2023

Great Lakes Regional
Dairy Conference

February 2-3, 2023 | Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Check out sessions on:

Learn strategies to improve employee management and leadership at the farm level.

Hear expert information on calf care, transition cows, manure management and more.

Learn the state of the industry. What’s Next and what will it mean for you?

Apply the  latest in economic efficiences, corn silage and cover crops to increase your bottom line.


“The planning committee has been committed to identifying speakers who will provide the latest and highest quality information on timely topics important to the region’s dairy producers, farm managers and dairy industry professionals. Our goal is to provide an engaging forum for all sectors of the dairy industry to come together in one place at one time to learn, share information and gather the latest resources to help increase their profitability while doing more with less.”

– Brian Troyer, GLRDC executive board member and dairy nutrition specialist


Since 2003, the Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference (GLRDC) has been dedicated to helping dairy producers learn new ways of increasing their profitability by doing more with less.

GLRDC 2023 Experts

Ben Lichtenwalner
Servant Leadership, Radiant Forest LLC

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Sarina Sharp
Economist, Ag Business Solutions and Market analyst for the Daily Dairy Report

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Jacob Pieper

Regional Director, Phibro Animal Health

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Kevin Dhuyvetter
Elanco Animal Health

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Bill Mahanna
Pioneer Global Nutritional Sciences Manager

Adian Connolly
AgriTech Capital

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Mark Rutter
Harper Adams University

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Jesse Goff
Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine

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Erin Horst
Elanco Animal Health

Barry Bradford, Barry, Department of Animal Science.

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Michigan State University

MSU College of Engineering, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering

Dana Kirk
Michigan State University

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Brent Petersen
Fox Demo Farms, University of Wisconsin

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Glen Arnold
The Ohio State University

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Mike Overton
Global Dairy Platform Lead Precision Animal Health Zoetis

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Doug DeGroff
Diversified Dairy Solutions, LLC

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Bob Thompson
Peterson Farms

Dairy Industry Recognition

In addition to our quality line-up of educational speakers, we will once again be the home base for the eleventh annual Dairy Industry Recognition where we will honor the industry’s leading producers, recognize dairy scholarship recipients and dairy judging team members, as well as announce the new group of dairy ambassadors.

Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors!

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Dairy Product Sponsors

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