The 2020 Golf Tournament will be held at Crowne Plaza Phoenix Chandler Golf Resort, located at: 1 N. San Marcos Place, Chandler, AZ. This is a fun event not to be missed and a great way to "kick off" the following 2 day conference.

8:30 am Golf Tournament – Shotgun start, lunch to follow

1:00 pm Conference Registration opens

5-7:00 pm Welcome Reception/Registration | Desk open | Golf awards presentation @ Ballroom

Feed Program Software companies are coming to SWNC to share how to use their programs on dairies, what those programs are capable of to help you do your job better on dairies.

Participating Programs:

Feed Watch from Valley Ag Software

One Feed from MILC Group

Feed Supervisor from Supervisor Systems

EZfeed from Amelicor

2:00-3:00 pm Programs will be presented for 15-20 minute intervals.

3:00-4:00 pm Breakout session #1- choose the first program you would like to visit.

4:00-5:00 pm #2- choose the second program you would like to learn more about.

5:00-7:00 Opening Reception and Golf Awards

7:30 am Registration Desk Opens. Sponsor – Zinpro.

8:00 am "Introduction and Welcome"

Dr. Mike Socha
Zinpro Perfomance Minerals

8:10 am “Chemical Foundations of the Metal Amino Acid Complex”
Dr. Cory Kending

Zinpro Performance Minerals

9:00 am "One-carbon Metabolism during the Transition Period: Linking Nutritional Physiology with Performance and Health"
Dr. Juan Loor
Professor
University of Illinois

9:50 am Break

10:10 am "Prevention of Lameness from a Nutritional Point of View"
Dr. Daryl Kleinschmit
Zinpro Performance Minerals



11:00 am "Using Whole Farm Efficiencies to Discover Increased Milk Margin Despite Challenging Economic Times"
Dr. Mike Brouk
Professor
Kansas State University

11:50 am Closing
Dr. Mike Socha
Zinpro Performance Minerals

12:00 pm Adjourn.

1:30 pm "How is the 2019 Corn Silage Going to Feed"
Dr. John Goeser
Research and Innovation Director
Rock River Laboratory


2:10 pm "Dietary Protein and Troubleshooting Low Milk Protein"
Dr. Ranga Appuhamy
Assistant Professor
Iowa State University


2:50 pm Break/refreshments.

3:20 pm "New Insights into Dietary Energy"
Dr. Mike VandeHaar
Professor
Michigan State University

4:10 pm "Feed and Animal Factors Effecting Feed Intake"
Dr. Mike Allen
Professor
Michigan State University

5-7:00 pm Wine & Cheese Reception sponsored by Zinpro

8:00 am "How's a Nutritionist to Decide on All of the Different By-Pass Products?
Dr. Adam Lock
Associate Professor
Michigan State University


8:40 am "The High Fertility Cycle – How BCS Changes Affect Fertility"
Dr. Paul Fricke
Professor
University of Wisconsin

9:20 am "Strategies to Modulate the Immune System in Early Lactation to Maximize Transition Cow Performance" Dr. Rodrigo Bicalho
Associate Professor
Cornell University


10:00 am Breaks and Refreshments


10:40 am "Feeding Dairy Calves and Heifers to Maximize Future Productivity and Profitability"
Dr. Bob Corbett
President
Dairy Health Consultation


11:20 am "Re-Evaluating Transition Cow Hypophagia, Subclinical Hypocalcemia and Hyperketonemia"
Dr. Lance Baumgard
Professor
Iowa State University

12:00 pm Conference concludes.