CGIL Seminar - "Economic improvement of on-farm dairy cattle mating decisions"

Good afternoon CGIL,
 
This week we are happy to have Dr. Albert De Vries, professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Florida, to present for us on, Friday February 3rd, 2023. The seminar will begin at 1:30 PM EDT/EST on the virtual platform Microsoft Teams. The title of the presentation is: "Economic improvement of on-farm dairy cattle mating decisions".

Speaker Biography: Dr. Albert De Vries is a professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Florida, USA. He teaches undergraduate courses in dairy science, works with dairy farmers and the allied dairy industry in his Extension role, and conducts research related to dairy systems management. He also acts as associate department chair and undergraduate coordinator. Albert’s interests are in culling and replacement strategies, economics of reproduction and genetics, and precision dairy farming. Albert grew up on a mixed dairy, poultry, and pig farm in the Netherlands. He graduated from Wageningen University with an M.Sc. degree in animal science with a minor in agricultural economics. He received a Ph.D. in animal science from the University of Minnesota in St. Paul. He lives in Newberry, Florida, with wife Kim, their twin daughters, and five cats.

Information to attend: To join this seminar, please ensure you have downloaded the Microsoft Teams application to your computer, or join the meeting online by using the web browser version of Microsoft Teams. Please join the meeting with your microphone on mute and camera turned off. After the presentation, you can unmute the microphone, and optionally turn on the camera, if you wish to ask a question. Alternatively, should you wish to pose your question in the chat function, it will be monitored and asked to the presenter.

Teams Link to attend: https://teams.microsoft.com/dl/launcher/launcher.html?url=%2F_%23%2Fl%2Fmeetup-join%2F19%3Ameeting_MjMyNmVjNjgtMzNiYy00Y2YwLTk3MmYtM2NhMzJiM2U1MWRj%40thread.v2%2F0%3Fcontext%3D%257b%2522Tid%2522%253a%2522be62a12b-2cad-49a1-a5fa-85f4f3156a7d%2522%252c%2522Oid%2522%253a%2522522551ba-0e93-4d61-8464-d782a9e7306d%2522%257d%26anon%3Dtrue&type=meetup-join&deeplinkId=53d025b1-66d3-42ba-9b08-5015321fbfaf&directDl=true&msLaunch=true&enableMobilePage=true&suppressPrompt=true

*Recordings of previous CGIL seminars are available at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAQ_5WCTMRQ6Gs35yROqGIQ/featured
 
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
Kristin Lee and Samla Cunha