Dairy Index

ASAE — the Society for engineering in agricultural, food, and biological systems

CO-SPONSORS:

American Dairy Science Association
American Society of Animal Science
Council for Agricultural Science & Technology
Federation of Animal Science Societies
International Association for Food Protection

MidWest Plan Service
National Dairy Council
National Mastitis Council
Natural Resources, Agriculture & Engineering Service (NRAES)
USDA, CSREES
U.S. Dairy Export Council

This historic hotel is conveniently located in downtown Fort Worth, one block north of the Fort Worth Convention Center, and less than 10 minutes from the Stockyards Historical District.

Radisson Plaza Fort Worth
815 Main Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Telephone: 817-870-2100
Fax: 817-882-1300

Radisson Toll Free Reservation number is 800-333-3333. Please identify yourself as being an attendee with the conference sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers.

Hotel rooms are $110 per night single or double plus taxes.

ALL HOTEL RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY DECEMBER 23, 2002.
Discounted rooms will not be available after this date.

PARKING
Daily hotel guest parking is available at a cost of $7.00 for self parking and $10.00 for valet parking.

1 Fort Worth Outlet Square
2 Caravan of Dreams
3 AMC Sundance 11 Theaters
4 Casa's Theater on the Square
5 Sid Richardson's Collection of Western Art

6 Modern Art Museum Art Gallery Store
7 AMC Palace 9 Theaters
8 Bass Performance Hall
9 Barnes & Noble Super Store
10 The Water Gardens

RENTAL CAR DISCOUNT
Special daily and weekly car rental rates are available to meeting attendees.

AVIS AWD Code: T107099 800-331-1600
HERTZ Code: CV#022L0804 800-654-2240 Online at: www.hertz.com
NATIONAL Code: 6801135 800-227-7368 or Online at www.nationalcar.com

GROUND TRANSPORTATION
The hotel is located just 25 minutes from D/FW International Airport (by cab). Shuttle service to the hotel is available through SuperShuttle located at the Ground Transportation of the airport. Cost is $16 per person one way. No advance reservation required. (If traveling by shuttle allow 45 minutes to 1 hour for arrival at the hotel or airport.)

AIRPORT
The local airport is the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (D/FW). Special airline travel discounts are available to attendees by using the following reservation phone numbers and codes:
AMERICAN
Code:9413AP 800-433-1790

DELTA
Code for Domestic DMN192563A
Code for International DMN192564A
800-241-6760 (M-S 8:00am-11:00pm EST)

NORTHWEST/CONTINENTAL/KLM
Code: NMY2M 800-328-1111 (M-F 7:30am-7:30pm CT)

SOUTHWEST
Code J9224 800-433-5368
(M-F 7:00am-8:00pm; S-S 8:30am-5:30pm CT)

US AIRWAYS
Code: Gold File 2662598 877-874-7687 (8:00am-9:30PM ET)
Online at usairways.com Code MTG002176

Attendees will be able to take in over 50 presentations covering a variety of specialty fields and given by speakers from around the world. A few of our program’s key lead-in speakers include:

DEWAYNE DILL - QUALITY MANAGEMENT STANDARDS
Dewayne has been a Senior Consultant with Dairy Strategies since the inception of the company five years ago. Prior to that he spent time in the feed division of Land O' Lakes and as an Assistant Professor and Dairy Extension Specialist at the University of Illinois. He received three degrees from the University of Illinois, completing a Ph.D. in 1989. His expertise is in dairy management systems with a particular emphasis on computer technology and information systems. He is the author of many commercial software applications and continues to leverage technology when appropriate to improve efficiency and bring value to clients. More recently, he provides leadership to the introduction of HACCP and ISO principles to dairy businesses. In 1997 the American Dairy Science Association awarded him the Young Animal Science Leader Outstanding Agribusiness Award.

CHARLES E. GARDNER - YOUNGSTOCK HEALTH
Dr. Gardner (DVM, MBA), Director of Agway TSPF Heifer Program, Agway Feed and Nutrition Company, joined Agway in September of 1999. He grew up in southern New Jersey, and worked on his uncle’s dairy farm. He attended the College of Agriculture at Cornell from 1967 –1969, then transferred to Veterinary College, and graduated from Veterinary School in 1973. He joined the Ackermanville Veterinary Hospital, doing mainly dairy cattle practice. In 1989, he started Dairy Management Consultants, a practice specializing in dairy herd management. Dr. Gardner became board certified as a specialist in dairy practice in 1993, and received an MBA from Moravian College in May of 1999. Dr. Gardner writes a regular column in Hoard’s Dairyman.

WILLIAM G. BICKERT - MANURE MANAGEMENT
Dr. Bill Bickert is a Professor in the Agricultural Engineering Department at Michigan State University. His 25+ years of Extension and research activities have emphasized livestock facilities, including; designs related to transition housing for dairy calves, full wall ventilation for barns, improved freestalls, equipment for separating sand from sand-laden manure, systems for managing manure, and other innovations in facilities. Previous research dealt with automated milking systems, which led to the development of an automatic milking machine detacher. Parlor mechanization and new milking center designs continue to appear in his work. The overall focus of his efforts is developing designs for dairy facilities that enhance dairy farm profitability. Manure management receives special emphasis as an integral aspect of the farm production system and an issue external to the farm.

MARVIN HOEKEMA - FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Marvin grew-up on a progressive dairy farm in Washington State. After completing a B.S. at Washington State University and an M.S. at the University of Florida, he coordinated the Dairy Business Analysis Project in the southeast US. He joined Dairy Strategies as a Consultant in 2000. He brings both a practical and analytical background in managerial economics and dairy business analysis and management to the consulting team. He currently works on dairy development, analysis, and risk management projects in the Southeast, South, and Western US in addition to Dairy Business Decision workshops in Australia and elsewhere.