2025 Conference Information
"Highlights and Insights"

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 Business Innovation Alliance and MDARD Ag. Development Grants

                             Emily Slatter, DBIA and Jamie Zmitko-Somers, MDARD

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9:00 - 9:30 am      Highlight Small Local Processor

                             Gilbert Bourgouin, Old Europe Cheese

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9:30 - 10:00 am    Highlight Local Producer

                    Dan Loew, Indian River Farms

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10:00- 10:15 am   Break 

 

10:15 - 10:45 am  Dairy Product Labeling
                             Michelle Matto, International Dairy Foods Association

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10:45 - 11:15 am   MDARD Update

                    Tim Slawinski / Ken McFarlane, MDARD​

 

11:15 - 11:45 am  HPAI and Emerging Disease Outbreaks and Research

                    Zelmar Rodriguez, D.V.M. PhD MSU

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11:45 - 1:15 am ​   Banquet Luncheon & Awards

                             Steve Lehman, Michigan Milk Producers Association

 

1:15 - 1:45 pm      NCIMS Update

                             Casey McCue, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets / 2023 NCIMS Chair

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1:45 - 2:15 pm      Impact of Mandatory Sick Leave Legislation

                             Dr. Corey Clark, MSU Fram Business Management Educator

                                  

2:15 - 2:30 pm      Break

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2:30 - 3:15 pm       A Day in the Life of a Dairy Inspector, Field Rep, QA Manager

                                Lyndsay Earl, MDARD; Gregg Trierweiler, Dairy Farmers of America;
                                Justin Councell, Michigan Milk Producers Association

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3:15 - 3:45 pm       Dairy Program and DORIS Update

                             Erin Quaine and Barb Koeltzow, MDARD

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3:45 - 4:00 pm      Raffle & Adjourn

                             Pat Mitchell, Ecolab