Event Details
Date
March 10, 2020
Time
10:00am-3:30pm
Location
Otesaga Resort Hotel
60 Lake St
Cooperstown, NY 13326
Cost
$30.00 First person
(additional attendee $30.00 ea.)
Host
Central New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops2020 Dairy Day - Sponsorship Opportunities
March 10, 2020When: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Where: The Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown
Agenda
10:00 a.m. Trade Show Opens, Registration, Coffee & Danish
11:00 a.m. Pathogen based treatment and milking time audits can improve milk income.
Dr. Rick Watters PhD, Quality Milk Production Services, Warsaw, NY
11:45 a.m. How can I boost my butterfat percent while not decreasing milk production? Old wives' tales on what depresses butterfat & how to improve it.
Dr. Tom Overton, Animal Science, Cornell University
12:30 p.m. Lunch & visit Trade Show
2:00 p.m. Think you can't affect milk protein percent? Think again. With milk protein values up in value it can pay again to go after a boost in milk protein. Are there other benefits as well?
Dr. Chuck Schwab, Emeritus Professor, University of New Hampshire
2:45 p.m. Final wrap up questions / discussion
3:00 p.m. Adjourn
11:00 a.m. Pathogen based treatment and milking time audits can improve milk income.
Dr. Rick Watters PhD, Quality Milk Production Services, Warsaw, NY
11:45 a.m. How can I boost my butterfat percent while not decreasing milk production? Old wives' tales on what depresses butterfat & how to improve it.
Dr. Tom Overton, Animal Science, Cornell University
12:30 p.m. Lunch & visit Trade Show
2:00 p.m. Think you can't affect milk protein percent? Think again. With milk protein values up in value it can pay again to go after a boost in milk protein. Are there other benefits as well?
Dr. Chuck Schwab, Emeritus Professor, University of New Hampshire
2:45 p.m. Final wrap up questions / discussion
3:00 p.m. Adjourn
Pay online with credit card with link above. Note: Your transaction may take up to 60 seconds to complete. To help avoid duplicate payments, please wait and do not click the "Register for Event" button more than once.
Or fill out the registration form on the pdf and return it along with payment to:
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County
5657 State Route 5
Herkimer, NY 13350.
Make checks payable to: Cornell Cooperative Extension (or CCE)
Please call 315.866.7920 if you have any questions.
Registration allows us to communicate any cancellations or changes in arrangements.
Note that if you receive a blank registration confirmation, please email herkimer@cornell.edu and we will forward you the correct confirmation. This has been a problem for some email servers such as Yahoo and Verizon.
Or fill out the registration form on the pdf and return it along with payment to:
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County
5657 State Route 5
Herkimer, NY 13350.
Make checks payable to: Cornell Cooperative Extension (or CCE)
Please call 315.866.7920 if you have any questions.
Registration allows us to communicate any cancellations or changes in arrangements.
Note that if you receive a blank registration confirmation, please email herkimer@cornell.edu and we will forward you the correct confirmation. This has been a problem for some email servers such as Yahoo and Verizon.
Sponsors/vendors/agribusiness displays: Follow this link for information on how to be a sponsor for the trade show: https://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu/sponsor_event.php?event_id=987
2020 Dairy Day (PDF; 327KB)
Sorry, the opportunity to sponsor this event has passed.
Sponsorship Notes
We will again have our traditional agribusiness trade show. Exhibit tables will be available for you that are covered with a white tablecloth. The tables are 6 feet by 2.5 feet. Electrical outlets are available, but be prepared to run an extension cord in some instances. The room will be set up some time during the night before, so you may set up your exhibit anytime after 7:00 a.m. on the morning of March 10th as long as you are completely set up by 10:00 a.m. The trade show opens at 10:00 a.m.Some of you folks and/or your employees have PAS certification with ARPAS (American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists). As an added bonus this event has been approved for 2 PAS continuing education credits. Events like the annual Cornell Nutrition Conference are approved for credits. This program provides another opportunity for those credits to be earned.
The fee to have an exhibit at the trade show will be $100. Below is an attached registration form for the trade show. Please follow the instructions below.
Please scan a business card that we can put in the program. Email it to herkimer@cornell.edu. If you are mailing in your registration, please do not staple the card to your registration.
If you would like to be listed as a program sponsor, but DO NOT want to have an exhibit table please let us know that, when you send us your business card.
If mailing your registration, make checks payable to Cornell Cooperative Extension ($100 per sponsor, even if you do not want to have an exhibit at the event) and mail it with this form to: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County, 5657 State Route 5, Herkimer, NY 13350. To register online and pay with a credit card see http://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "Sponsorship." There you will find the 2020 Dairy Day event. When paying online, please scan your business card and email it to herkimer@cornell.edu or you may mail it to the above address.
Your exhibitor's fee does not include registration for the program. You and any of your staff that attend will need to register (use the registration form in the enclosed announcement) by filling out the registration form and enclosing $30 per person. (Or, register online.) To guarantee your listing in the program, please return this form by March 6, 2020 to be a Central New York Dairy Day Sponsor.
If mailing your registration, make checks payable to Cornell Cooperative Extension ($100 per sponsor, even if you do not want to have an exhibit at the event) and mail it with this form to: Cornell Cooperative Extension of Herkimer County, 5657 State Route 5, Herkimer, NY 13350. To register online and pay with a credit card see http://cnydfc.cce.cornell.edu. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "Sponsorship." There you will find the 2020 Dairy Day event. When paying online, please scan your business card and email it to herkimer@cornell.edu or you may mail it to the above address.
Your exhibitor's fee does not include registration for the program. You and any of your staff that attend will need to register (use the registration form in the enclosed announcement) by filling out the registration form and enclosing $30 per person. (Or, register online.) To guarantee your listing in the program, please return this form by March 6, 2020 to be a Central New York Dairy Day Sponsor.
2020 Dairy Day Sponsor Letter (PDF; 761KB)
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