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The Virginia State Feed Association and the Department of Dairy Science
are pleased to announce their fourth jointly sponsored conference.
This conference is unique in that it has broad appeal to those involved
in animal agriculture as well as those with specific interests in dairy
cattle nutrition. The focus during the first half of the program is on
global, national and local issues facing the financial well being of
agriculture. This part of the program features outstanding speakers
who will provide their predictions for commodity and milk markets,
consumer trends and information relative to decisions being made in
Washington relative to agriculture policy. During the second half of
the program nationally known speakers provide timely information to
enable progressive nutritionists and dairy producers to better manage
feeding programs.
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Feed industry personnel
- Nutritional consultants
- Dairy producers
- Anyone working with dairy farm feeding
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CONFERENCE FOCUS
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Global and national predictions for milk, meat and commodity prices
- Food and feed safety policy from Washington
- New developments in nutrient requirements and forage evaluation
- Panel discussion - Challenges of feeding dairy herds in 2009.
- Dairy nutrition topics
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For more information about the content of the course, please contact Mr.
Bob Threewitts at (540) 908-7767, email: vsfa@hotmail.com, or Dr. Bob
James at (540) 231-4770, email: jamesre@vt.edu. For more information
about registration, call the Conference Registrar, Continuing and Professional Education at (540) 231-5182.
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