Enthusiastic producers and herds people from across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa are invited to the Young Producers (YP) Summit – ‘Innovate, Integrate, Motivate,’ to be held December 5-6, 2009, at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Tomah, Wis. The YP Summit is part of the Accelerated Genetics Young Producer Program.
Seminars for this year’s YP Summit include presentations by state-of-the-art speakers with extensive backgrounds including Michele Payn-Knoper, with Cause Matters Corp., speaking about “Celebrating Agriculture and Championing Agriculture and Dairy;” Dan Schreiner, Product Specialist for Accelerated Genetics, with a talk on “Importance of Complete Calf Care;” and Nigel Cook, Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, who will speak to attendees on “Designing Welfare Friendly Housing for Dairy Cows;” along with a panel of dairy producers. Additionally, there will be a new event, the ‘Cream of the Crop Ball.’ Everyone is encouraged to trade in their barn clothes for their best clothes and dancing shoes for Saturday night’s dinner and dance.
On top of all of the educational seminars, networking, and fun, interested producers and herds people will also have the opportunity to run for the Young Producer Committee. This dynamic committee helps organize and lead the yearly Young Producer activities. Committee members can serve two 3-year terms and are expected to attend two annual planning meetings.
To register for the 2009 YP Summit – ‘Innovate, Integrate, Motivate,’ or for more information on this or other upcoming Young Producer events, contact Kari Stanek at 1-800-451-9276 ext. 222, or kstanek@accelgen.com. The deadline for registration is November 9, 2009.