The Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) will be “Creating Golden Opportunities” at the 2012 Conference, March 20-21, 2012, in Visalia, Calif.
Conference highlights include: Three highly instructive wet labs, over 20 breakout sessions, sessions in Spanish on Tuesday, California farm tour, and a first-class trade show.
Online registration is now open.
Below are just a few of the topics that will be presented at this year’s Conference.
- Legal Guest Workers for the Dairy Calf and Heifer Industry: Related Issues and Challenges
- When It Comes to Animal Rights Activism, All Farms Are Created Equal
- A Look at Circle Bar Heifer Ranch virtual tour
- Today’s Business World: Volatility, Uncertainty, Opportunity!
- Synchronization Programs for Dairy Heifers
- Successful Weaning Begins Early
- Finding and Developing Diamonds in the Rough
- Leading Fellow Workers
- Managing Lameness in Dairy Heifers
- Stockmanship and Low-stress Cattle Handling Techniques
- Feed Center Design
- An Economic Comparison of Conventional vs. Intensive Rearing Approaches for Dairy Replacement Heifers
- Euthanasia Techniques for Calves and Heifers
- DCHA’s Gold Standards III – Panel Discussion
Source: Dairy Calf & Heifer Association