Cornell Cooperative Extension announces two upcoming programs

Feeders School Program October 29 and 30

Technical Large Animal Emergency Program November 7 and 8

Feeders School Program

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Central NY Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Team (CNYDLFC) in collaboration with PRO-DAIRY is excited to announce their “Feeders School” program offered in English and Spanish.

Join us for this program targeted to people currently feeding or interested in feeding dairy cows, who want to learn more about how and why of feeding activities and how to improve the feeding process on farms.

Some of the topics covered during this program are:

Economics and importance of feeding and feed management
Dry Matter and feeder math basics: how to measure DM and refusals and adjust ration
Feed consistency and TMR audits
Troubleshooting mixer wagons
Bunk silo management, map out bunk, packing density and preservation, feed out.
Safety

For the Central NY region, we will have two dates available.

October 29^th – Insight Dairy, 682 Newville Rd, Little Falls, NY 12871
October 30^th – Barber Brothers Dairy, 1028 NY-32, Schuylerville, NY, 12871

Both days are 10 AM to 3 PM. Registration for this event is $50 and includes lunch.

To register and for more information, go to https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=2452 or contact the CNYDLFC Dairy specialist (dg647@cornell.edu, 315-749-3486).

The CNYDLFC Team is a Cornell Cooperative Extension partnership between Cornell University and the CCE Associations in Chenango, Fulton, Herkimer, Madison, Montgomery, Otsego, Saratoga and Schoharie Counties. For more information about the CNYDLFC Team, see https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/.

Technical Large Animal Emergency Awareness Program

Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Central NY Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Team (CNYDLFC) is excited to announce “Technical Large Animal Emergency” program.

What should you do when large animals are involved in a disaster emergency?

Join us for this two-day program targeted to firefighters, veterinarians, EMS, animal control officers, equine breeders, equine trainers, large animal facility operators, large animal transporters, large animal owners, students, and stakeholders who want to be prepared and safe in an emergency. Minimum age: 18
This program aims to cover the practical considerations, behavioral understanding, specialty equipment, techniques, and methodologies behind the safe extrication of a live large animal from entrapments (trailer wrecks, ditches, mud, barn fires) in local emergencies and disaster areas.

This program will be held at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County located in 100 Eaton St, Morrisville, NY 13408 on November 7^th and November 8^th, 2024 from 8 am to 5 pm.

Cost: $200 and includes:

Full course (two days)
Breakfast and lunch for both days
Dinner for the first day
Certificate of completion

To register and for more information, go to https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=2423 or contact the CNYDLFC Dairy specialist (dg647@cornell.edu, 315-749-348620).