Advanced Dairy Nutrition & Management Shortcourse

12:00 PM

Registration opens

1:00 PM

Course welcome and overview of Session 1
Dr. Tom Overton, Cornell University

1:15 PM

Calf behavior and performance related to milk feeding and weaning strategies: Are we forgetting about the calf? 
Dr. Joao Costa, University of Vermont

2:45 PM

Break

3:15 PM

Different nutritional feeding strategies to support growth and health of calves – 
Dr. Sarah Morrison - Miner Institute

4:30 PM

Adjourn

5:30 PM

Steak and shrimp at Moakley House, Robert Trent Jones Golf Course
215 Warren Road, Ithaca, NY

8:00 AM

Biology and management of hypocalcemia in transition cows
Dr. Laura Hernandez, University of Wisconsin-Madison

9:15 AM

Dynamics of inflammation during the transition period
Dr. Tom Overton, Cornell University

10:15 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Feeding the dry and fresh cow
Dr. Heather Dann, Miner Institute

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Concepts around aNDFom feeding and digestibility (and ethanol vs water sugars)
Dr. Mike Van Amburgh, Cornell University

2:15 PM

Factors affecting starch digestibility and utilization
Dr. Larry Chase, Cornell University

3:15 PM

Break – Ice Cream Social

3:45 PM

New concepts in amino acid nutrition and determining N efficiency
Dr. Mike Van Amburgh, Cornell University

5:15 PM

Adjourn

6:00 PM

Dinner at Personal Best Brewing featuring Fittnell BBQ 
321 W. State St., Ithaca, NY 14850

8:00 AM

Whole farm environmental modeling – Introduction to RuFaS
Dr. Kristan Reed, Cornell University

9:15 AM

Mitigating enteric methane in the dairy industry
Dr. Joe McFadden, Cornell University

10:15 AM

Break

10:45 AM

Opportunities for high oleic acid soybeans and other fatty acid considerations in dairy diets
Dr. Tom Overton, Cornell University

11:45 AM

Lunch
Session 1 adjourns

1:15 PM

Session 2 welcome and overview of CNCPS
Dr. Mike Van Amburgh, Cornell University

1:30 PM

Nutritionist protein feeding survey results discussion
Dr. Andrew LaPierre, Cornell University

2:45 PM

Variability of feed digestibility analysis from commercial labs
Dr. Mike Van Amburgh and Dr. Andrew LaPierre, Cornell University

3:45 PM

Break

4:15 PM

CNCPS v7 demonstration and discussion
Dr. Andrew LaPierre and Dr. Mike Van Amburgh, Cornell University

5:15 PM

Adjourn

6:30 PM

Dinner at Ithaca Beer Company
122 Ithaca Beer Drive, Ithaca, NY

8:00 AM

Round Robin sessions
RuFaS demonstration – Joe Waddell and Elle Andreen
Dry and fresh cows – Tom Overton
Lactation, components, calves and heifers – Mike Van Amburgh
CNCPS versioning discussion v6.55 & v7 comparisons – Andrew LaPierre and Alex Benoit

9:00 AM

Round Robins continue

10:00 AM

Break

10:30 AM

Round Robins continue

11:30 AM

Lunch

12:30 PM

Overview of commercial versions of CNCPS
Dr. Mike Van Amburgh and commercial license holders

1:30 PM

Concurrent breakout sessions - use of AMTS, NDS, and Dalex, 

4:00 PM

Adjourn