Programs
Dairy and Livestock NEEDS (Nutrient and Environmental Education Days)
NEEDS is for all professionals involved with animal agriculture. This program will emphasize nutrient management in dairy precision feeding, alfalfa and grass-based feeding systems, no-tilling with manure and no-till forages. NEEDS is offered in 7 locations across Pennsylvania
- November 3, 2005 - Somerset County
(Oakhurst Tea Room, Route 31 West, Somerset, PA) - November 15, 2005 - Columbia County
(Bloomsburg Service Center, 702 Sawmill Road, Bloomsburg, PA - November 17, 2005 - Centre County
(Centre County Solid Waste Authority Building, Route 26 East, State College, PA) - February 22, 2006 - Indiana County
(Rustic Lodge, 2199 Oakland Avenue, Indiana, PA) - February 23, 2006 - Crawford County
(Chovy's Italian Casual Restaurant, 18228 Conneaut Lake Road, Meadville, PA) - February 28, 2006 - Berks County
(Berks County Ag Center, 1238 County Welfare Road, Leesport, PA) - March 2, 2006 - Dauphin County
(Dauphin Ag Service Center, 1451 Peters Mountain Road, Dauphin, PA)
Program Sponsors:
Dairy Alliance, a Penn State Cooperative Extension initiative
Penn State Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
NRCS
Lancaster Cooperative Extension
Continuing Education Credits:
ARPAS approved - 3
Final Certified Nutrient Management Plan Writers approved - 1.5
Certified Crop Advisers - pending
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Dairy Alliance benefits the individual farm in dealing issues that relate to
human resource management, business management, information technology, and
nutrient management.
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