HEARTof AMERICA DAIRY EXPO

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1 YOU ARE INVITED! HEARTof AMERICA DAIRY EXPO January 19-21, 2017 Springfield, MO Presented by: Register now for the Heart of America Dairy Expo in Springfield. All are Welcome! Our fifth annual Dairy Expo provides the largest dairy trade show in the southern Midwest along with nationally known speakers on timely topics directed to our needs, says Expo Chairman and dairy farmer Ted Sheppard of Cabool. This is your opportunity to get some answers, for your farm, from our speakers, industry friends and fellow attendees. (See the schedule on the next page for details!) Take a day or two, bring the family, and join us in Springfield. The Ramada Oasis Hotel and Convention Center offers a relaxing atmosphere with newly renovated sleeping rooms and a huge indoor pool. In addition, the Convention Center is conveniently connected to the Hotel and will house over 60 dairy exhibits and equipment inside. The Ramada is located on the north side of Springfield at Glenstone and Interstate 44, says Sheppard. Registration is free for dairy farmers and their families with a nominal registration fee for allied industry representatives. Dairy farmers and allied industry from surrounding states are encouraged to attend. Missouri s dairy organizations will also conduct board meetings and annual meetings during the Expo, says Dave Drennan, Expo Sales Manager. Don t forget that Branson is only 45 miles away from Springfield so we hope if you are coming a distance that you enjoy all Missouri has to offer, concludes Drennan. Enjoy the Ramada Oasis Hotel at the Heart of America Dairy Expo! Ramada Oasis Hotel and Convention Center is conveniently just off Interstate 44 at 2546 North Glenstone Avenue, Springfield, MO Sleeping room reservations may be made online at ramadaoasis.com or by calling or toll free Ask for the Heart of America Dairy Expo room rate of $71.50 plus tax. Rooms surrounding the indoor pool area have been reserved for attendees. If you would like to request one of these rooms, please inquire with the hotel. January 23-25, 2014 DON T MISS OUT! n Early Bird Seminar: How did the business of milking get to 2017 who are we competing with? Plus more... Grand Opening Trade Show Reception Thursday n Learn what s new from over 60 exhibits at the Trade Show n Network with producers from Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and southern Illinois n Missouri State Convention Cattle Sale Friday night n Enjoy the beautiful facility at the Ramada Oasis Hotel & Convention Center which includes a large indoor pool and is perfect for families n Extend your stay and visit the attractions of Branson, only 45 miles away Registration is free for dairy farmers and their families but meal reservations are required. For more information go to ofamericadairy.org Questions? Contact Dave Drennan, , FAX or dairystl@aol.com All dairy farmers and allied industry are invited to attend! For more information:

2 DAIRY EXPO SCHEDULE Ramada Oasis Hotel, Springfield January 19-21, 2017 Thursday, January 19, :30 p.m. Trade Show Set Up Through 5:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Grand Opening Buffet Reception Buffet in Trade Show 7:00 p.m. Early Bird Seminar in Trade Show: How Did the Business of Milking Get to 2017 Who are We Competing With? Gary Sipiorski, Dairy Development Manager,Madison, WI, sponsored by Milk Specialities Global 8:30 p.m. Recess Friday, January 20, :00 a.m. Registration/Check-in and Trade Show Open Coffee, Milk & Pastries sponsored by Novus, Phileo Lesattre Animal Care, Southwest Dairy Farmers and Waikato Milking Systems 9:25 a.m. Expo Welcome Ted Sheppard, Conference Chairman 9:30 a.m. Moving Ahead with Dairy Nutrition Technologies Randy Asher, Animal Science Consulting, Brookings, SD, sponsored by Alltech 10:10 a.m. Weekly Market Outlook live recording of Dr. Scott Brown, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, with Meghan Grebner Conant, Brownfield Ag News, Jefferson City, MO 10:50 a.m. Refreshment Break, sponsored by Missouri Dairy Growth Council, Missouri Trucking Association, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council and Southwest Dairy Farmers 10:50 a.m. Women in Dairy Social Moment with snacks, followed by Telling Your Farm s Story on Social Media: Tips and Tools for Success presented and sponsored by Midwest Dairy Association 11:20 a.m. Feeding Strategies with 2017 Milk and Feed Prices Dr. Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, sponsored by Multimin USA 12:00 Noon Pork Chop Luncheon sponsored by Hiland Dairy Foods Company, and Missouri Pork Association Keynote Address: Dairy Outlook for the Next 5 Years: How to Position the Farm Financially Gary Sipiorski, Dairy Development Manager, Madison, WI, sponsored by Central Life Sciences 1:30 p.m. Managing during Tough Financial Times Producer Panel, moderated by Reagan Bluel, University of Missouri, sponsored by BMO Harris Bank 2:10 p.m. Activating Research to Drive Sales and Grow Consumer Confidence Cindy Sorenson, Sr. Vice President Business Development, Midwest Dairy Association, sponsored by Midwest Dairy Association 2:50 p.m. President s Ice Cream Social, sponsored by Hiland Dairy Foods Company, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, F&H Food Equipment Company,Turner s Special Supply and Southwest Dairy Farmers 3:00 p.m. Sho-Mo Dairy Heifer Growers Association Annual Meeting 3:15 p.m. Missouri Dairy Association (MDA) 32nd Annual Meeting with Policy Development Session 4:30 p.m. MDA 32nd Annual Meeting adjourns 4:30 p.m. Missouri Holstein Association (MHA) Committee Meetings 5:00 p.m. Missouri Guernsey Breeders Association (MGBA) Committee Meetings 6:00 p.m. MHA pre-sale hospitality in trade show 6:30 p.m. MHA 2016 All-Missouri & Jr. All-Missouri Award Presentation and 2016 Cow of the Year Presentation 7:00 p.m. MHA State Convention Sale in Trade Show 7:00 p.m. MHA Juniors 7:00 p.m. MGBA Board Meeting Saturday, January 21, :00 a.m. Registration/Check-in and Trade Show Open Coffee, milk and pastries, sponsored by FCS Financial and Southwest Dairy Farmers 8:30 a.m. MHA Board Meeting 9:00 a.m. MHA Princess/Little Miss Interviews 9:00 a.m. MHA Annual Meeting 9:00 a.m. Missouri Junior Guernsey Breeders Meeting (MGBA Annual Meeting immediately following) 10:00 a.m. Missouri Brown Swiss Association Annual Meeting 10:00 a.m. Missouri Holstein Junior Association Annual Meeting 10:00 a.m. Missouri Jersey Cattle Club Annual Meeting 12:00 noon Trade Show Closes 12:00 Noon Luncheon sponsored by Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives 1:00 p.m. MHA Annual Meeting and Missouri Holstein Junior Association Reconvene 1:00 p.m. Missouri Ayrshire Association Meeting

