 Exhibit Break and Door Prize Drawing
4:15 p.m. Securing a Sustainable Milk Supply for the Southeast Dairy Market Dr. Roger Cady, Elanco Animal Health
5:15 p.m. Q & A / Exhibitor Break
6:30 p.m. Evening Banquet
Tuesday, January 13th
7:30 a.m. Erin Fitzgerald, VP of Sustainability for the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy 8:15 a.m. Decision Making for Clinical Mastitis
Pam Ruegg, University of Wisconsin-Madison
9:00 a.m. Silages and Forages
Limin Kung, University of Delaware
10:00 a.m. Exhibitor Break
10:30 a.m. Understanding Consumer & Processor Quality Standards
Mark Wustenburg, Tillamook Creamery
11:15 a.m. Employee Management Simplified
Tom Wall, Dairy Coach, LLC
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m. Dry Cow and Heat Stress Management
Dr. Jose Santos, University of Florida
2:00 p.m. Hormonal Sync Programs
Paul Fricke University of Wisconsin
2:45 p.m. Exhibitor/Refreshment Break
3:15 p.m. Feed Shrink Management
Dr. Jeff Weyers, Vicor
4:00 p.m. Troubleshooting Milk Quality Issues on Your Dairy Farm
Mark Wustenburg, Tillamook Creamery
5:00 p.m. Exhibitor Reception
6:00 p.m. Tuesday Seminar
Wednesday, January 14
7:15 a.m. Sponsored Continental Breakfast 7:45 Ray West - SE DHIA Report
8:00 a.m. Electronic Heat Detection
Paul Fricke, University of Wisconsin
8:45 a.m. The (Almost) Perfect Parlor
Tom Wall, Dairy Coach, LLC
9:30 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Milkfat Depression
Tom Jenkins, Clemson University
10:45 a.m. Co-op Mgrs. Panel, Cost to Balance SE Market
11:45 a.m. Q & A Session - Adjourn
The Georgia Milk Producers, Inc. is a producer-funded organization located in Watkinsville,Georgia. Georgia's dairy producers vote, by referendum, every three years to maintain its operation. Producers pay a 1-cent per hundredweight assessment enabling Georgia Milk to operate programs of communication, promotion and education. Georgia Milk's main objective is to educate dairymen and governing officials on all issues, such as legislation, environmental regulations, animal health and milk pricing/Federal Orders, affecting Georgia's dairy industry.11.13.2014