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