Other Seminars
| Time | Room | Seminar | |
| Tuesday, October 4 |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Waubesa | Provita Seminar, featuring Dr. Roger Blowey | |
| Wednesday, October 5 | |||
| 10:30 a.m. | Arena Building |
Improving forage harvest efficiency – more crop with less time and fuel |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Kegonsa | Provita Seminar, featuring Dr. Roger Blowey | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Milk Hedging Basics |
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| 1:00 p.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Picking Corn Silage Hybrids |
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| 1:30 p.m. | Arena Building |
Corn silage, fermentation time, and starch digestibility – what makes it tick? |
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| 2:00 p.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Understanding Fecal Starch Analysis |
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| 3:30 p.m. | Monona | University of Wisconsin-Madison Reception | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Exhibition Hall Balcony | World Dairy Expo Tweet Up | |
| Thursday, October 6 | |||
| 8:30 a.m. | Mendota 1 | "Feeding Strategies with Today’s Milk and Feed Prices” Quality Liquid Feeds Seminar, presented by Dr. Michael Hutjens |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Mendota 3 |
"Straight from Producers: The Real Story on Anaerobic Digestion Systems" John De Jonge, Bakerview EcoDairy |
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| 10:00 a.m. | Wingra | "Free Silage Seminar: Getting more for your efforts" Cargill, Inc. Seminar, featuring Troy Brown – Promote Forage Quality Consultant |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Arena Building |
Top producing herds in Wisconsin feed more forage than you may think |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Waubesa | Provita Seminar, featuring Dr. Roger Blowey | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Milk Hedging Basics |
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| 1:00 p.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Positioning My Dairy Financially for 2012 |
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| 1:30 p.m. | Arena Building |
Fall-grown oat offers a unique forage option: high fiber digestibility and high energy |
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| 2:00 p.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Getting a Handle on Direct Postpartum Costs |
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| 4:30 p.m. | Exhibition Hall Balcony | National Agri-Marketing Association Reception | |
| Friday, October 7 | |||
| 8:30 a.m. | Mendota 1 | Quality Liquid Feeds Seminar, featuring Dr. Mike Hutjens | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Mendota 3 | "Training the Next Generation of Dairy Farmers" Grazing Seminar, featuring Joe Tomandl III | |
| 10:00 a.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Shrinking the Waste on High Feed Costs |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Arena Building |
Minimize bunker/bag silage losses with a tight plastic seal and frequent inspections |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Waubesa | Provita Seminar, featuring Dr. Roger Blowey | |
| 11:00 a.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Using New Technology to get a Handle on your Data |
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| 11:15 a.m. | Mendota 3 | "Outwintering versus Winter Housing – What are the Tradeoffs?" Grazing Seminar, featuring Dr. Rhonda Gildersleeve, UW Extension Grazing Specialist | |
| 12:30 p.m. | Mendota 3 |
"Cross-country Tour de Research" Grazing Seminar, A Roundtable Discussion of Grazing Research at US Universities |
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| 1:00 p.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Positioning My Dairy Financially for 2012 |
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| 1:30 p.m. | Arena Building |
Reducing greenhouse gases can also reduce feed costs |
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| 2:00 p.m. | Waubesa | “Higher Quantities of Higher Quality Milk, How to Increase Profits Through Lower Bacteria Counts” Aspen Dairy Solutions Seminar, presented by Ron Robinson |
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| 2:00 p.m. | Mendota 3 | "Is Grass-fed the Wave of the Future? Market Forecast for Organic and Grass-based Dairy" Grazing Seminar, featuring George Siemon, Organic Valley, and Chad Pawlak, Grass Point Farms | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Picking Corn Silage Hybrids |
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| 4:30 p.m. | Monona | UWRF CAFES Alumni Reception | |
| Saturday, October 8 | |||
| 10:00 a.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Shrinking the Waste on High Feed Costs |
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| 10:30 a.m. | Arena Building |
Capitalizing on forages to reduce purchases of high-priced corn and soybeans |
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| 1:00 p.m. | Hall D Conference Room |
Positioning My Dairy Financially for 2012 |
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