2010 International Dairy Week
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Several different factors have combined to make the committee decide to hold its annual conference in conjunction with International Dairy Week at Tatura.
The high quality speakers we attract need around 12 months notice of an event. Consequently, due to the short time frame between making this decision and the date of the 2010 IDW, we will not hold a conference this coming year. In its place, we are planning to have a field day in the middle of the year – the details of this are not yet finalised but will be published on the website well prior to the day.
Our 2011 conference will be held in the Tatura Sports Club, which has been booked for the 17th Jan 2011; this is the first and quietest day of IDW. The venue can seat well over 200 and can provide morning and afternoon teas and lunch as well as an à la carte dinner.
This decision to change the venue will give us greater exposure to dairy farmers, who are the people who rear the majority of calves in Australia.
This coming year we will have a stand at IDW, with a view to promoting the P.C.R.A.A. to a wider range of dairy farmers, many of whom do not know we exist.
We look forward to talking to farmers about their heifers & hearing about their successes and failures. See you there!