MSU ANIMAL AND DAIRY SCIENCES DEPARTMENT

DAIRY EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

Monthly Newsletter

  • Timely articles on Dairy Marketing and Management
  • Monthly DHIA Honor Roll
  • Notification of Seminars and Workshops
  • Articles provided by MAFES, CVM and Extension personnel

DHIA Activities

  • Administer State Program
  • Train Supervisors
  • Employee Records
  • Accounting
  • Quality Control
  • NDHIA Quality Certification Requirements
  • Computer Software Training
  • Producer Support
  • Records Analysis and Interpretation
  • Association Meetings
  • Group Workshops
  • Individual Consultation
  • Interstate Programs
  • Joint MS-LA Supervisor Training
  • Producer Software Training
  • Laboratory Analysis

Producer Education Programs

  • Producer Meetings
  • County Dairy Days
  • Annual MS-LA Dairy Management Conference
  • Nutrition and Management Workshops
  • Ration Balancing
  • Forage and Feed Testing
  • Statewide Dairy Field Day
  • Dairy Marketing-Federal Order Reorganization

Breed Association Activities

  • Production Sales
  • Association Meetings
  • Junior Production Contests-Holstein and Jersey
  • Outstanding Boy and Girl Competition-Holstein and Jersey
  • Breed Shows
  • 2 year old Holstein and Jersey Futurity

4-H Dairy Programs

  • Shows
  • District Shows
  • Junior Round-Up
  • State Fall Dairy Shows
  • Mississippi State Fair Junior and Open Shows
  • County Shows
  • Dairy Contests

District Junior Competitions

  • Visual presentations (Production and Manufacturing)
  • Dairy Products Judging

Club Congress

  • Visual presentations (Production and Manufacturing)
  • Dairy Products Judging
  • Dairy Poster Contests
  • Dairy Bowl-Junior and Senior Contests

4-H Dairy Sweetheart Contest

4-H Pretty Cow Contest

District Junior Dairy Judging Contests (4)

State Senior Dairy Judging Contest

Dairy Records Competition-Junior and Senior

  • National 4-H Dairy Conference
  • State 4-H Dairy Conference

Cooperative Extension Programming with Louisiana

  • Memorandum of Understanding
  • Forage Testing
  • Shared Research Data
  • DHIA Educational Programs
  • MS-LA Dairy Management Conference
  • Joint Extension Agent Training
  • Planning Educational Programs

Other Industry Involvement

  • Dairy Inspection Committee
  • Re-writing Regulations
  • Training Health Department Environmentalists
  • Cooperating with Marketing Organizations
  • Involved in industry sponsored meetings

Future Program Plans

  • Management Education workshops
  • Management for Success
  • Focus Workshops
  • Dairy Employee Training
  • Financial Planning

For more information contact Dr. Reuben Moore

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