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The UW-Madison Division of Extension is hosting “Dairy Feeding School” winter workshops across Wisconsin. Local meetings will be from late February to early April.

These sessions will share the latest research and industry info on topics like worker safety during feeding operations, how to develop a written safety policy, conducting effective job safety analysis, and fostering a strong safety culture, feed management, transition cow health, and the economics of feeding. The workshops are for dairy owners, managers, feed mixers, consultants, service providers, educators, farm organizations, and industry leaders. Sessions will be delivered in English with Spanish Interpretation available upon request.

Dates

• February 20, 2025: Lafayette County Multipurpose Building, Darlington (10 a.m. – 3 p.m.)
• March 5, 2025: Brown County STEM Innovation Center, Green Bay (10 a.m. – 3 p.m.)
• March 19, 2025: Dane County Extension Building, Madison (10 a.m. – 3 p.m.)
• March 26, 2025: Fond du Lac County Highway Department, Fond du Lac (10 a.m. – 3 p.m.)
• April 2, 2025: Abbotsford Public Library, Abbotsford (10 a.m. – 3 p.m.)

The cost of attending is $15 which includes lunch and all workshop materials.

To ensure equal access to this program, make requests for reasonable accommodations at least 10 business days prior to the program. To request an accommodation, in this case language interpretation, please contact Alison Pfau, Bilingual Regional Dairy Educator – Dane, Jefferson, Rock and Walworth counties. Alison.pfau@wisc.edu Phone: 608-220-4779

Pre-registration is due at least business 10 days before the event.

Contact

• Jackie McCarville, jackie.mccarville@wisc.edu (Lafayette location)
• Stephanie Bowers, stephanie.bowers@wisc.edu (Green Bay location)
• Alison Pfau, alison.pfau@wisc.edu (Madison location)
• Manuel Peña, manuel.pena@wisc.edu (Fond du Lac location)
• Matt Lippert, matthew.lippert@wisc.edu (Abbotsford location)