Operations Managers Conference

January 31 – February 1, 2023

Agenda

6301 State Route 298, East Syracuse, New York, USA

The Operations Managers Conference, presented by PRO-DAIRY and NEDPA, provides an opportunity for people responsible for day-to-day activities on dairy farms to increase their management and operations skills while interacting with other managers and suppliers. A variety of topics presented by local and national dairy leaders will offer education and applicable strategies for management teams, whether their focus is cows, crops or people.

Keynote Presentations

• The Intersection Between Animal and Human Wellbeing and Productivity
• Everything You Must Know About Sleep But Are Too Tired to Ask!
• Earning Public Trust in Modern Dairy Practices
• Farm Safety Programs: The Importance of Prioritizing Continuous Improvement

HR Breakout Sessions

• Creating a Culture of Safety in Your Workplace
• Structure: Reducing Chaos and the Broken Stove Meetings
• Improving Communication Among English- and Spanish-speaking Team Members
• Conflict Management for Those Who Don’t Love Conflict Management
• Utilizing Technology Within Training Systems
• Lean 5S: Making the Physical Workplace Work

Focused Breakout Sessions

• Dairy

• Improving Dairy Herd Health Monitoring and Management Using Automated Monitoring Technologies
• Using Employee Level Reporting to Get Better Outcomes for Your Team
• Calf Barn Ventilation
• Epidemiology of Bovine Colostrum Yield and Brix % in New York herds

• Crops
  • What is Net Zero and What Does It Mean to Me as a Middle Manager?
  • Planting Green: Advantages of Delayed Cover Crop Termination in Western New York
  • Corn Planter Workshop
  • CAFO Manure Applicator Training