3 DAIRY EXPO SPEAKERS Randy Asher Randy Asher is an independent Animal Science consultant focusing on nutrition and animal health. He helps troubleshoot dairies that have had or may have challenges with molds, yeasts, and mycotoxins. In addition he works with dairy producers on feedstuff and forage quality issues including the effects of molds, yeasts and mycotoxins on production. He has owned and operated his own consulting business for 15 years in Brookings, SD. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a degree in Animal Science. Randy s current research interests include fungal pathogenesis and hemorrhagic bowel syndrome in dairy cattle. Gary Sipiorski Dairy Development Manager, Vita Plus Corporation Gary spent seventeen years with the Citizens State Bank of Loyal, Wisconsin, as an agricultural loan officer and worked his way up to President and CEO where he serves on the Board of Directors. He graduated from the Graduate School of Banking in Austin, Texas. He did business primarily with dairy producers. Gary joined the Vita Plus Corporation on October 1, 2008, a 400 employee owned nutrition firm based in Madison, Wisconsin. He is a meeting advisor for the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin and writes for Hoard s Dairyman and many other agricultural publications. Dr. Scott Brown Scott Brown is an assistant extension professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Missouri and the state extension agricultural economist for University of Missouri extension. Brown has worked with U.S. Congress over the past two decades in determining the quantitative effects of changes in dairy and livestock policies and has testified regarding dairy and livestock policy issues before House and Senate Agriculture committees. He has worked extensively on federal and state dairy policy issues over the last three decades. Brown received his PhD degree in agricultural economics from the University of Missouri and his BS degree in agricultural business from Northwest Missouri State University. He grew up on a diversified farm in Northwest Missouri. Dr. Mike Hutjens Mike Hutjens was raised on a 313 acre, 70 cow grade Holstein farm near Green Bay, Wisconsin. From 1971 to 1979, Dr. Hutjens was extension dairy specialist at the University of Minnesota. He taught two courses in dairy cattle judging and coached the national champion team in 1978 at the World Dairy Expo. Since 1979, he has been a member of the University of Illinois Dairy and Animal Sciences Departments as extension dairy specialist. He resides in Savoy, IL, with his wife, Carol and five children (3 sons and 2 daughters) and seven grandchildren. Mike served six years in the U.S. Army Reserve ending as a specialist five with an honorable discharge. Mike retired from the University of Illinois in December, 2010 and will continue to teach part time. Cindy Sorensen Cindy Sorensen is Senior Vice President for Business Development with the Midwest Dairy Association (the dairy farmer checkoff program in the Midwest) and has over 30 years of experience with consumer packaged goods companies in the food industry. Prior to joining the Midwest Dairy Association, she gained industry experience while working for Nestle, and The Minute Maid Company, an operating group of The Coca-Cola Company. Her career led to positions with increasing responsibility in the areas of sales management, category management, and food broker management, with grocery, drug and mass merchandiser channel accountability. In her current role with the Midwest Dairy Association, she works in a consultative role with retailers, wholesalers and dairy product manufacturers to help them sell more dairy products on behalf of U.S. dairy farmers. Trade Show Hours Thursday, January 19, :00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Friday, January 20, :00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday, January 21, :00 a.m. - Noon

