High Plains Dairy Conference In-Person in Amarillo

The 2022 High Plains Dairy Conference will be held March 1-2, as an in-person meeting at the Embassy Suites, 550 S. Buchanan, Amarillo, Texas.

The Planning Committee has worked hard to provide a relevant program for area dairy producers and allied industry. Committee members include Joe Harner, Kansas State University; Jourdan Bell, David Anderson, Jennifer Spencer, Juan Pineiro and Dana Porter, all from Texas A&M AgriLife Extension; Robert Hagevoort, New Mexico State University; K.R. Averhoff, Blue Sky Farms; Greg Bethard, High Plains Ponderosa Dairy; Dwain Bunting, L. Dwain Bunting LLC; Josh Hoffman, Natural Prairie Dairy; Skipper Carlisle, Zinpro; Jeff Elliott, Balchem; Todd Bilby and Luis Mendonca, both from Merck Animal Health; Clyde Olmstead, DeLaval; Rodrigo Pedraza, Zoetis; Andy Schaap, Little Creek Dairy; John Van de Pol, Red Rock Dairy; Jesse van Waardhuizen, Cross Country Dairy; David Volleman, Wildcat Dairy; Matt Sattler, Diamond V; Sybrand van der Dussen, Rajen & Legend Dairies; and Michael Tomaszewski, U.S. Dairy Education & Training Consortium.

Registration fees vary by how many days you'll attend, if you're a student and whether there is more than one person attending from your organization. Check out fees at https://bit.ly/33DHg4l.

In addition to a full schedule of special speakers listed at http://highplainsdairy.org/, the program includes four producer panels:

- Beyond robots - Effects on cows, people and performance with Barbara Jones, Camila Lage and others

- Impact of federal farm policies on Western dairies with Ryan Miltner, Geoff Vanden Heuvel, Scott Brown and Jeremy Witte

- Beef on Dairy: Uteri for Rent - Semen or ET in hot climatates? with Paul Fricke and others

- Determining tools and metrics toward carbon neutrality for Western dairies with Rick Naerebout, Mark Stoermann and David Claiborne