Explore World Dairy Expo

World Dairy Expo 2002 - Pointed in Your Direction" is the theme for this year's World Dairy Expo to be held in Madison, Wis., Oct. 2-6. The event features commercial exhibits, educational seminars, 11 virtual farm tours and show-ring activities.

Be sure to visit the Dairy Herd Management booth in the Exhibition Hall, #2505. Our editors will be there to answer your questions.

Here's a listing of the show's activities and events to help you plan your visit:

Hours for World Dairy Expo are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday.

The virtual farm tours will be presented in the Exhibition Hall Mendota meeting rooms. Each producer will present a half-hour video or pictorial overview of his operation.

All cattle shows are held in the Coliseum, while all educational seminars will be in the Exhibition Hall, 2nd floor.


WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2:
8 a.m. - International Milking Shorthorn Show and Central National Guernsey Show.

11:30 a.m. - Virtual Farm Tour: Fair Oaks Dairy Farms, Fair Oaks, Ind.

1:30 p.m. - Virtual Farm Tour: Haubenschild Farms, Princeton, Minn.

2 p.m. - Central National Jersey Show (heifers, bulls and dry cows).

7 p.m. - International Guernsey Classic Sale.


THURSDAY, OCT. 3:
7:30 a.m. - Central National Ayrshire Show.

8 a.m. - Central National Jersey Show (cows and groups).

9:30 a.m. - Seminar: "The End of the Road or is it a New Beginning - Evaluating Culling Levels," by Hank Spencer, Monsanto Dairy Business.

10 a.m. - Virtual Farm Tour: University of Wisconsin- Madison, Department of Dairy Science, UW-Cooperative Extension and the Babcock Institute.

11 a.m. - Seminar: "Valuing Feed Ingredients on the Basis of Their Nutritional Content," by Normand St-Pierre, Ohio State University, Department of Animal Science.

11:30 a.m. - Virtual Farm Tour: Blue Star Dairy Farm III, DeForest, Wis.

1 p.m. - Grand International Red & White Show.

1 p.m. - Seminar: "Management of Footcare in Dairy Cows," by Jan Shearer, University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine.

1:30 p.m. - Virtual Farm Tour: Heller Farm, Inc., Alma Center, Wis.

2 p.m. - Central National Brown Swiss Show (dry cows, bulls and heifers).

2:30 p.m. - Seminar: "Who is Managing Your Dairy Herd? Defining Roles, Titles & Job Descriptions," by Tom Fuhrmann, Dairy Works.


FRIDAY, OCT. 4:
7:30 a.m. - Central National Brown Swiss Show (cows and groups).

9:30 a.m. - Seminar: "Profit Potentials: Adding Cows & Replacing Used Cows," by John Fetrow, University of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine.

10 a.m. - Virtual Farm Tour: Kibler Dairy Farms, Inc., Warren, Ohio.

11 a.m. - Seminar: "Constructive Conflict Resolution," by Cheryl Stinski and Karen Dorn, Alternative Resolutions, Inc.

11:30 a.m. - Virtual Farm Tour: Twin-B Dairy Farms, Marathon, Wis.

12 noon - International Holstein Show (heifers).

1 p.m. - Seminar: "Forage Superbowl Winners Share Success Stories" by Tom McClellan, McClellan Farms, Inc., and Tom Crave, Crave Brothers Farm, LLC.

1:30 p.m. - Virtual Farm Tour: La Alegria S.A. and La Matilde, Elortonda, Argentina.

2 p.m. - Brown Swiss Premier Showcase Sale.

2:30 p.m. - Seminar: "Management Tips for Preventing E. Coli Coliform Mastitis Problems," by Jim Lunde, Merial.

7 p.m. - World Classic 2002 Holstein Sale.


SATURDAY, OCT. 5:
8 a.m. - International Holstein Show (bulls, dry cows, cows and groups).

9:30 a.m. - Seminar: "Planning for the Next Lactation," by David Rhoda, Evansville Veterinary Service.

10 a.m. - Virtual Farm Tour: Green Meadow Farms, Elsie, Mich.

11 a.m. - Seminar: "Why Worry About Amino Acids?" by Charles Schwab, University of New Hampshire, Animal, Nutrition, and Medical Laboratory Sciences.

11:30 a.m. - Virtual Farm Tour: Son-Bow Farms, Inc, Spring Valley, Wis.

1 p.m. - Seminar: "Financial Benchmarking: Are You Where You Should Be?" by Arlin Brannstrom, University of Wisconsin- Madison, Center for Dairy Profitability.

1:30 p.m. - Virtual Farm Tour: Ar-Joy Farm, Cochranville, Pa.

2:30 p.m. - Seminar: "Heifer Grower Panel: How to Keep Heifers Healthy," by Lewis Anderson, CalfSource, LLC; Ron Scherbring, Scherbring's Heifer Hotel; and Diana Lujano Gonzales, Camerio Heifer Ranch.


SUNDAY, OCT. 6:
11 a.m. - The Bill Graham World Dairy Center International Sweepstakes.

3 p.m. - Parade of Champions.

1. Ag markets diverged significantly Friday afternoon
2. Vilsack: Food, Farm and Jobs Bill critical for U.S. producers
3. Ag markets decidedly mixed on Friday morning
4. Dairy among best snacks for diabetics
5. Farmers dodge showers to plant corn at breakneck pace
6. Does farming make you fat?

1. Beware of the soy milk after-taste face
2. Monsters love milk, too
3. What sick day? Farmers take just three a year
4. Salma Hayek: Milk part of 'perfect' breakfast
5. Activists at the door
6. IDFA: Opposition to Dairy Supply Management mounts

1. Analysis: Dairy Security Act better for farmers, taxpayers
2. IDFA: Opposition to Dairy Supply Management mounts
3. World food supply depends on character, virtuous leadership
4. Commentary: Slanting the statistics
5. Cold spring stunts upper Midwest hay crop
6. Buffet concerned about soil and starvation