The Herd Health and Nutrition Conference provides an opportunity for dairy producers, veterinarians, feed industry representatives, and agriservice personnel to enhance their knowledge of current herd health and nutrition management techniques while networking with other professionals. Attendees will gain insights into current herd health and nutrition research and management strategies through educational topics presented by experts in the field.

2025 conference highlights

Nearly 150 dairy industry professionals gathered in East Syracuse, NY to hear from industry experts about the latest trends and research related to dairy herd health and nutrition.   

“The Herd Health and Nutrition Conference is a great venue to network while being exposed to the latest research around dairy nutrition, management and sustainability,” said Charlie Elrod, NEAFA President.  “The Northeast Agribusiness and Feed Alliance is proud to collaborate with Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY to provide a program of research backed solutions that can be implemented on dairy farms immediately. In addition, the opportunity to network with our colleagues across the agriculture supply chain in one place helps us all continue to learn, grow and improve our industry.” 

Participants gained insights about the use of high oleic soybeans in dairy cattle diets, strategies to improve transition cow health and productivity, and how automated monitoring technologies can be used in herd health monitoring and management.  A series of thematic sessions explored the impacts of late gestation heat stress on dairy cow performance and the long-term effects on their calves, while also highlighting effective heat abatement strategies that have been implemented on-farm. Attendees gained practical insights and expert perspectives on reducing heat stress, including ventilation, soakers, and structural evaluations, to enhance dairy cattle health and productivity. 

“We were excited to have our industry professionals join us in Syracuse once again for this conference. We greatly appreciate the continued partnership with NEAFA.” said Tom Overton, Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY Director. 

Thank you, sponsors!

PRO-DAIRY and NEAFA thank the industry sponsors whose contributions helps make this event possible, including specialty sponsors Upstate Niagara Cooperative and MarSyt.

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Heather Darrow

Conference Coordinator

Animal Science

PRO-DAIRY

Heather Darrow