The 39th Annual Conference was held at the Kellogg Center, East Lansing, Michigan, November 5/7, 2008. The conference was well attended. The Speakers were timely and interesting. The Task Forces accomplished a lot of work and we should see some new and revised guidelines shortly.
Terry Musson will be leaving the position of Executive Vice President as of January 1, 2009 and will be replaced Jeff Bloom. The office will be moving from New Jersey to Pennsylvania. The new contact Information will be
The Dairy Practices Council
319 Sprighouse Road
Newtown, PA 18940
Phone/Fax 215-860-1836
We now have all Guideline Sets available on CD.We are continuing our offer of 10% off and free shipping on all sets purchased on CD
We have translated the Power Point CD #85 �SIX STEPS TO SUCCESS, Lower Somatic Cell Counts Equals Higher Milk Quality� into Spanish. This is a Training CD and would be of great benefit to those producers or field people dealing with Spanish speaking employees. When you order GL #85 Specify Spanish Version in the remarks section.
For those receiving a Complete Set Update you should find the following
in your Packet:
Those receiving Electronic Copy:
Those receiving Electronic Copy Farm Set Updates received the same thing
only a Farm Set CD
Those receiving Electronic Copy Plant Set Updates received the same thing
but a Plant Set CD with revised GL�s #38 and #43 and GL #23 deleted
Those receiving Hard Copy:
Those receiving Farm Set Updates received the same guidelines and will receive
the Table of Contents and Index for a Farm Set.
Those receiving Plant Set Updates received GL # 38 and #43, the Table of Contents and Index for a Plant Set and the brochure.