A national conference, "Dairy Housing and Equipment Systems", will be held February 1-3, 2000, in Harrisburg, PA, sponsored by NRAES. The conference is designed for a diverse group of agricultural and industry professionals, including dairy farm owners and managers; advisors and consultants; builders and facility designers; extension and university educators and researchers, equipment suppliers, etc.

The conference program includes sessions on cow comfort, decisions and management; planning new facilities; system management; environmental control for cow comfort; freestall design and management; facilities management and health; designing and managing the feed area; and special cow needs and management. Panel discussions and a trade show will supplement the numerous presentations.

For more information or a conference brochure, contact NRAES at (607) 255-7654 or NRAES@CORNELL.EDU. A web site is WWW.NRAES.ORG.

Bill Bickert