2024 Conference Information
"100 Years of Milk Safety Under the PMO"

7:30 - 8:00 am      Registration (Coffee, Danishes & Bagels provided)

                                    

8:00 - 8:10 am      Welcome 

                             Carl Kohlhoff, MDIC President

 

8:10 - 9:00 am      Dairy Market Update

                             Chris Hoeger, Prairie Farms

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9:00 - 9:45 am      US Farm Bill and Federal Milk Market Order Pricing Update

                             Danny Munch, American Farm Bureau

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9:45 - 10:00 am    Break 

 

10:00 - 10:30 am  MDARD Update
                             Tim Slawinski and Ken McFarlane

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10:30 - 11:00 am  Updates in Cooling Technology

                    Jordan Blunt, Mueller Equipment

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11:00 - 11:30 am  Challenges in Milk Hauling

                    Neil Bendixen, Dairy Transport & Regulatory Consultants

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11:30 - 1:00 pm    Banquet Luncheon & Awards

                             Steve Lehman, Michigan Milk Producers Association

 

1:00 - 1:30 pm      Impact of Social Media on the Dairy Industry

                             Arial Everitt, United Dairy Industry of Michigan

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1:30 - 2:15 pm      NCIMS and Appendix T Update

                             Lindsey Giles-Austin, Food and Drug Administration

                                  

2:15 - 2:30 pm      Break

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2:30 - 3:00 pm      Milk Quality Testing

                               Muril Niebuhr, Dairy Farmers of America

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3:00 - 3:45 pm       Precision Technology

                               Dr Elizabeth Eckelcamp, University of Tennessee

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3:45 - 4:00 pm      MDARD Update

                             Barb Koeltzow, MDARD

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4:00 - 4:15 pm      Raffle & Adjourn

                             Pat Mitchell, Ecolab