Our Conference

26th ANNUAL NORTHEAST OHIO REGIONAL DAIRY CONFERENCE

 Driving the Future of Your Herd:

Keys to Calf Health

Dr. Don Sockett, DVM, MS, PhD

Diagnostic Case and Outreach Coordinator

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Fisher Auditorium/Shisler Center

OSU, Wooster Campus

680 Madison Ave.

Wooster, Ohio 44691​

9:00-9:55 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, Visit with Exhibitors

9:55-10:00 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks - Shaun Wellert, D.V.M./KVVMA Co-President

10:00-10:45 AM Featured Speaker - Dr. Don Sockett; New Concept in Colostrum Feeding: Colostrum

quality is more important than volume of colostrum fed.

10:45-11:15 AM Break and Visit with Exhibitors

11:15-12:00 PM  Featured Speaker -Dr. Don Sockett; Revamped and improved calf scour panels. Data

for rotavirus and E. coli.

12:00-1:30 PM Lunch and Visit with Exhibitors

1:30-2:15 PM Featured Speaker - Dr. Don Sockett; Water: The forgotten nutrient.

2:15-2:45 PM Break and Visit with Exhibitors

2:45-3:30 PM  Panel Discussion with local dairy producers - open up for questions from the floor.

3:30PM  Door Prizes (must be present to win)

Adjourn

Reminder - Reservations for lunch are due by Friday, January 30, 2026.

About the Trade Show

In past years, the trade show featured booths and presentations by more than 80 exhibitors and we expect similar numbers this year.  The conference was attended by over 250 dairy producers, specialists, and service providers.

About the Speaker

Dr. Don Sockett, DVM, Ms, PhD

Diagnostic Case and Outreach Coordinator

Dr. Sockett grew up on a dairy farm in Southern Ontario, Canada and graduated from veterinary school at the University of Guelph in 1981.

After graduation, he successfully completed internship and residence programs in large animal medicine and surgery at the University of Minnesota and Colorado State University, respectively. He obtained his PhD degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1991.

Dr. Sockett has authored over 100 articles on infectious diseases of dairy cattle in scientific and lay journals. Currently, he works as a veterinary microbiologist/epidemiologist at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.

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