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

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