Teagasc National Dairy Conference
6 December 2016 6 December 2016Venue Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork
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Cork Conference Information
6 December 2016
‘Technologies for Success’
Overview
This conference provides an opportunity for farmers and agri-professionals to learn about new ideas, share information, get answers to questions and, probably most importantly, be inspired to take action. Teagasc has planned a farmer focussed, practical conference and has invited a stellar line-up of speakers to take part. The theme of the conference is ‘Technologies for Success’ and each of the speakers will highlight important technologies that can be used on dairy farms by dairy farmers in an effort to manage that which they can control.
Format
This year’s conference follows the format adopted successfully at last year’s event, with a mixture of lectures and workshop sessions.
Morning lectures
- Pat Dillon, Head of Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation programme Teagasc will present the Teagasc keynote address focussing on his assessment of how Irish dairy farming is positioned in 2016, with a particular emphasis on whether or not it is well positioned to avail of future growth opportunities.
- Pete and Anne Morgan, New Zealand dairy farmers, will tell their story of how they have built robustness into their dairy farming business so as to develop a sustainable business across a range of milk prices.
- The morning lectures will be rounded off with a panel discussion with three leading dairy farmers. They will discuss the critical success factors which are important to their farming businesses. For the Cork conference the dairy farmers will be: Michael Gowen (Cork), Donald Bateman (Tipperary) and John Phelan (Waterford).
- Afternoon workshops
- Similar to last year, we are providing six workshops on both afternoons. Attendees can choose to attend three workshops from a list of six on each afternoon (see list below). The workshops this year again cover a varied range of topics with a great mix of Teagasc, other professional and farmer presenters. All of the workshops will be interactive, with plenty of time for audience involvement. This format proved very popular at last year’s Conference.
Workshops
Three sessions from the six listed can be selected at time of booking.
- What has clover to offer to Irish dairy farmers?
- What is your farm’s breakeven milk price for 2017?
- What AI bulls should you use in 2017?
- What steps can you take to reduce calf scour in spring 2017?
- What are the causes and solutions to a herd lameness problem?
- “Your health is your wealth”… are you looking after yourself?
Booking and further details
- Spaces are limited by venue capacity. Consequently, early booking is recommended. Attendees will be asked to indicate the workshops which they wish to attend when booking.
- The cost of attendance is the same as previous years: €60 for Teagasc farmer clients and ConnectEd members and €120 for all other attendees. Registration includes: entrance to Conference, including choice of three workshops; morning/ afternoon teas, lunch; and a copy of the Conference proceedings.
Finally, if there is one thing you do before the end of 2016, make it that you attend the Teagasc National Dairy Conference. It will be worth it!