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40+ years as a premier conference for dairy producers, industry and academics. March 5-8

05/17/2024

Missed out on ? You can now download speaker papers and abstracts at https://wcds.ualberta.ca/proceedings/

03/25/2024

Congrats again to our student scholarship winners! Diego Martinez (UAlberta) and Waseem Shaukat (UCalgary).

And thank you to our student sponsors Alltech and Jaylor for making our scholarship possible.

03/20/2024

Missed out on the Virtual Farm Tours? You can now view all 3 farm tour videos on our website! Thank you to the participating farms and Story Brokers Media House for another outstanding producer panel this year!!

Clanman Jerseys, Detimdale Holsteins
https://wcds.ualberta.ca/wcds-virtual-farm-tours/

03/09/2024

That's a wrap on . Almost 900 registered and more attending the tradeshow! Thank you to our sponsors, speakers and organizers for another great year! And thank you to everyone who came together to learn, network and support !

Stay tuned for more pics!

03/08/2024

An outstanding showing from our graduates students at ! We had our presentation competition, poster competition and 6 Universities displaying posters.

Congratulations to the competition finalists!

03/08/2024

Thank you to our incredible Producer Panel for showcasing sustainability and resilience on your farms!! And thank you to our audience for all of your questions.

The farm tour videos will be available on the WCDS website soon!

Detimdale Holsteins, Clanman Jerseys, ShultzFamilyFarm

03/07/2024

The Transition Management Session covered the interaction between peripartum nutrition/health/repro and using dry period data to improve lactation. Thank you José Santos and Barry Bradford!

03/07/2024

The Nutrition Session at covered feeding free-choice hay, feed preference and DMI. Thank you to our speakers Masahito Oba and Paul Kononoff!

03/07/2024

We had a great night at the banquet last night! Thank you to for another wonderful performance!!

03/06/2024

Check out the door prizes for the student poster competition! Vote on your favourite poster and be entered to win (prizes announced at the Thursday evening reception).

Thank you to our sponsors Robinson Bioproducts, Benchmark Commodities,

03/06/2024

Session 1 - Sustainability through Resilience. Thank you to our speakers Matthew Gaudreau, Connie McLellan and Annie AcMoody that presented on the pillars of sustainability. Canadian Dairy Commission Ducks Unlimited Lactanet

03/06/2024

A great start to our speaker sessions! Our keynote speakers Dianne Finstad and Sara Place had a fireside chat to discuss the future of sustainability in the dairy industry.

03/06/2024

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the opening reception! A great way to kick off our trade show! We are so excited for the rest of our program this week. See you tomorrow!!

03/05/2024

Getting set up for ! We couldn't be happier with our new event centre!! See you tonight at 7 for the opening reception.

03/05/2024

Setting up for ! We couldn't be happier with our new event centre!! See you tonight at 7 for the opening reception.

03/04/2024

The starts tomorrow! Join us for our opening reception at 7PM for cocktails, refreshments and live music featuring The Bix Mix Boys.

You can still register online or at the door. Thank you to our speakers, sponsors and organizers! www.wcds.ca

02/29/2024

Meet our Gold Plus sponsor Ceva Animal Health. Ceva offers an expanding range of cattle products to Canadian customers, including anti-infective, anti-inflammatory, reproductive health and custom vaccines.

02/28/2024

Make the most of your with a sponsor workshop!
Agrai-Dairy Mart Ltd is hosting a Rotary & TSR Tour of 3 local dairies with DeLaval specialist Jeff Hahn. Tuesday Mar 5 from 10:30 AM - 5 PM.

More info athttps://wcds.ualberta.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/57/2024/02/Rotary-TSR-tour_March-5th.pdf

02/27/2024

1 week to go for ! With our new Event Centre we will have our biggest tradeshow ever! And with our incredible speaker line-up, virtual farm tours and industry receptions, you don't want to miss out.

You can still register online at www.wcds.ca or at the door

02/26/2024

Thank you to our Bronze Sponsors!
Your continued support helps us deliver top speakers, keep registration prices low and makes the seminar possible!

To view all of our sponsors visit https://wcds.ualberta.ca/sponsors/

02/22/2024

Meet your Producer Panel for !

Our final panelist is Arjan de Lange from Detimdale Holsteins in Millet AB. Arjan will be discussing their new, state of the art dairy barn built after losing their previous barn to a fire in 2020

Sponsored by Dairy Lane Systems
www.wcds.ca

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Videos

We are thrilled to bring back virtual farm tours as part of the producer panel for #WCDS2024! And here is a teaser for what we have in store! Stay tuned next week for more info on each of the farms. Thank you to the participating farms and Story Brokers Media House!

2023 WCDS Farm Tours

We'll never get tired of re-watching these amazing farm tours 😍 Thanks again to the participating farms! Back by popular demand, the #WCDS2024 will once again have 3 incredible virtual tours as part of the producer panel! If you missed out on the 2023 tours, you can find those videos on our website. www.wcds.ca Creekside Cheese + Creamery Diamond Holsteins Ltd #canadiandairyfarmer #cdndairy #cdnag