There’s Still Time to Sign Up for Animal Care Workshops

Happening In Clinton and Berks Counties on April 16 & 23

There’s still time to sign up for two free animal care workshops happening this April! The workshops are happening on the following dates in Clinton and Berks Counties:

Tuesday, April 23 in Berks County – Register today.
Mohrsville Church of the Brethren
1542 Shoey Road
Mohrsville, PA, 19541

Hosted by the Center for Dairy Excellence, the Professional Dairy Managers of PA (PDMP), the PA Beef Council and Penn State Extension, the events will help you and your dairy team boost your skills and get certified in key animal welfare areas within the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program:

• Lameness, Locomotion, Euthanasia and Fitness to Transport — Learn about the FARM locomotion scoring system, how fitness to transport affects culling decisions on dairy operations, and euthanasia protocols for dairy employees.
• Think Beef, Meat Quality Matters — Learn how to give shots in ways that will maximize beef quality and reduce risk condemnations on cattle.
• Animal Handling and Stockmanship – Learn how to more efficiently and patiently sort and move cattle using groups of heifers that are weaned up to six months old.

There will also be a session focused on biosecurity and the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) affecting dairy cattle. A certificate will be provided to help those attending from your farm demonstrate compliance with the National FARM training requirements.

Click here to RSVP for one of the workshops. We hope to see you there!

Note: Due to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) being confirmed in dairy cattle herds in the U.S., and out of an abundance of caution for this biosecurity concern, the workshops have been moved off-farm. More details about the biosecurity concern will be shared at these workshops as well.