2021 Conference Information

 August 19, 2021
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Online via Zoom

2021 Agenda

8:00 - 8:10 am      Welcome and MDIC Business

                                    Chuck Courtade, MDIC President, Regional Manager at Dairy Farmers of America

8:10 - 8:40 am      Today’s Consumers

                              Jolene Griffin, United Dairy Industry of Michigan

8:40 - 9:20 am      Glanbia - MWC

                           David North

9:20 - 10:05 am     Market Update

                           Mark Stephenson, University of Wisconsin  

10:05 - 10:15 am   Break

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10:15 - 11:05 am   Breakout Sessions
                              (Choose one focus, Plant or Farm)

 
Plant Management Moderator: Carl Kohlhoff, MDARD

• Emerging Contaminants

  • Christine Kosmowski – MDARD

• New & Innovative Cleaning

  • Ken Kiwicz - Ecolab​

  • Dan Turner - Hydrite

  • Matt Szewczyk - PSSI

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Farm Management  Moderator: Joe Packard, MMPA

• Culture for Farms

  • Phil Durst, MSU Extension

• Farm Labor: HR Best Practices

  • ​Paola Bacigalupo Sanguesa, MSU Extension
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11:05 -11:10 am   Break

11:10 - 11:55 am  Is Current Dairy Pricing System Relevant in Today's Industry?

                          Mark Stephenson, University of Wisconsin

11:55 - 12:30 pm  Dairy Program Update  

                          Barb Koeltzow, MDARD
 

     Awards

      Steve Lehman, Michigan Milk Producers Association

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