New Prague, Minn. (June 9, 2026) – Register your Spanish-speaking employees to attend the 2026 Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) Vision & Training-Workforce program, set for Aug. 5, at the Ollie Liner Center, Plainview, Texas. This event, presented in Spanish, provides a platform for sharing best practices, peer learning, networking and unbiased industry expertise – some of DCHA’s core tenets. It is intended for calf raisers and producers who raise calves and heifers throughout the United States. To register individuals for this personal development program, go to: https://bit.ly/DCHAVTW2026.
This year’s DCHA Vision & Training-Workforce program kicks off with a tour of Midway Heifer Yard, Hart, Texas. Midway Heifer Yard raises heifers for client dairies from 1 day old until 21 months old. Calves are fed pasteurized whole milk from Blue Sky Farms dairies. By the time a heifer reaches 13 months old, she has been individually weighed at least four times.
Afternoon educational sessions include:
- How to Prevent and Detect Diseases (Cómo Prevenir y Detectar Enfermedades) – Juan Piñeiro, Texas A&M University
- Building a High-performance Team in Calf Operations (Construyendo un Equipo de Alto Desempeño en el Área de Becerras) – Cecilia Rosas Goulart, Zoetis
- What’s in the Bottle Matters: Comparing Calf Milk Replacer and Waste Milk Feeding Programs (Lo que está dentro la botella importa: Comparando los programas de leche de reemplazo para terneros y los programas de alimentación con leche de desecho) – Julia Hamann, Actus Nutrition
The registration fee for this training program is $50 per registrant. All pre-registered participants will receive a diploma.
The Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (www.calfandheifer.org) was founded in 1996 based on the mission to help dairy producers, calf managers and those professionally focused on the growth and management of dairy calves and heifers. With a national membership of producers, allied industries and research leaders, DCHA seeks to provide the industry’s standards for profitability, performance and leadership, serving as a catalyst to help members improve the vitality and viability of their individual efforts and that of their business.