Presentations - Dairy Management (date list)

• Dairy Price Risk Management. ( 31 slides, 4 MB). Cabrera, V.E., Gould, B.W. Quality Milk Conference. February 3-4, 2009. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Madison, WI.
• LGM-Dairy: Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy. (29 slides, 7 MB). Cabrera, V.E.,Gould, B.W., Brannstorm, A. Gaining the Competitive Edge; A seminar series. Dairy Road Show January 6-16, 2009 .
• Income Over Feed Supplement Cost . (3 pages, 1 MB). Cabrera, V.E.,Shaver, R., Wattiaux, M.. UW Extension Cow College January 6, 2009.
• LGM-Dairy: Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy. (25 slides, 6MB). Cabrera, V.E., Gould, B.W. UW Extension Cow College January 6, 2009.

Presentations - Dairy Management (alpha list)

• Climate information to reduce farm risk.The Society for engineering in agricultural, food, and biological systems. (13 pages, 136 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E.,Letson, D., Podesta, G., 2005 ASABE Annual Meeting. July 2005, Tampa, Florida.
• Concepts of Economic Dairy Management . (36 pages, 3195 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E. 2008 Babcock Institute International Dairy Training Programs. August 2008, Madison, WI.
• Economic and ecologic assessment of groundwater nitrogen pollution from north Florida dairy farm systems: an interdisciplinary approach. (13 pages, 859 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E. and Hildebrand, P.E.,  Sixth IFSA European Symposium of the Farming Systems and Rural Systems Research and Extension. April 2004, Vila Real, Portugal.
• Impact of climate information in reducing farm risk by selecting crop insurance programs.  Paper accepted to the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Workshop. (1 page, 320 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E.,Fraisse, C., Letson, D., Podesta, G., Novak, J.,  2005 Climate Science in Support of Decision Makin, November 2005, Arlington, Virginia.
• Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy (LGM-Dairy) and ENSO Climate Forecast . (24 pages, 1215 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E.,Solis, D. , 2008 ADSA Annual Meeting. July 2008, Indianapolis, Indiana.
• Managing the newly created LGM-Dairy insurance under seasonal climate variability. (1 page, 27 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E., Solis, D., 2008. 2008 ADSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, July 7-12, 2008.
• NM-Manure: a seasonal prediction model of manure excretion for lactating dairy cows in New Mexico. (12 pages, 146 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E., 2007 ASABE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, June 18-20, 2007.
• Optimal Climate Crop Insurance Strategy: Contrasting Insurer and Farmer Interests. (13 pages, 798 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E., Letson, D.,  2006 NOAA Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop: Research and Applications on Use and Impacts. March 2006, Tucson, Arizona.
• Optimal crop-insurance strategies under climate variability: Contrasting insurer and farmer interests. (32 pages, 330 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E., Solis, D., Letson, D., 2007 AAEA Annual Meeting, Portland, July 29-August 1, 2007.
• Prediction of manure excretion by lactating cows in the high plains. (18 pages, 304 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E., 2006. NM/TX Highlights Conference. Clovis, October 11, 2006.
• Silage and dairy farming: a synergy for closed loop systems. (27 pages, 956 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E., 2007. High Plains Silage Workshop. Clovis, NM, March 22, 2007.
• The dynamic North Florida dairy farm model: A user-friendly computerized tool for increasing profits while minimizing N leaching under varying climatic conditions. (1 page, 371 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E., Breuer, N.E. Hildebrand, P.E., and Letson, D., 2006 American Farm Bureau Federation, 87th Annual Convention.January 2006, Nashville, Tennessee.
• The value of climate information when farm programs matter. (19 pages, 126 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E. and Letson, D., 2005 Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop Research and Applications on Use and Impacts, Columbia University, March 2005,Palisades, New York.
• Trends on dairy economic impacts in New Mexico and Texas and consequent decisions. (51 pages, 1.32 MB)
  Cabrera, V.E., 2007. Dairy Management Program. Clovis, NM, April 11, 2007.
• Towards proactive environmental protection: the case of north Florida dairy farms and groundwater nitrogen pollution. (18 pages, 207 KB)
  Cabrera, V.E.,  2005 Annual Meeting Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico.