P R O G R A M M E     O F     A C T I V I T I E S

8:00am -12:00nn       Opening Ceremonies
12:00nn - 2:00pm      Lunch with speaker

2:00pm - 6:00pm       Session 1 – Quality Herd Build-Up and Genetics Improvement

                                 Forum A – Dairy Cattle
                                 Topic 1 – Breeds and breeding practices
                                 Topic 2 – Dam, heifer and bull management
                                 Topic 3 – Calving and calf rearing management
                                 Topic 4 – Animal Recording and Reporting System
                                 Topic 5 – Open Forum

                                 Forum B – Dairy Carabao
                                 Topic 1 – Breeds and breeding practices
                                 Topic 2 – Dam, heifer and bull management
                                 Topic 3 – Calving and calf rearing management
                                 Topic 4 – Animal Recording and Reporting System
                                 Topic 5 – Open Forum

                                 Forum C – Dairy Goat
                                 Topic 1 – Goat Prospect in the Philippines
                                 Topic 2 - Goat Breeds and Herds
                                 Topic 3 – Health Benefits of Goat Meat and Milk
                                 Topic 4 – Goat Meat and Milk Market
                                 Topic 5 – Open Forum

6:00pm - 8:00pm       Dinner with speaker

Day 2

8:00am - 12:00nn      Session 2 – Pasture development, Nutrition, Milk collection and
                                 quality control (MCQC), product development

                                 Forum A – Pasture Development and Nutrition
                                 Topic 1 – Grasses and legumes
                                 Topic 2 – Forage, silage, concentrate feeds
                                 Topic 3 – Vitamins, minerals, supplements, milk replacers
                                 Topic 4 – Open forum

                                 Forum B – Milking, collection and quality control
                                 Topic 1 – Milking protocol and systems
                                 Topic 2 – Quality standards, collection and delivery system
                                 Topic 3 – Product development
                                 Topic 4 – Open forum

                                 Forum C – Processing plant operation and management
                                 Topic 1 – Highland Fresh of NMFDC
                                 Topic 2 – Arce Dairy
                                 Topic 3 – Milk Joy of BAC
                                 Topic 4 – Open Forum

12:00nn - 2:00pm      Lunch with speaker

2:00pm - 6:00pm      Session 3 – Marketing, the dairy entrepreneur, dairying –
                                 a career and profession?

                                 Forum A – Marketing
                                 Topic 1 – Labeling, packaging, promotions, delivery
                                 Topic 2 – Situational analysis, market segmentation, product mix
                                 Topic 3 – DairyCon’s generic marketing strategies
                                 Topic 4 – Open Forum

                                 Forum B – The dairy entrepreneur
                                 Topic 1 – Gatas ng Kalabaw of DVF Dairy Farm
                                 Topic 2 – Milk Star of Alaminos Goat Farm
                                 Topic 3 – Commercial calf ranching
                                 Topic 4 – Open Forum

                                  Forum C – Dairying – a career and profession
                                 Topic 1 – AI, paravet technicians
                                 Topic 2 – Vetmeds, animal science and other professions
                                 Topic 3 – Overseas Filipino dairy workers
                                 Topic 5 – Agrarian Reform Communities’ (ARCs) Role in Dairy Development
                                 Topic 4 – Open Forum

6:00pm - 8:00pm       Dinner with speaker

8:00pm - 10:00pm     Socials

Day 3

8:00am - 12:00nn       Session 4 – Financing, grants and assistances

                                 Forum A – LBP and DBP Programs, Animal Insurance

                                 Forum B –ACPC and its conduit banks

                                 Forum C – PEF, FSSI, development agencies

12:00nn - 2:00pm      Lunch with speaker

2:00pm - 4:00pm      Session 5 – DairyCon General Assembly

4:00pm - 6:00pm      Closing ceremonies

NOTE: Schedules subject to change without prior notice.