New Prague, Minn. (October 10, 2025) – As the Dairy Calf & Heifer Association’s (DCHA) reach grows beyond native English speakers, the association will offer its first webinar presented in Spanish. On Oct. 24, starting at 2 p.m. Central time (Chicago time), DCHA presents “Los 7 pilares criar becerras saludables” (“The 7 pillars for raising a healthy calf”). Tiago Tomazi, Merck Animal Health Technical Services, will lead this free, one-hour educational offering.
To register for the webinar, go to: https://bit.ly/DCHAMerck102425Spanish. Your webinar registration confirmation e-mail will include a web link to join the webinar.
With dairy replacement prices near all-time highs, it’s more important than ever to have dependable calf-raising protocols that produce results. Tomazi will provide practical management strategies for Spanish speakers to raise healthier dairy calves. This webinar will cover fetal development through the critical transition to the post-weaning phase.
Tomazi provides technical support to Merck’s U.S. dairy sales and marketing teams, and helps dairy producers achieve their goals. He grew up in Brazil, where he earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Passo Fundo and completed his master’s degree and PhD at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Later, Tomazi completed his postdoctoral program at Cornell University.
DCHA’s Oct. 24 webinar is sponsored by Merck Animal Health. DCHA does not support one product or company over another, and any mention is not an endorsement by DCHA.
If you are a DCHA member and cannot attend the live program, you may access the webinar through DCHA’s online Member Center after Nov. 7. To access the webinar recording, DCHA members need to visit https://calfandheifer.org/login and enter their username and password.
For more information about DCHA’s webinars, e-mail Sue Schatz, DCHA member services director, at: sue@calfandheifer.org. Follow DCHA on social media or visit the DCHA website – www.calfandheifer.org – to learn about future webinars.
The Dairy Calf & Heifer Association 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.