Program | Animal Sciences

2020 MAC Regional Extension In-Service Training Agenda

When: Wednesday, May 27, 2020
7:50 AM – 5:30 PM EDT
Where: Online via Zoom

This year, the two-day in-person training will be moved to a one-day online program through zoom with the theme of: Extension in Unprecedented Times, Helping Producers Maintain Their Farms and Managing Stress and Anxiety.

Time	Topic
Session I	Helping Clients Challenged with Feeding Forages
7:50 – 7:55am	Welcome Bob Peters, University of Maryland
8:00 – 8:50am	Feeding the Right Quality Forage Tara Felix, Pennsylvania State University
8:50 – 9:40am	Understanding Measures of Forage Quality Sarah Fessenden, Business Development Manager, Dairy One
9:40 – 10:10am	Break
10:10 – 11:00am	Hay Storage Options for Optimal Forage Quality Amanda Grev, University of Maryland
11:00 – 11:50am	Economics of Various Pasture Systems Ed Rayburn, West Virginia University
11:50am – 12:40pm	Lunch
Session II	Stress on the Farm
12:40 – 1:40pm	Care of Your Mental Health, Recognizing Signs of Stress and Talking about Stress and Anxiety Kate Downes, NY FarmNet, Cornell University
Session III	Helping Producers Navigate COVID19 Fallout This session will address the most current information available at the time of the program. The program will stick to these general topic areas; however, the details of each talk may shift as new information becomes available.
1:40 – 2:30pm	Food Processing Systems: Disruptions, Challenges and Opportunities Jonathan Campbell, Pennsylvania State University and James Munn, Black River Valley Naturals
2:30 – 3:00pm	Break
3:00 – 3:50pm	Labor Management Richard Stup, Cornell University
3:50 – 4:40pm	Milk Production Strategies to Address Market Disruptions Tom Overton, PRO-DAIRY, Cornell University
4:40 – 5:30pm	Livestock Market Update – Price and Supply Disconnect Between the Grower and Consumer Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State
5:30pm	Adjourn

Time

Topic

Session I

Helping Clients Challenged with Feeding Forages

7:50 –

7:55am

Welcome

Bob Peters, University of Maryland

8:00 –

8:50am

Feeding the Right Quality Forage

Tara Felix, Pennsylvania State University

8:50 –

9:40am

Understanding Measures of Forage Quality

Sarah Fessenden, Business Development Manager, Dairy One

9:40 –

10:10am

Break

10:10 –

11:00am

Hay Storage Options for Optimal Forage Quality

Amanda Grev, University of Maryland

11:00 –

11:50am

Economics of Various Pasture Systems

Ed Rayburn, West Virginia University

11:50am –

12:40pm

Lunch

Session II

Stress on the Farm

12:40 –

1:40pm

Care of Your Mental Health, Recognizing Signs of Stress and Talking about Stress and Anxiety

Kate Downes, NY FarmNet, Cornell University

Session III

Helping Producers Navigate COVID19 Fallout

This session will address the most current information available at the time of the program. The program will stick to these general topic areas; however, the details of each talk may shift as new information becomes available.

1:40 –

2:30pm

Food Processing Systems: Disruptions, Challenges and Opportunities

Jonathan Campbell, Pennsylvania State University and James Munn, Black River Valley Naturals

2:30 –

3:00pm

Break

3:00 –

3:50pm

Labor Management

Richard Stup, Cornell University

3:50 –

4:40pm

Milk Production Strategies to Address Market Disruptions

Tom Overton, PRO-DAIRY, Cornell University

4:40 –

5:30pm

Livestock Market Update – Price and Supply Disconnect Between the Grower and Consumer

Derrell Peel, Oklahoma State

5:30pm

Adjourn