2022 Conference Information
"100 Years of Success"
May 19, 2022
7:30 am - 4:00 pm
Comfort Inn & Suites, 2424 Mission Street, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
2022 Agenda
7:30 - 8:00 am Registration (Coffee, Danishes and Bagels provided)
8:00 - 8:15 am Welcome and MDIC Business
Carl Kohlhoff, MDIC President, MDARD Pasteurizer Specialist
8:15 - 8:45 am Dairy Market Update
Mark Stephenson, Director of Dairy Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin - Madison
8:45 - 10:15 am Michigan Bovine TB Update
Dr. Mike VanderKlok, MDARD TB Program Manager
9:30 - 9:45 am Break
9:45 - 10:15 am Federal Milk Market Orders and Pricing
Bill Pollak, Ag Economist and Vic Mrozek, Audit Manager at The Milk Market Administrator
10:15 - 11:00 am The History of Milk Production, Processing, and Regulation
Barb Koeltzow, MDARD Dairy Program Manager
11:00 -11:30 am One Hundred Years of Success
Gary McDowell, MDARD Director
11:30 - 1:00 pm Banquet Luncheon & Awards
Steve Lehman, Raw Milk Compliance Manager, Michigan Milk Producers Association
1:00 - 1:30 pm Dairy Farm Cooling Systems
Rick McClenning, National Sales Manager Dairy Farm Equipment and Refrigeration
Products, Paul Mueller Company
1:30 - 2:15 pm LEO and SRO Panel Discussion and Q&A
Tajalli Hodge & Shawn Lee, MDARD Milk Laboratory Evaluation Officers
Brian Cogar, Lindsey Giles-Austin & Amy Heintzelman, MDARD Milk Sanitation Rating Officers
2:15 - 2:30 pm Break
2:30 - 2:45 pm Dairy Assessment, Standardization, and Training (DAST) Audits
Joe MacPhee, MDARD Senior Dairy Inspector and Brandon Verhougstraete, MDARD Dairy Resource Specialist
2:45 - 3:15 pm Watershed Management and Conservation
Joe Kelpinski, MDARD Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) Manager
3:15 - 3:45 pm What is Agriculture Development and Why Is It Important?
Allison Miller, MDARD International Marketing Coordinator
3:45 - 4:00 pm Raffle
Pat Mitchell, Agri-Specialist, Ecolab
4:00 pm Adjourn
