Herd Management Programs
HERD MANAGEMENT conference
Herd Management Conferences provide Ontario dairy farmers with an in-depth look at a herd management topics.
Conference meetings in 2009 will be held in the following locations:
January 20: Winchester, Ontario
January 21:
Tavistock, Ontario
January 22:
Drayton, Ontario
This year's feature speaker is Dr. Randy Shaver from the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Shaver is renown for his work with forages and the effect of fibre in dairy nutrition. His topics will highlight the most recent research on digestible fibre and how to use this knowlege to improve the nutritional balance of diets.
Conference details and registration
VIDEO CD'S
Video CD's offer a unique and effective method of providing information or training material on DHI services and Herd Management topics to producers and advisors.
- CD's are designed to run on most computers DVD's in most DVD players
- Excellent tool to use to spark discussion on key management topics with a small group of customers or fellow dairymen
- Videos on Herd Management topics contain questions and projects for participants
- Herd Management videos are 40-60 minutes in length
ROF (Return Over Feed Costs)
ROF provides to all producers an economic benchmark that can monitor the impact of change in production or management.
- Available to all milk producers to use at their convenience, either by mail, fax, or directly on the internet
- Producers can register for unlimited use or pay-per-use options
- Farm advisors can have separate grouping (as an 'agency'), for their own customers and can enter data and print reports
- Training will be provided by DHI
- Agency printing is available upon request
For more information on any of the above, please contact Bill Grexton at (519) 824-2320 ext. 254