4 EXPO SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSOR: GOLD SPONSORS: Revitalizing the Dairy Industry! SILVER SPONSORS: BRONZE SPONSORS: n Alltech Gold Sponsor n Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives Saturday Luncheon Sponsor n Barenbrug USA Program Printing n BMO Harris Bank Silver Sponsor n Brownfield News Network Gold Sponsor n Cargill Friends of the Dairy Farmer n Central Life Sciences Gold Sponsor n DairyDealer.com Program Printing n FCS Financial Saturday Morning Refreshments and Program Printing n Federal Ag Supply Silver Sponsor n F&H Food Equipment Company Friday Afternoon Refreshments n Hiland Dairy Foods Company Platinum Sponsor n MFA Inc. Silver Sponsor EXPO SPONSORS: n Midwest Dairy Association Gold Sponsor n Milk Specialties Global Speaker Support Thursday Evening n MISCO Refractometer Program Printing n Missouri Agribusiness Association Friends of the Dairy Farmer n Missouri Corn Merchandising Council Silver Sponsor n Missouri Dairy Association Gold Sponsor n Missouri Dairy Growth Council Friday Morning Refreshments n Missouri Pork Association Bronze Sponsor n Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council Friday Morning & Afternoon Refreshments, and Friends of the Dairy Farmer n Missouri Trucking Association Friday Morning Refreshments n Multimin USA Inc. Gold Sponsor n Novus Friday Morning Refreshments n Nutriad Media Support n Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative Bronze Sponsor n Phileo Lesattre Animal Care Bronze Sponsor and Friday Morning Refreshments n Progressive Dairyman Gold Sponsor n Protect the Harvest Lanyard Sponsor and Friends of the Dairy Farmer n Southwest Dairy Farmers Milk for Breaks n Turner s Special Supply Friday Afternoon Refreshments n Udder Tech Inc. Program Printing n Waikato Milking Systems Friday Morning Refreshments and Program Printing n Wieser Concrete Bronze Sponsor EXPO EXHIBITORS n ABS Global n Agricultural Employment Services n Agricultural Stewardship Assurance Program n Agromatic Inc. n Albers Dairy Equipment n Alta Seeds n Animat-USA n BMO Harris Bank n Bobcat of Springfield n Brownfield News Network n Central Life Sciences n Dairy Farmers of America n Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship n Dairy Nutritions Plus, Soy Plus & Soy Chlor n DSG Equipment and Supplies, Inc. n Eagle Bank and Trust n Ecosyl Products Inc. n Fabick Cat n Federal Ag Supply n Flory Dairy Equipment/DeLaval n Hiland Dairy Foods n Jerden Dairy Company n Jim s Motors n Kent Nutrition Group n Kunafin The Insectary n Malden Specialty Soy n MASBDA n MFA Inc. n Mid-America Organic Association n Midwest Dairy Association n Midwest Milk Products n Missouri Beef Cattle Industry n Missouri Dairy Association n Missouri Dairy Hall of Honors n Missouri Department of Agriculture n Missouri Department of Conservation n Missouri Department of Natural Resources n Missouri Holstein Juniors n Multimin USA n Mycogen Seeds n Nextire Inc. n Olmix n Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative n Paul Mueller Company n Phileo Lesattre Animal Care n QC Moto n R&F Farm Supply n Select Sires MidAmerica n Seneca Dairy Supply n S&H Farm Supply n Soy Best n Springfield Valley Ag/CowKuhlerZ n Strong Animals n University of Missouri n USDA-FSA n USDA-NASS n Wacha Alfalfa Farms, LLC n Wieser Concrete n Winter-Dent & Company n Zinpro Corporation

5 REGISTRATION FORM Ramada Oasis Hotel & Convention Center Springfield, MO January 19-21, 2017 Registration is free for dairy farmers and their families but we do require meal reservations for planning purposes. Allied industry registration is $40.00 for the Expo (includes Thursday reception, both luncheons, breaks and handouts). Registration Names (please list all attending) Primary Registrant 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) Farm/Business Name Street Address City State Zip Phone Fax Your Veternairian s Name Dairy Farmer and Family Members Number of free reservations for Grand Opening Reception Thursday, January 19 Number of free lunch adult reservations for Friday, January 20 Number of free children s meals Number of free lunch adult reservations for Saturday, January 21 Number of free children s meals Allied Industry Registrants Number of Allied Industry $40 each = $ Number of Allied Industry Grand Opening Reception reservations for Thursday, January 19 Number of Allied Industry lunch reservations for Friday, January 20 Dinner Friday night is on your own before the Holstein State Sale in the Trade Show. Number of Allied Industry lunch reservations for Saturday, January 21 Payment Please make check payable to MDA. We are not able to accept credit cards at this time. Mail to Heart of America Dairy Expo at 1954 Sumter Ridge Court, Chesterfield, MO Mail, or Fax registration form Heart of America Dairy Expo, 1954 Sumter Ridge Court, Chesterfield, MO 63017, dairystl@aol.com or FAX Dairy farmers may also call in reservations to Dave at and leave their name(s), phone number and number of luncheon reservations for each day. heartofamericadairy.org

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