The Dairy Calf & Heifer Association Conference Committee has scheduled another great lineup of speakers and presenters, for the 2012 Dairy Calf & Heifer Conference, March 20-21, in Visalia, Calif. Online registration will open Jan. 9, 2012.
Presenters include Gary Sipiorski, Dairy Development Manager, VITA PLUS Corp., Kerry Scott, H2A Program Manager, Mid-Atlantic Solutions Inc., and Gary Conklin, Conklin Farms.
The breakout sessions, some of which will be available in Spanish, will cover topics such as:
• Low stress animal handling
• Economics of accelerated growth
• Estrus synchronization for heifers
• Preventing lameness
• Motivating employees
• Reducing feed shrink
There will be wet lab demonstrations by highly-respected veterinarians and discussions by experts on how you can implement DCHA’s Gold Standards III, animal welfare standards for rearing dairy calves and heifers, into your operation.