Welcome to our winter, 2009. dairy newsletter! You are invited to attend one of our 2009 IL
Dairy Days across Illinois. You can review dates and locations near you
using our calendar of events feature in DairyNet. Two Internet classes will be offered this
spring 2009 semester.
- Advanced Dairy Nutrition begins on January 26th for 10 weeks (go our class web site at http://online.ansci.uiuc.edu/ for details, fees, enrollment, and class syllabus) which is led by Mike Hutjens and four faculty members.
- Milk quality and mastitis will be offered for 11 weeks beginning on January 28th. Dick Wallace will lead this class along with three faculty members.
Several new articles and resources are listed below including the 2008 Illinois Dairy Report featuring 22 articles and research reports that are key word searchable.
Another web site you may want to visit the national dairy extension which is
can be found at: www.extension.org/dairy_cattle. This web site has peer reviewed fact sheets, state news letters, and state web sites along with answers to frequently asked
questions (FAQ).
