Plan to attend the International Precision Dairy Conference,
a learning and networking event, in Rochester, Minn., June 18-20. Online
registration closes June 12.
The two-day conference will have five plenary talks and 36
breakout talks along with two poster sessions and a small trade show. The event
includes speakers not only from the United States, but also from all over the
world, as far as New Zealand and Australia, many from Europe, and also South
America.
Plenary topics include dairy digital trends in the industry
presented by international consultant Aidan Connolly, large scale robotic
milking presented by Indiana dairy producer Brian Houin (36 box robots), data
ownership and use of technology presented by Dutch dairy producer Ron von
Burgsteden, technology and dairy cow health monitoring presented by Dave
Kelton, and ag venture capital perspective presented by international
technology consultant Kieran Furlong.
Most of the 20-minute breakout talks on June 18 will focus
on sensor technology and use of data. On June 19, there will be nine breakout
talks on robotic milking, including one about the largest robotic dairy in the
world (Chile) milking 4,500 cows with 64 box robots. Other topics on June 19
include field robotics beyond dairy, practical use of inline milk data,
automated calf feeding and mastitis detection.
For more details check the conference website at
www.precisiondairyfarming.com/2019/.
An optional dairy farm tour will follow the two-day
conference on June 20 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The planning committee thanks industry sponsors for helping
make this event possible, especially Platinum sponsors Cargill, DeLaval, Lely
and Zoetis and Gold sponsors Madero Dairy Systems and Nedap.
For more information contact Conference Planning Committee
Chairperson Marcia Endres at miendres@umn.edu.