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Registration information

 

CPDA members -- $250 per person with lodging, $150 without lodging.

 

Non CPDA members -- $350 per person with lodging, $250 without lodging.

 

CPDA membership

Dairy -- $50 per dairy per year (includes all family members and employees)

 

Industry -- several types of memberships and sponsorships available. Call.

 

To register, contact:

Kathy Tonneson

6258 90th Ave. N.

Glyndon, MN 56547

Ph 218-236-8420

Fax 218-236-1134

kathy@centralplainsdairyexpo.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central Plains Dairy

Business Conference

and Cow College

Nov. 15-16, 2007
Best Western Ramkota Hotel, Sioux Falls, S.D.
 

Thursday, Nov. 15

12:30 p.m.                Registration

1 p.m.                      Welcome

1:15-2 p.m.                Outlook for profit – what to expect in ‘08

                                Kevin Dhuyvetter, Kansas State University

 

2:15- 3 p.m.                Breakout session

                                1) Dairy trends: What you should be planning for long-term

                                Kevin Dhuyvetter, Kansas State University

                                2) Labor panel: Tips on managing a culturally diverse team

                                Alvaro Garcia, South Dakota State University, and Shannon

                                Houselog and Alberto Moreno, Global Dairy, Estelline, S.D.

                                Sponsored by Midwest EnRG Flakes

                                3) Pros and cons of cross ventilated freestalls

                                John Smith, Kansas State University

                                4) Feeding fat to cows and colostrum to calves: How they can

                                 increase reproduction and milk production

                                Roy Ax, University of Arizona, Sponsored by Pfizer

 

3:15-4 p.m.                Breakout session repeats

 

4:15-5 p.m.                Breakout session repeats

 

5 p.m                       Social

 

6 p.m.                      Banquet

                                “Unspoken words”

                                Ron Hanson, University of Nebraska

 

8 p.m.                      Hospitality rooms

 

Friday, Nov. 16

6:30 a. m.                Breakfast

 

7:30 a.m.                   Are you managing your time or is your time managing you?

                                Chuck Schwartau, University of Minnesota

 

8-8:45 a.m.                Breakout session

                                1) Sexed semen –is it ready for prime time?

                                John Metzger, Trans Ova.

                                3) Compost barns: New twist on an old idea

                                Marcia Endres, University of Minnesota

                                4) 2008 price outlook and marketing tools to capture profit

                                Rick Kment, DTN dairy analyst, sponsored by DTN

                                5) Robotic milkers coming to the I-29 corridor

                                Rick Rugg, Lely Company

                                6) Can crossbreeding improve your bottomline?

                                Lyle Kruse, Select Sires, sponsored by Select Sires

 

9-9:45 a.m.               Breakout session repeats

 

10-10:45 a.m.            Breakout session repeats

 

11-11:45 a.m.            Breakout session repeats

 

12 a.m.                    Lunch

                                “You may have bought the farm, but remember I still own it.” –

                                 Issues in passing on the dairy

                                 Ron Hanson, University of Nebraska.

 

1:30-2:15 p.m.           Breakout session 3

                                1) The ICEman cometh: Preparing for increased worksite

                                 immigration enforcement

                                Tim Gebhart, attorney, Davenport Evans Hurwitz and Smith LLP,

                                Sioux Falls, S.D.

                                2) Financial tools you can use to make more money.

                                Gary Vande Vegete, CPA, Van Bruggen, Vande Vegete, P.C.,      

                                Orange City, Iowa

                                        Sponsored by First Bank & Trust

                                3) How much did your farm succession lawyer cost the dairy farm

                                 business?

                                Ron Hanson, University of Nebraska

                                4) High performance calf management

                                Tom Earleywine, Land O Lakes.

                                        Sponsored by Land O’ Lakes

 

2:30-3:15 p.m.           Breakout session repeats

 

3:15 p.m.                   Departing refreshments.

 

Topics and schedule subject to change.

 

 

 

 

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