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“A forum focused on improving milk quality“……

Register now for this year’s NMC Regional Meeting, scheduled for September 8-9, 2010, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The conference — targeted toward dairy producers, veterinarians, consultants, extension specialists, technical field staff and other dairy professionals –provides a forum for delivering and sharing information on practical, on-farm aspects of udder health, mastitis control, milking management, milk quality, and milk safety.

Check out the complete program and online registration here.

Be sure to register early if you are interested in taking one of the limited-enrollment short courses or farm tour!

Registration is now open for the NMC 49th Annual Meeting, to be held January 31 – February 3, 2010, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The conference, targeted towards all segments of the dairy industry interested in udder health, milking management, and quality milk production, features an outstanding program that will help attendees meet the evolving demands for milk quality. Over 400 people from around the world are expected to attend.

Click here for the complete program, hotel and travel information, and online registration.

Online registration is recommended. Not only is online registration fast, easy, and secure, you will also be automatically entered into a drawing for a cash gift card. Register today!

Get ready to make your plans for the upcoming NMC 49th Annual Meeting, scheduled for January 31-February 3, 2010 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Click here to find a preview of the presentations at the pre-conference symposium, general session, and short courses, as well as a link to online hotel reservations. Complete details, including registration, should be available online around November 21.

One of the popular sessions at the NMC annual meeting is the Technology Transfer Session (TTS). The TTS supplements the main program by providing mastitis and milk quality information through the use of posters and one-on-one interaction. The session is designed to provide a forum for exchanging information in an informal, relaxed atmosphere.

TTS participants also have the option to submit their poster presentation for consideration as an oral presentation during the Research and Development Summaries Session (R & D Session). This session is designed to offer an opportunity for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and research associates to be involved in the oral presentations at the NMC meeting.

Click here for additional information on participating in these sessions, which will be held during the upcoming NMC 49th Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2010 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The deadline for manuscript submission is October 30, 2009.

Program and registration information for the upcoming NMC Regional Meeting, May 27-28 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, is now available. The meeting is being held jointly with the Mid-Atlantic Consortium (MAC) Conference.

The meeting is targeted to all segments of the dairy industry interested in mastitis control and milk quality, including producers, extension educators and specialists, veterinarians, consultants, equipment and pharmaceutical suppliers, dairy plant field staff, and students. Click for details.

The 2009 NMC Regional Meeting will be held jointly with the Mid-Atlantic Consortium (MAC) Conference, May 27-28, 2009 at the Woodlands Inn and Resort in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

The Mid-Atlantic Consortium (MAC) has been conducting an inservice training program for the past 10 years for Extension educators and specialists in states from the Northeast and middle Atlantic regions. This year, NMC and MAC will team together for the first time to host a mastitis and milk quality conference that will be targeted to all segments of the dairy industry, including: extension educators and specialists, producers, veterinarians, consultants, equipment and pharmaceutical suppliers, field reps, and students. Click here for additional information.

Mark you calendars, and plan to attend the Joint NMC Regional Meeting and MAC Conference!

Papers and posters presented at the NMC 48th Annual Meeting, held January 25 – 28 in Charlotte, North Carolina, are available for viewing and downloading in the NMC Online Proceedings Library, which is accessible to NMC members in the “members only” section of the website. The proceedings library includes all the papers from the annual and regional NMC meetings back to 2001. Click here for the members-only page login page.

Printed copies of the proceedings will also be mailed to all NMC members who did not attend the meeting.

Not an NMC member yet? Click here for more information.

A special seminar for Spanish-speaking farm employees involved in the milking process will be held during the upcoming NMC Regional Meeting, August 12-13 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

The seminar, “Milking is a Specialist’s Job”, scheduled for Wednesday, August 13 from 9:30 am – 12:30 pm, will be taught entirely in Spanish. Subjects discussed will be related to milk production basics, its harvest and efficiency, and cow management in the parlor. Participants will gain an understanding of the factors that affect parlor throughput and quality of milk harvested. [Read more here.]

Next summer’s NMC Regional Meeting will be held August 12-13, 2008 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Located in Northeast Wisconsin, Green Bay is in the heart of dairy-country (and the home of the Green Bay Packers!). Mark you calendars now, and plan to attend the 2008 NMC Regional Meeting!!