Spring 2024 Meeting
Edward Gallagher, Dairy Farmers of America, Risk Management – Gallagher’s Topics of Interest – March 2024
Robert Aguilera, Novonesis – Considering Higher Solids Milk from another perspective
Steve Funk, (Nelson-Jameson), Brian Grochowski (Aquionics) and Norm LaVigne (Valcour Processing) – Clean Water, Air, and Milk: How They Affect High Quality Dairy Products
Dave Barbano, Cornell University, Dept of Food Science – Higher Fat Content Raw Milk: Options to React as a Cheese Maker
Stephen Hoyt, Stacey Sabo -NYSERDA (and Ryan Voorhees- CHA Solutions) – Industrial Decarbonization
Sally Rowland and Molly Trembley, NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation – DEC Regulation of Food Processing Waste Use in Ag
Mike Van Amburgh, Cornell University, Dept of Animal Science – Holsteins Behaving Like Jerseys and Thoughts on the Capacity of Dairy Cattle to Make Milk Components
Schedule of Events
Tuesday afternoon Awards Ceremony – Scholarship Award Presentations & Cheese Judging Awards.
Conference Photos including Monday Night Cheese Banquet and presentations
Spring 2023 Meeting
GreyCastle Security – Part 1 – Cybersecurity – Things That Will Make or Break You
GreyCastle Security – Part 2 – Cybersecurity – Building a Right-$ized Cybersecurity Program
David Fisher – Presentation to NYS Cheese Mfrs 2023
Alina Stelick, Cornell University Sensory Lab – Sensory Immersive Experience – In Cheese Sensory Evaluation
Sam Alcaine – Listening Tour for Northeast Dairy Foods Research Center
David K. Bandler, Secretary Emeritus NYSCMA – 80th Anniversary of the NYS Cheese Mfrs. Association
Julie Suarez, Association Dean CALS, Cornell University – Objectives, Roadmap & Moonshots, New Initiatives, and Dairy Food Innovation
Tuesday afternoon Awards Ceremony – Scholarship Award Presentations, Cheese Judging Awards, and presentation of the David K. Bandler Cheese Industry Award to Brian Bailey
Monday evening – Cheese Banquet
Fall 2022 Meeting
Spring 2022 Meeting
- Zoom Recording of NYSCMA 2022 Spring Webinar
- NY Dairy Industry Outlook – Update, Ed Gallagher, President Risk Management, Dairy Farmers of America
- Smarter food safety, food safety culture, Industry 4.0: how to look past the buzzwords and prepare your facility for the future, Dr. Martin Wiedmann, Gellert Family Professor of Food Safety, Cornell University
- New York State Fair Dairy Product Judging 2021 Results and Updates for 2021, Alicia Heannings, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
- “Music & Cheese: How Senses Affect Your Perception of Cheese” Cheese Tasting Results, Robert Aguilera, CHR. Hansen
- Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace, Valerie Wasielewski, Head of Human Resources, Chobani NY New Berlin Plant
Spring 2021 Meeting
- Zoom Recording of NYSCMA 2021 Spring Webinar
- NY Dairy Industry Outlook – Update, Ed Gallagher, President Risk Management, Dairy Farmers of America
- Food Safety Update plus Cornell Trainings and Services Available to the Industry, Dr. Martin Wiedmann, Gellert Family Professor of Food Safety, Cornell University
- Advantages of Joining NYS Grown & Certified, Jessica Brooks, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, NYS Grown & Certified
- NYS Grown and Certified Application
- “Exploring Taste: from Counter to Cultures” Cheese Tasting, Robert Aguilera, CHR. Hansen
- FDA Proposed Traceability Rule – What’s in Store?, Joe Scimeca, Senior Vice President, Regulatory & Scientific Affairs, International Dairy Foods Association
Fall 2020 Meeting
- Recording of NYSCMA Fall Webinar
- Dairy Market Perspectives during COVID-19, Ed Gallagher, President DFA Risk Management
- COVID-19 and the US Dairy Supply Chain, Christopher Wolf, Cornell University
- Cayuga Milk Ingredients: Past, Present, Future, Kevin Ellis, CEO Cayuga Milk Ingredients
Spring 2020 Meeting
- Dairy Industry Outlook – Ed Gallagher, Dairy Farmers of America
- US Consumer Dairy Product Demand – Christopher Wolf, Cornell University
- Update on Cheese and Dairy Related Food Safety Issues – Aljosa Trmcic, Cornell University
- Microfiltration for Whey Protein Removal in Cheese Making – Dave Barbano, Cornell University
- Celebrating New York’s Dairy Industry – Jennifer Trodden, Deputy Commissioner NYSDAM
- Regulatory Updates – NYS Ag & Markets – Casey McCue, NYS Agriculture and Markets
- An Update on Current Research in the Alcaine Research Group – Sam Alcaine, Cornell University
- Chr. Hansen, 146 Years of History – David Carpenter, CHR. Hansen
Spring 2019 Meeting
- NY Dairy Industry Outlook – Update -Ed Gallagher, Dairy Farmers of America
- Challenges and Opportunities for the Cheese Industry -Andrew Novakovic, Cornell University
- Staffing Needs of the Dairy Industry -John DeRosier, Sysco Syracuse, LLC
- Happenings in Dairy – Around the Country and Around the World -Dick Groves, Cheese Reporter
- Today and the Future: Mid Infrared Testing for Dairy Herd Management and Dairy Product Analysis -David Barbano, Cornell University
- Changes to the 21 CFR 133/Albany Update -Casey McCue, NYS Dept. Ag & Mkts
- Panel -Martin Wiedmann, Cornell University
- Panel -Nathan Andrews, Bio-Rad
- Panel -John Mills, Biomerieux
- Panel -Wesley Colangelo, Neogen
- Company Story – Upstate Niagara -Doug Ricketts, Upstate Niagara