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Faculty, topics announced for Advanced Large Herd Management programThe second annual session in Advanced Large Herd Management presented by the Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium--Teaching will begin May 18, 2009, and run for six weeks at Clovis Community College in New Mexico. The first teaching program of its kind in the dairy industry, the Consortium enables dairy science students to receive university credit for large-herd dairy management courses that are not available on their home campus. Students are taught by nationally recognized experts and then practice what they learn in the classroom on some of the most modern dairy facilities in the world. Internship opportunities are available at the conclusion of the six-week program. According to SGPDC-T chair Michael Tomaszewski, faculty confirmed for the 2009 program include Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois; John Smith and Joe Harner, Kansas State University; Todd Bilby, University of Arizona; and Larry Fox, Washington State University. 2009 program modules will include herd evaluation; mastitis, milk quality and physiology of lactation; reproductive management; facilities management; and transition feeding and cow care. Each day's schedule includes classroom instruction and actual hands-on access at a dairy located within a 20-mile radius of Clovis. Clovis is in the middle of the third-largest milk shed in the United States and in close proximity to dairies with all possible management levels, housing styles for cattle and parlor designs, explains program vice-chair Bob Collier of the University of Arizona. Classes are open initially to students from consortium members and then other universities that do not have advanced dairy programs. Applications for the 2009 program are due Feb. 1. The inaugural program was launched this past summer. Units were taught by faculty of consortium member schools, including Lance Baumgard, University of Arizona, and Danny Klinefelter, Texas A&M; as well as visiting faculty including Hutjens, Smith, and Mark McQuire of the University of Idaho. The first year class of 18 students came from six schools: Abilene Christian University, University of Arizona, New Mexico State University, Texas A&M University, Texas Tech University, and Washington State University. The Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium--Teaching is supported financially through generous donations by agribusinesses. Platinum sponsors for the first year of the program were Dairy MAX, Dairy Farmers of America, Farm Credit of New Mexico, the Joel Hillin Family of Stephenville, Texas, Monsanto, and Zinpro. Gold-level sponsors were ABS Global Inc., Alltech, Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition, Balchem Corporation, Dairy Nutrition Services, Dairy Producers of New Mexico, Diamond V, Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield Park Dairy, Integrated Dairy Services, New Mexico State University, Southwest Dairy Museum, Texas Animal Nutrition Council, Texas Association of Dairymen, United Dairy Women and Valley Ag Software. For more information, visit http://sgpdct.tamu.edu or contact the program coordinators by e-mail to sgpdct@tamu.edu. 10/27/08 Date: 10/23/08
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