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Wisconsin Weekend Get-Away
2012 Weekend Get-Away
Feb. 11-12, 2011, Tomah WI
Registration, agenda, full brochure, click here for the PDF
Questions? Call Lee Carlson, 507-932-4016 (home); 507-273-1269 (cell)
Registration:
Wisconsin and Minnesota organizers have held the Wisconsin Weekend Get-Away for Hoof Trimmers every February (except during Hoof Health Conference years) since 1999. Originally developed by member and Get-Away pioneer, Bill Neumann, the Get-Away has been a relaxing weekend event for over 100 trimmers and family members each year. In 2009, other members took over the organizing of this weekend event - Vic Larson and Jim Oveson. The next event will be held February of 2012.
2012 Agenda:
Saturday, February 12
12–1 p.m. Registration
1–5p.m. Topics Include: Microbes, Acidosis, and Summer Heat, Dr. William Zimmer;
Hoof Trimming Techniques, Dr. Ladd Siebert;
Therapeutic Massage for Hoof Trimmers
5–6p.m. Cash Bar
6 p.m. Hoof Trimmers Banquet and Fundraiser Auction
Sunday, February 15
7:30–8:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet
8:45–11:00 a.m. Topics include: Hoof Trimmers Association News and Open Discussion, Skip Blake, Lee Carlson;
Panel Discussion: How we run our Trimming Business;
Communicating with Clients
Lodging at Cranberry Country Lodge and Water Park
319 Wittig Road, Tomah, WI 54660 (Located at the intersection of I-94 and HWY 12)
Suites include water park passes for the entire family
Mention that you are with the Hoof Trimmers (account #4223)
Call 1-800-243-9874 to reserve.
Registration
$55 per person includes all sessions, dinner and breakfast; $25 for children ages 6-16, ages 5 and under free.
NEW for 2012: Register online in advance with credit card or check by Feb. 8. (Credit cards won’t be accepted onsite; please call Lee if you plan to pay at the door so we may increase our meal counts appropriately).
Please reserve your room and register early. Thank you!
About the Speakers
William A. Zimmer D.V.M. - Dr. Zimmer is the President of Bio-Vet, Inc., of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin. He is a 1988 graduate of The University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. He spent 2 years in mixed animal practice, primarily working with dairy clients. Dr. Zimmer left a successful mixed animal practice in 1990 to concentrate on animal nutrition and natural systems of animal production. While his current focus is on direct fed microbial systems for animals, he also has extensive knowledge in the interrelationship of animal health, nutrition and soil biological and fertility systems. Since 1990, Dr. Zimmer has been staff veterinarian for Midwestern Bio-Ag, a biological and organic agricultural consulting company in the upper Midwest. His primary responsibilities with the company include farm consulting, product formulation, research and development. He also takes particular interest in high forage dairy rations, plant mineralization and the relationship of forage quality to soil fertility practices. As Bio-Vet’s President, Dr. Zimmer is involved with all aspects of the company. He specializes in development of direct fed microbial products, incorporating DFM’s into farm programs, educating clients/animal producers on the proper use and expectations of probiotics and nutrition, and he researches the affects of DFM’s on various production animal systems.
Ladd Siebert D.V.M. - Dr. Ladd Siebert was born and raised on a Registered Hereford ranch in Kansas. After high school he served four years in the U.S. Army. In 1978 he graduated from Kansas State University with a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine and moved to Eureka, SD where he and his wife Mary Jo still reside. They have 8 children, seven sons and one daughter. He is a member of the Hoof Trimmers Association and served on the Board of Directors from 2000 to 2005. For most of the past 33 years he has devoted about 9 months per year to hoof trimming, most of this on dairy cows. The remaining 3 months he works as a traditional veterinarian in a beef cow-calf practice. He learned the basics of hoof trimming from his father, Rex L. Siebert, the founder of the Kansas Hoof Trimming Method. During his career Ladd has trimmed in excess of 155,000 head of cattle and has worked to develop the theory and science that underlies the Kansas Method.
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