Healthy Calf Barn Meeting

Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Healthy Calves are key to performance and profitability of regional beef and dairy farms. This workshop will combine practical and applicable ideas in an idea-sharing , peer-group type environment. Following a light lunch, the farm hosts, the Deysenroth family, will share their calf raising program and successes followed by Linsday Ferlito, from Cornell Pro-Dairy demonstrating proper tubing methods of a new life size calf model. Lindsay will also present FARM program updates regarding proper calf care and welfare. Farmers will practice using esophageal feeders on the model calf. After the demonstration, the PFM team will facilitate a calf health idea generating session with regional farms sharing successes, challenges and question with their peers.

Fee

Free

Register

https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/CalfHealthWorkshop26_212

Contact

Meghan Potter, MS
Precision Feed Management Team Leader, WAP
mp2356@cornell.edu
(607) 510-7065

Location

Byebrook Farm
7531 County Hwy 18
Bloomville, NY 13739

Last updated April 13, 2026

Cornell Cooperative Extension

Delaware County