The 2021 Dairy Goat Academy is 2 weeks away! September 24 at Southwest Tech In Fennimore Wisconsin. This years event features a Premier Presenter Lineup for Meat and Dairy Goat Producers, as well as a vendors fair and producer networking! Enroll now!
DAIRY GOAT ACADEMY SCHEDULE
8:00 AM
Registration
9:00 AM
Welcome and Keynote Presentation: Chilton Dairy: Raising Goats in America’s Dairyland
10:00 AM
- Meat Goat Farm Tour Virtual tour of a commercial grain-free pastured meat goat herd- Cherrie Nolden,1dr Acres Farm
- Goat Milk Sweets, Learn how to make a variety of goat milk goodies! -Cindy Hoehne Rainbow Ridge Farm
- PR in AG, or, more accurately, “My Grandparents Didn’t Need a P.R. Person … Why Do I?” -Avi Stern, Director of Public Affairs for Milk Source LLC
11:00 AM
- Goat Procedures-Dr. Sally, Lancaster Veterinary Office
- Environmental sustainability of dairy goats – How do they compare to Dairy Cattle and other species- Dr Plummer
12:00 PM
Lunch – Vendor Introductions
1:00 PM
- Health Assessment and Necropsy in Meat Goats -Dr Sally, Lancaster Veterinary Office
- Nutrition and Kid care after weaning- Morgan Allen, Ruminant Nutritionist, Big Gain, Inc.
- Assuring dairy goat well-being using benchmarking and lameness monitoring-Dr. JK Shearer Professor and Extension Veterinarian- Iowa State, College of Veterinarian Medicine
2:00 PM
- The Business Of Goat Grazing-Aron Steele, Founder, Goats On The Go®
- Managing does during Transition-Morgan Allen, Ruminant Nutritionist, Big Gain, Inc.
- Abortions – Dr. Plummer, Iowa State College of Veterinarian Medicine
3:00 PM
- Meat Goats for Pasture, Profit, and Personal Growth- Aron Steele, Founder, Goats On The Go®
- Producer Panel-Michelle and Tad Ellinghuysen 2 Creeks Farm and Lacey Leona Jean Manager, Udder Alternative Dairy and Windy Prairie Goat Dairy and Anna Thompson Hajdik, Legendairy Toggenburgs
4:00 PM
Vendor Fair /Cheese Social /Door Prizes- Lenz
View the Complete Schedule and enroll here: https://www.swtc.edu/academics/certificates/dairy-goat-academy
