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Dairy
seminar offers
broad range of topics
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[APRIL
19, 2004]
URBANA -- Dairy
experts will be available to producers from four states during the
June 16-17 Professional Dairy Management Seminar at the Grand Harbor
Resort in Dubuque, Iowa. University of Illinois Extension is one of
the event's sponsors.
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"This seminar is designed to
provide dairy producers and industry personnel with current
information on managing hoof care, trace minerals, forage feeding
and other hot topics," said Dave Fischer, U of I Extension animal
systems educator based in Edwardsville. "Extension dairy specialists
from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, other experts, and a
producer panel will cover a number of dairy-related topics."
The seminar begins at 8:30 a.m.
June 16 with a half-day pre-conference symposium on "Trace
Minerals--A Fresh Perspective," sponsored by Chelated Minerals
Corporation. The second-day breakfast speaker, sponsored by Elanco
Animal Health, will discuss antibiotic use in food animal
production.
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Registration before June 8 is
$95 per person, which includes meals, breaks, and proceedings. After
June 8, registration is $120 per person.
Registration and program
information can be obtained by contacting Fischer at (618) 692-9434
or the Wisconsin Agri-Service Association at (608) 223-1111. More
information is also available at
http://www.wasa.org/2004PDM.pdf.
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[University
of Illinois news release]
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