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The Green County Milk Quality Council, in cooperation with UW-Extension, will be sponsoring its 29th Annual Green County Dairy Management Seminar on Thursday, January 5, 2017. The seminar will run from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and will be held at the Green County UW-Extension Office, 2841 6th Street, Monroe.

The featured speakers for this year’s program will include Dr. Andy Johnson, Herd Health and Wellness Veterinarian with Grande. Dr. Johnson is known as the “Udder Doctor” and has consulted on dairy farms all over the world. He will discuss the proper Milking and Management Procedures to Reduce Mastitis by combating udder infections. He will also give a presentation on the aspects of cleaning and maintaining milking equipment for high quality milk. This discussion will include many of the common problems that he sees on farms and give recommendations on how to avoid them.

Dr. Richard Wallace, Cattle Technical Service Veterinarian with Zoetis, will discuss how the new veterinary feed directive regulations that take effect in January 2017 will impact dairy farms. His presentation will include changes to labels on medicated feeds, how the use of antibiotics in feeds will require a veterinary feed directive (VFD) from a veterinarian, and the steps needed to use antibiotics in feed after January 1, 2017.

Due to sponsorships by many local businesses, the advance registration fee is $7.00, and includes lunch. Registrations are due to the Green County UW-Extension Office by January 3, 2017. An additional $3.00 late fee will be charged for registrations received after this date. Enrollment is limited to the first 60 participants who register.

Registration brochures are available at many Green County area dairy supply and service businesses, can be obtained via the internet at green.uwex.edu or by contacting Mark Mayer, UW-Extension Agriculture Agent for Green County, at (608) 328-9440 or mark.mayer@ces.uwex.edu.