2025 CDCB Producer Exchange

Genetics for Progressive Dairies

Monday, March 31, 2025 – 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The Tuscany Ballroom, Peppermill Resort, Reno, Nevada
$50 registration fee to be collected by WDMC

PDF Schedule

12:30 p.m. | Registration Opens

1:00 p.m. | Welcome | Katie Schmitt CDCB Outreach Specialist

1:05 p.m. | CDCB News | João Dürr, Ph.D. CDCB CEO

1:25 p.m. | From Inbreeding to Crossbreeding – What Producers Need to Know | John B. Cole, Ph.D. CDCB Chief Research and Development Officer

2:00 p.m. | Genetic Strategies for Profitability | Producer Panel: TBD

3:00 p.m. | Milk Break

3:30 p.m. | The Value of Contributing Data to Genetic Evaluations | TBD

3:45 p.m. | Introducing New Genetic Selection Traits | Asha Miles, Ph.D. Research Geneticist, USDA-ARS
Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory

4:20 p.m. | April Evaluation Changes That Impact Your Herd | Taylor Marie McWhorter, Ph.D. CDCB Geneticist

4:55 p.m. | Closing Comments | João Dürr, Ph.D. CDCB CEO

5:00 p.m. | Reception

6:00 p.m. | Conclusion of event

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