FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, February 18, 2008

For more information contact:
Bill Clary

(502) 564-4696

PROFITABILITY SUBJECT OF DAIRY MEETING

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky dairy farmers and industry representatives will have an opportunity to discuss ways to make dairy farming more profitable, export opportunities and new technology for the industry at the first combined meeting of three Kentucky dairy organizations in March in Cave City.

The Kentucky Dairy Partners meeting will bring together the Kentucky Dairy Conference, the American Dairy Association/Southeast United Dairy Industry Association, and the Kentucky Dairy Development Council at the Cave City Convention Center March 4-5. The KDDC and ADA/SUDIA will hold their annual meetings at the event.

Experts from the University of Kentucky and the University of Wisconsin will talk about dairy farm profitability and technology. Bruce Vincent, a motivational speaker from Montana, will speak at the luncheon on coming changes in the dairy industry. Producers Billy and Brenda Komar will talk about the expansion of their 900-cow Barren County dairy and the challenges they faced along the way. Dairy industry vendors will exhibit at the meeting. Two Holstein heifers will be given away to two producers at the close of the meeting.

A reception will kick off the event March 4 from 6-9 p.m. CDT. Exhibitors will showcase their products, and free ice cream from Chaney’s Dairy Barn of Bowling Green and other refreshments will be served. The meeting will open March 5 with registration at 8 a.m. and the welcome at 9.

Registration is $25. Dairy producers will receive two complimentary admissions per dairy farm permit.

For more information, contact Eunice Schlappi, the Kentucky Department of Agriculture’s dairy marketing specialist, at (502) 564-4983 or Jack McAllister at the University of Kentucky at (859) 257-7540.

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