The first ever DATA & INNOVATIONS SUMMIT will be a conference that dairy farmers and dairy enthusiasts should seriously consider attending on Thursday June 30th which is being held in junction with the 2022 USA National Holstein Convention in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The Minnesota Holstein Association is hosting the educational summit for all dairy producers, advisors and industry, seeing that the dairy industry is placing increased emphasis on on-farm data capture, data systems and technologies to improve performance, efficiencies (labor, feed, herd replacements, etc.) and enterprise profitability.
Summit Presentations and Speakers
Presentations (7:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.) will include:
- Dairy Data and Technologies: Past, Present and Future – Dr. Jeffrey Bewley (Holstein Association USA)
- Do’s and Don’ts of Interpreting Farm Data: Avoiding Common Mistake – Dr. Michael Overton (Zoetis)
- Unlocking the Power of Data for the Hardest Working Cow in the Business – Dr. Jason Osterstock (Zoetis)
- Panel – Connected Technologies: What Farmers Really Need – Four Panelists from industry service organizations (Moderator: Tim Taylor, Vyla)
- How to determine if precision dairy analytics & technologies are right for your farm – Chris Cunningham (Dairy Performance Network)
- Producer Panel: Herd Successes by applying herd data from technologies and systems – Four Dairy Farmers, who see data as key to their futures, will share their successes. (Moderator: Walt Cooley, Progressive Dairy)
- Fourteen (14) technology video spotlights
- A separate Data and Innovation Panel for Juniors (11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.)
Register by June 01. Participation is in person only. Cost is $25 per person, includes a hot lunch.
Additional Data and Innovation Related Events During the Convention
- Farm Tours – Wednesday June 29 (ticketed events)
- Great Northern Tour – technologies include: Alta Cow Watch, SCR, Cainthus, CLARIFIDE and more
- Western Ways Tour – technologies include: ET, robotics (milking & calf feeding), creamery, genomic testing and more
- Company Sponsored Data and Technology Seminars– Thursday June 30, 3:30 p.m. (no charge)
- Allflex Livestock Intelligence: “Beyond Heat Detection – How Monitoring Technology Helps Maximize Labor Efficiency, Automation and ROI” (Sarah Anderson)
- Balchem: “Epigenetics: What Does It Mean for Your Herd Today, Tomorrow and Beyond?” (Glen Aines)
- Cainthus: “FEED, LABOR, HERD – How computer vision helps you drive efficiencies on your dairy” (Barb Petersen)
- Cattle Eye: YTBD
- Cow Manager: “Maximizing the ROI with Better Utilization of Cow Manager Nutrition Module” (Wilfried Reuvekamp)
- Hydrogreen: ”Automated Vertical Pastures for Generational Sustainability” (Dan Schmidt)
- iYOTAH Solutions: “Putting All The Pieces of Your Dairy Data Puzzle Together” (Kari Spaan)
- Neogen: “Sort. Select. Succeed: Using Genomic Data to Drive Progress” (Anthony Ling)
- Select Sires: “Tools to Increase Cow Longevity and Herd Profitability” (Jeff Ziegler and Kevin Jorgenson)
- Soma Detect: “SomaDetect: A New Technology to Help Dairy Farmers Make Smart Decisions” (Roger Saltman)
- VES-Artex: “Smart Barn Technology at Your Fingertips” (Mark Doornink)
- Videos: Fourteen data/technology videos will play to spotlight individual products
Further Summit Details
- Visit 2022nationalholsteinconvention.com/data-innovation-summit
- Visit northamericanag.com/Dairy-Industry-Invited-to-first-of-its-kind-Data-and-Innivation-Summit
- Dairy producers from all breeds and types and sizes of farms as well as their families and advisors, plus industry and interested persons are welcome.
- For more information contact Cheryl Marti (cherylfm12@gmail.com)
