{"id":109879,"date":"2019-11-26T11:56:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T16:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=109879"},"modified":"2019-11-26T11:56:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T16:56:43","slug":"cow-comfort-workshops-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=109879","title":{"rendered":"Cow comfort workshops planned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Cornell CALS PRO-Dairy along with the Central New York Dairy,\nLivestock and Field Crops team will be offering cow comfort workshops. The cow comfort\nworkshops are an educational program for farmers, employees and agriservice professionals\nwho work directly with dairy cows. The workshops will cover economics of improving\ncow comfort, stall design and management, stocking density, heat abatement and effects\non production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two separate sessions will be held: one to focus on free-stall\ncow comfort and one to focus on tie-stall cow comfort. Each session will include\nan on-farm portion where attendees walk through facility assessment. Each cow comfort\nworkshop is a day-long program held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; the program will be\nheld on-farm with a combination of presentations, demonstrations, farm walk-throughs\nand discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rick Grant, Ph.D., president of Miner Institute, will be the\nfeatured speaker for the free-stall sessions. Grant is well-known for his research\nsurrounding stocking density and time budgets for dairy cattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan McFarland, Penn State, will be the speaker for the tie-stall\nsession. McFarland is known for his research surrounding heat stress abatement techniques\nand stall, barn and ventilation design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programs run from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Although the meetings\nare free to attend, registration is required by Dec. 2 for the free-stall locations\nand Dec. 9 for the tie-stall location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dates and registration information is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n