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calves in a barn

Offered in English & Spanish at each site 

Featuring stations with mostly hands-on activities and demonstrations 

Are transition calves a bottleneck in your heifer rearing program? Want to upskill your employees to improve the calf transition period? Join regional dairy specialists and PRO-DAIRY for this comprehensive, one-day, hands-on workshop!

Who should attend 

Calf and heifer managers, dairy herdspersons, farm owners, and heifer raisers interested in learning more about how to better house and manage animals as they transition from the calf phase to the weaned heifer phase. 

Topics covered 

  • Nutrition
  • Health
  • Housing and management
  • Inventory management  

Biosecurity

All attendees must wear clean clothes and boots, and will be required to scrub and disinfect footwear upon arrival to the program and before leaving. 

Date & Time

March 22, 2025 - March 28, 2025
10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Registration Fee

$25 per person
Includes lunch

Dates and Locations

March 18, 2025

Breezyhill Farm
2690 N Sheldon Rd
Strykersville, NY

March 19, 2025

Morning classroom portion at: 
Ontario Produce Auction
4860 Yautzy Rd
Stanley, NY 
 
Afternoon at:
Lightland Farm
3053 Depew Rd
Stanley, NY
 

NWNY site registration

March 20, 2025

Tompkins County

Morning classroom at:
Elm Tree Inn
2 McLean Rd
McLean, NY 


Afternoon at:
Millbrook Farms
440 Stevens Road 
Freeville, NY

March 27, 2025

Cayuga County

Patterson Farms, Inc 
1112 Townline Rd
Auburn, NY

SCNY registration

March 24, 2025

Telaak Farms
7301 Hinman Hollow Rd
Mansfield, NY

SWNY site registration

Thank you to our generous sponsors

  • DFA
  • Farm Credit East
  • Feedworks USA
  • Perry Veterinary Clinic
  • Zoetis

 

More information about this event.

Contact Information

Kathy Barrett _none

  • kfb3 [at] cornell.edu

Lindsay Ferlito _none

  • lc636 [at] cornell.edu

Speaker

Departments

PRO-DAIRY

Animal Science

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