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January 2018 Volume: 4 Issue: 1
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Register now!
NSDA Annual Convention
February 27, 2018
Ramada Hotel & Conference Center
Columbus, NE
See agenda below..
It's time to turn in your registrations. Check your email for details.
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NSDA Annual Convention Agenda
Monday, February 26, 2018
4:00-7:00 Grow Nebraska Dairy Stakeholder Summit with dinner
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
8:30 Nebraska Dairy Review Board
8:30 -9:30 “Grow Nebraska Dairy” (Tentative)
Growth and Development Update
9:30- 4:30 Trade Show with “Dairy Bar”
9:30 – 10:30 Raising Dairy Quality Forage in a Beef State
Bruce Anderson, UNL
10:30-12:00 NE Holstein Association Annual Meeting
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch/ “Dairy Checkoff Update”
Midwest Dairy Association Team
1:30 – 2:30 What is Mastitis Costing You?
Maggie Faulkner, Acumen Detection
2:30 – 3:30 A Social Media Workshop (TBA)
2:30 – 4:00 Ice Cream Bar on Tradeshow Floor/Production Award Presentation
4:00 - 5:30 NSDA Annual Meeting
5:45 - 6:30 Wine & Cheese Reception
6:30 - 8:30 Banquet: Susan Littlefield, MC
Rural Radio Network
Dairy Princess/Dairy Ambassadors Introduction
Presentation of the Philip H. Cole Distinguished Service Award
NE Holstein Association Awards
Banquet speaker: Brad Scott.....California Dairy Farmer/processor/dairy farm featured on TV show "Undercover Boss"
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Caring for the Lactating Dairy Herd in Extreme Cold
 Caring for the lactating dairy herd in extreme cold conditions also has its challenges. If not properly cared for producers may see a decline in performance including total milk production, increasing somatic cell counts due to mastitis, losses in reproductive efficiency and even decreased growth in young first calf heifers if the extreme cold continues for extended periods of time. Continue...
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Registration is only $65/person. NSDA will pay one $50 registration fee per farm.
Click here for registration and location details.
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I-29 Moo University Winter Workshop Agenda
9:30 a.m. – Registration & Refreshments
10:00 a.m. – New Forage Genetic Lines and How They Impact the Dairy Industry–Bruce Anderson, UNL Extension Forage Specialist
Learn how forage genetic improvements in corn silage, sorghums and cover crops can influence the soil health and dairy diet performance in your operation.
10:45 a.m. – Cover Crops–Incorporating Them into Your Forage Production System–Sara Berg, SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist
Learn about cover crop incorporation into your fields, rotation
consideration and planting methods.
11:30 – Break
11:45 – Incorporating Cover Crops into Dairy Rations – Jim Paulson, Associate Professor Forage Specialist and Nutritionist
Incorporate the nuts and bolts of cover crops into your dairy farm, maximizing nutrition and profitability.
12:30 p.m. – Lunch
1:30 p.m. – Sponsor Recognition
2:00 p.m. – Silage Pile Safety Training for You and Your
Employees – Keith Bolsen, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, KSU,
“The Silage Man”
Is your silage program safe? Silage safety practices and considerations to come home safely at the end of the day for you, your employees, and family members.
2:45 p.m. – Evaluating Dairy Diets from the Nutritionist, to the Employee, to the Cow – Co–presented – Fernando Diaz, DVM, Ph.D. – Dairy Nutrition and Management Consultant – Rosecrans Dairy Consulting, Jim Salfer, University of Minnesota Extension & Tracey Erickson, SDSU Extension Dairy Field Specialist
Understand feeding inefficiencies as you deliver diets to your dairy herd.
3:45 p.m. – Evaluation & Adjourn
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Lindsey Stern wins Nebraska Farm Bureau’s discussion meet competition
 KEARNEY, Neb. – Lindsey Stern of Broken Bow, a Custer County Farm Bureau member, was named the winner of the 2017 Young Farmers and Ranchers Discussion Meet competition. The award was given Dec. 5, at the Membership Recognition luncheon during the Nebraska Farm Bureau's 100th Annual Convention held Dec. 3-5 in Kearney, Neb.
Stern, received the top score of the contestants who advanced to the final round of the Discussion Meet contest. Rather than debating, contestants work to develop a solution to a problem being discussed, building on each other's contributions. Competitors in the annual contest must be prepared to speak on any number of agriculture-related topics; the selected question is announced a short time prior to the contest round.
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