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Early bird registration for the conference, held in Rochester, Minn., ends May 1.

April 30, 2019

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SECOND INTERNATIONAL EVENT: This is the second time that the International Precision Dairy Conference will be held in Rochester, Minn. The first event was held in 2013.Paula Mohr

Early bird registration for the 2019 International Precision Dairy Conference scheduled for June 18-20 in Rochester, Minn., ends soon.

Early bird registration ends May 1 and online registration closes June 12.

The two-day conference, held at the mayo Civic Center, will have five plenary talks and 36 breakout talks, along with two poster sessions and a small trade show.

The event includes speakers from the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, Europe and 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-min 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, go online and check out the conference website.

An optional dairy farm tour (separate registration) will follow the two-day conference on June 20 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For more information contact Marcia Endres, conference planning committee chairperson, [email protected], 612-624-5391.

Source: University of Minnesota Extension, which is solely responsible for the information provided and is wholly owned by the source. Informa Business Media and all its subsidiaries are not responsible for any of the content contained in this information asset.

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