Dairy heat stress road show planned

A series of seminars addressing dairy heat stress is planned by a consortium of universities and the USDA for late 2011 and early 2012. The “Dairy Heat Stress Road Show” will make the following stops:

• Okeechobee, Fla. – Dec. 6
• Camuy, PR – Dec. 8
• Stephenville, Texas – April 3, 2012
• Clovis, N.M. – April 4, 2012
• Tulare, Calif. – April 6, 2012

Each day-long seminar will cover cooling strategies, improving reproduction, nutritional considerations and economics related to heat stress.

Additional details and registration information.

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