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Organic Dairy 101 – Southwest MN

Tuesday, February 5, 2008 – Cooperative Service Center, Marshall, MN

Map & Address:

SW/WC Service Cooperatives
1420 East College Drive
Marshall, MN 56258
Phone: 507-537-2240
http://www.swsc.org/AboutUs/Maps/Index.cfm

All workshops run from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Registration starts at 9:00 am. The price of the workshop is $25 (if registered at least 7 days before the workshop) or $35 at the door. This includes lunch and breaks featuring organic foods.

Schedule
Overview of Organic Dairy 9:30 a.m. Dennis Johnson, Ph. D., U of M Scientist The scope of organic dairy in Minnesota/Upper Midwest Markets, economics and growth potential Organic certification and records
Farmer Insights and Virtual Farm Tours 10:15 a.m. Marty & Loretta Jaus, Dairy Farmers, Gibbon, MN Rich Vanderziel, Farmer, Chandler, MN Decision and rationale for going organic Management practices--feed, nutrition, livestock health Production Use of dairy support professionals Successes and challenges 11:15 a.m. Questions and answers 11:30 a.m. Lunch and Topical Discussions
Building an Organic Dairy System 12:15 p.m. Alvaro Garcia, DVM, Dairy Science, South Dakota State University Livestock health in organic systems Pastures and Grazing 1:30 p.m. Glen Borgerding, Ag Resource Consulting Soils and fertility in organic dairy 2:00 p.m. Jim Paulson, U of M Regional Extension Educator Nutrition and cropping 2:30 p.m. Dennis Schroeder, Minnesota West Community & Technical College, Canby, MN Economics and farm business mgmt 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Questions and answers Resources you can use

Schedule

Overview of Organic Dairy

9:30 a.m.
Dennis Johnson, Ph. D., U of M Scientist

The scope of organic dairy in Minnesota/Upper Midwest
Markets, economics and growth potential
Organic certification and records

Farmer Insights and Virtual Farm Tours

10:15 a.m.
Marty & Loretta Jaus, Dairy Farmers, Gibbon, MN
Rich Vanderziel, Farmer, Chandler, MN

Decision and rationale for going organic
Management practices--feed, nutrition, livestock health
Production
Use of dairy support professionals
Successes and challenges

11:15 a.m.

Questions and answers

11:30 a.m.

Lunch and Topical Discussions

Building an Organic Dairy System

12:15 p.m.
Alvaro Garcia, DVM, Dairy Science, South Dakota State University

Livestock health in organic systems
Pastures and Grazing

1:30 p.m.
Glen Borgerding, Ag Resource Consulting

Soils and fertility in organic dairy

2:00 p.m.
Jim Paulson, U of M Regional Extension Educator

Nutrition and cropping

2:30 p.m.
Dennis Schroeder, Minnesota West Community & Technical College, Canby, MN

Economics and farm business mgmt

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Questions and answers
Resources you can use