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Upcoming Events
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Visit the WIDA web site for a full list of events
ISDA Fall Policy Input Meeting
Orange City, IA
October 26th
I-29 Moo University Dairy Tours
Central Minnesota
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2016 Silver Sponsors
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Reminder: Policy Input Session in Orange City
Join WIDA and ISDA board members and leaders on Monday, October 24th at 11:30am in the Sioux County Extension Office in Orange City for a policy input session. Learn more about how ISDA represents dairy farmers at the state capitol in Des Moines and provide your input on how both WIDA and ISDA should be involved in federal issues. Input on ISDA policy statements will be brought up for vote by delegates at the January 2017 annual meeting. You may review current ISDA policy prior to the meeting by visiting the ISDA website
www.iowadairy.org and clicking on the link to the 2016 ISDA Policy.
If you are unable to attend the policy drafting meeting but would still like to submit policy comments, you may mail or email them to Sue Ann Claudon at sueannc@iowadairy.org. All policy comments must be received by Wednesday, November 23, 2016.
Lunch will be provided. RSVP today to us at 712-441-5308 or info@wiadairy.com.
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Save the Date - WIDA Annual Meeting
Our annual meeting is set for January 23, 2017 at Prairie Winds Event Center in Orange City, IA.
Join us for a fun evening as we will also be celebrating our 10 year anniversary. We will have a meal, our business meeting, and some entertainment to finish off the night. This year, we are excited to have Tim Moffett, also known as Tim the Dairy Farmer, join us and provide us with a night of fun and laughter. Check out Tim's website to learn more about him:
http://www.agcomedian.com/.
More details about our annual meeting will be added to our
website as we get closer to the event.
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PDPW Human Resources Workshop Set for Feb. 3, 2017
Have questions about hiring, retaining, and engaging top notch employees in your dairy operation? PDPW's Dairy Human Resources workshop can help! WIDA will be hosting the workshop in Orange City at the Sioux County Extension office on Friday, February 3, 2017. This training provides a basis for creating an effective, productive hiring and on-boarding system that will retain top talent (eagles) and repel the rest (turkeys). Participants will walk away from this workshop with information and tools that will help them recruit and hire the best, develop a team of eagles, and engage and retain their employees. Attendees will also hear from a panel of dairy producers on how they hire, retain, and grow employees.
Click here to check out the brochure to learn more about the workshop and how you can get signed up.
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Communications Workshop
Want to learn how you can be an even better advocate for the dairy industry? We can help! WIDA is interested in hosting a communications workshop for its members and industry partners. WIDA would have communications experts from Midwest Dairy Association lead the workshop, and they would provide you with tools, resources, and hands on learning experiences that will help you be a better spokesman for the industry.
If we get enough interest, we will host the workshop. Please contact us at 712-441-5308 or at info@wiadairy.com if you would be interested in attending a communications workshop.
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New Workshop Series for Early Career Dairy Farmers
The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team is offering a new Start to Farm workshop series for beginning and early career dairy farmers. The workshops will start on November 17 and end in March. Workshops will take place in the Center Board Room at Dordt College from 12:00-2:00 p.m. These workshops aim to help dairy farmers manage and grow their dairy business. For more information about the workshops,
click here.
The workshops are free, but registration is requested. To register, contact the Sioux County Extension Office at 712-737-4230 or e-mail Beth Doran at doranb@iastate.edu.
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Nebraska Dairy Extension Workshops
Nebraska Dairy Extension has two upcoming workshops in November and December. The first workshop will focus on rearing young stock for dairy and beef production and will take place in Beatrice, NE on November 9 and in Norfolk, NE on November 10. Speakers will discuss pre and post weaning nutrition, heifer development nutrition, alternative protein sources in rations, and much more. Check out the workshop brochure
here for more details.
The second workshop series will focus on risk management, and the two-day workshop will take place on December 8 & 9 in Lincoln, NE. This will be a hands-on-workshop as producers will be developing dairy business plans, analyzing balance sheets, creating cash-flow budgets, and more. Learn more about this workshop
here.
WIDA will cover the cost of registration for all WIDA members for both workshops. When filling out the registration form, be sure to indicate you are a WIDA member by including WIDA after your first name.
The registration forms can be found on the
Nebraska Dairy Extension website.
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I-29 Moo University Tours
The theme for the I-29 Moo University this year is "How can I survive 'Mooving' forward?" Tours will take place on October 26, 2017. Participants will be touring dairies in Central Minnesota and will hear presentations from Betty Berning, University of Minnesota Regional Extension Educator, and Brad Heins, Associate Dairy Professor at University of Minnesota.
WIDA will cover the cost of registration for all WIDA members.
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Fall Dairy Tour
Northeast Iowa Dairy Foundation along with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will be hosting a fall dairy trip this year on November 10-11, 2016. Tours this year include Genex Facilities, Milk Source Genetics & Tidy View Dairy, Wichman Farms, Meadow Brook Dairy, and Sassy Cow Creamery. This trip is a great way to see and learn more about dairies of different sizes and management.
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