COLUMBUS, Ohio As
dairy farms become larger, dairy
owners must hire more people to
do more specialized jobs.
If these new employees aren’t
trained property, a farm’s milk
quality and production levels
could suffer, said Maurice East
ridge, Ohio Slate University Ex
tension dairy farm management
specialist.
“Someone new to dairy farming
may not know how to recognize
when cows have mastitis or when
and how to treat them,” Eastridge
said.
“They may not know the im
portance of sanitizing milk lines to
keep milk quality high. Or, they
may not realize that treating cows
poorly ex' abruptly changing milk
ing routines could affect produc
tion.”
To help train recently hired
dairy farm employees and people
pursuing work on a dairy farm,
Ohio State University Extension
and the Agricultural Technical In
stitute will hold its first Dairy
Farm Employee Short Course
March 24-26 at ATI in Wooster.
“The short course was devel
oped specifically for dairy
employees who are in the parlor
milking or out in the bam or pas
ture feeding cows. It’s not neces
sarily a program for the farm own
er,” Eastridge said. “It’s several
days of focused training, not just a
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On Tuesday, March 24, partici
pants will get an introduction to
the dairy industry and its import
ance to world food production.
Animal behavior, detecting when
a cow is in heat and observing ani
mals for health problems also will
be discussed.
Participants can choose to
spend Wednesday learning about
either milking management or
feeding management
Anatomy and physiology, sani
tation, milk, quality, milking pro
cedures, mastitis control, abnor
mal and normal milk, and milking
systems will be covered in the
milking section.
Feeding management topics
will include digestive anatomy
and physiology, dry matter intake.
Total Mixed Ration (TMR) man
agement feed types and charac
teristics, feed storage, nutrition
and herd health, and working with
a feed salesperson.
Feed is the greatest variable
cost of producing milk, Eastridge
said. If there is a feeding problem,
milk production may respond dra
matically and quickly.
For example, higher moisture
levels increase feed weight If the
moisture content of forage in
creases and feed radons are mixed
solely by weight and not dry mat
ter content a cow could receive
the same pounds of feed, but not
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the same amount of fiber and dry
matter. A lack of dry matter and
fiber can lower milk production
and cause digestive problems,
Eastridge said.
“The programs will be very
hands-on, with training at both
ATl’s dairy center and the Krauss
Dairy Center at the Ohio Agricul
tural Research and Development
Center,” Eastridge said. “We’ll do
some practice milking and feed
mixing.”
On Thursday, farm safety and
getting along with employers and
other employees will be dis
cussed.
“We’re trying to make the short
course more than just feeding and
milking training by including
other issues that are important to
dairy farm employees,” Eastridge
said.
In addition to many Ohio State
instructors, several dairy industry
representatives will speak during
the short course.
“We like to team up with indus
try people and draw upon their ex
pertise when conducting these
kinds of programs,” Eastridge
said.
People who complete the three
day short course will receive a cer
tificate verifying their completion
of the program. The certificate
may be helpful to people seeking
employment on a dairy, he said. If
the first-time program is success-
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The registration deadline for the
Dairy Farm Employee Short
Course is Feb. 27.
The S22S fee includes two
lunches, refreshment breaks and
course materials. Participants will
need to make their own lodging
reservations.
The course is limited to 50 peo
ple 25 each for Wednesday’s
milking and feeding management
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