Digi-Star will be hosting a series of educational sessions for dairy producers at World Dairy Expo. The educational sessions will help dairy producers untangle the new precision feeding technology available today. Sessions will take place daily in the Digi-Star hospitality tent number 731, located in the outdoor trade mall.
“Technology offers immense opportunities for dairymen to improve feed management, but with those opportunities also come significant challenges. These challenges can be easily overcome with some basic analysis," says Chris Horton, Digi-Star product development manager.
Class schedule:
“Radios, Apps and WiFi Oh My!” will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday (9/30), Wednesday (10/1) and Friday (10/3).
This session will discuss available precision technology, including mixer wagon technologies, radio, Wi-Fi and app technology. Attendees will learn how different technologies fit varying styles of farming and will be provided a list of questions that will help them work with local equipment dealers to identify the best technology and system to meet their individual farm needs. Anyone with multiple mixers, feeders and farms will benefit from attending.
“TMR Tracker Training” will be held at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday (9/30), Wednesday (10/1), Thursday (10/2), Friday (10/3) and Saturday (10/4).
This session will identify how the TMR tracker program can improve farm management, how to implement the system on the farm, a look at features that might be underutilized on-farm and how to implement and benefit from the new features being released this fall. Anyone that is a current TMR tracker user or is a potential user will benefit from attending.
“NIR Precision Feeding” will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday (9/30), Wednesday (10/1), Thursday (10/2) and Friday(10/3).
This session will help explain what NIR technology is and how it compares with other feed analysis options. Supporting nutrition consultants Dr. John Goeser and Courtney Heuer from Rock River Laboratory will be presenting. These sessions will provide an explanation of NIR technology, demonstrate NIR technology precision and accuracy relative to other moisture measures, and review proper sampling techniques and protocols to gather an accurate feedstuff moisture analysis.
Educational sessions are free to World Dairy Expo attendees and will be held in the Digi-Star hospitality tent number 731, located in the outdoor trade mall. Email sales@digi-star.com for more information. PD
—From Digi-Star news release
