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Registration for this summer’s NMC Regional Meeting, scheduled for August 12-13, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, is now open. The conference begins with short courses and a farm tour on Tuesday, August 12. An evening reception will be held at legendary Lambeau Field, with an optional Lambeau Field tour available.

The main general session program will be held all day on Wednesday, August 13. The theme of the program,” Heat, Humidity and High Quality Milk: Tackling the Summertime Blues”, will focus on topics related to managing the environment, the cow and the people involved with preventing mastitis and producing quality milk.

New this year — NMC will offer a special seminar for Spanish-speaking farm employees who are involved in the milking process. The seminar, to be held on Wednesday, August 13 from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, will be taught entirely in Spanish. Instructors are native Spanish speakers with experience in training milking personnel.

[Program and registration details.]

Applications are now being accepted for the NMC Scholars Program. Successful applicants will receive a travel scholarship to attend the 48th NMC Annual Meeting, January 25-28, 2009, in Charlotte, North Carolina. A maximum of four scholarships will be awarded. At least two scholarship recipients will be graduate students at a university or college outside of the United States and Canada. The application deadline is July 31, 2008. [Read more here.]