This year’s Maryland Holstein state awards banquet will be combined with the Maryland Dairy Shrine banquet on Friday, Feb. 22, at the Clarion Inn, Frederick. A live and silent auction benefitting Holstein juniors and 4-H dairy judging team travel to Europe will be held, and members are encouraged to bring items. ALL proceeds go directly to dairy youth. A dairy convention schedule and ticket order form for both the day educational program and evening banquet, which includes Holstein awards, is included in this newsletter, or any current dairy convention form can be used. Tickets can also be purchased via Eventbrite by searching for Maryland Dairy Convention.
Register for the 2019 MD Dairy Convention. Mail in the 2019MD-Dairy-Convention-form with a check made to MD Dairy Industry Association to 23301 Mount Ephraim Road, Dickerson, MD 20842. Please return no later than Thursday, Feb. 14.
February 22, 2019
Clarion Inn Event Center, 5400 Holiday Drive, Frederick, MD
Theme: Opportunities for Staying Viable in the 21st Century
8:30-9:20 a.m. Registration/Trade Show/Silent Auction/Dairy Treats
9:20-9:30 a.m. Welcome and Overview of the Day
Dr. Bob Peters, University of Maryland Department of Animal and Avian Sciences
9:30-10:15 a.m. Dairy Market Outlook and Policy Update
Peter Vitaliano, NMPF, Arlington, Va.
10:20-11 a.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Session A: Earning More Milk Quality Premiums
Amber Yutzy, Penn State Extension, Huntingdon, Pa.
Session B: Utilizing Cover Crops as a Forage Source for Milk Production and Profitability Clay Zimmerman, Balchem Corporation
Session C: Optimizing Heifer Management Using Genomics, Sexed/Beef Semen, Culling
Albert DeVries, University of Florida, Gainesville
11-11:35 a.m. Break/Visit Trade Show/Silent Auction
11:35 a.m.-12:15 p.m. MDIA Business Meeting, President Diane Flickinger, Flickstead Farm, Union Bridge
Scholarship Presentations, Robert Ramsburg
Dairy of Distinction, Leslie Hart
12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch/Visit Trade Show/Silent Auction
1:15-1:55 p.m. Concurrent Breakout Sessions (Repeat Morning Sessions)
2-2:15 p.m. Your Checkoff Dollars at Work
Cindy Weimer, American Dairy Association Northeast
2:15-3 p.m. High Priority Practices to Improve Profitability
Albert DeVries, University of Florida, Gainesville
3 p.m. Adjourn
3:15-4:30 p.m. Telling Your Story
Cindy Weimer, American Dairy Association Northeast
6:30 p.m. Reception
7 p.m. Maryland Dairy Shrine and Maryland Holstein Awards Banquet