56th Annual DHI-Provo Herd Management Training Conference

November 4–6, 2009 in Provo, Utah

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Wednesday, Nov. 4th, 4:00 PM–7:00 PM:

Registration
Reception and Tour at DHI-Provo
Update Customer Notebook Computers

Thursday, Nov. 5th, 8:00 AM

Learn how to use EZfeed™ to efficiently feed your livestock.

Morning—General Session Presentations:
- Drug Tracking Procedures—DHI-Provo
- Heat Detection—Joe Dalton, University of Idaho Extension
- Sexed Semen and Genomics—A.I. Industry Panel (Select Sires, Alta Genetics and ABS Global)
Afternoon—Tour of Brigham Creek Dairy in Elberta, Utah (Transportation will be provided by DHI-Provo)
Evening—Banquet

Learn how to use DHIPlus™ to gain access to your animal's history and information.

Friday, Nov. 6th, 8:00 AM–3:00 PM:

Breakout Sessions

Dairy Tour to Brigham Creek Dairy in Elberta, Utah

Join us Thursday, Nov. 5th for a tour of Brigham Creek Dairy in Elberta, Utah. The dairy is a 40 minute drive from the DHI-Provo office. We will provide transportation from DHI-Provo and back. Brigham Creek Dairy has 4300 cows with RHA Milk 26,500 LBS. Come see how this progressive operation utilizes DHI-Plus for daily herd management. Tasks such as vet check, shots and inventory are managed with the Pocket DHI-Plus RFID system. Complete feed management is done with the EZFeed feed management system. The EZFeed wireless system is used to quickly update feed intakes and monitor feed efficiencies. The TenXsys SmartBolus® system will be demonstrated.