About the Evaluator Trainer Course

The National Dairy FARM Program is a nationwide, verifiable program that addressess animal well-being. Having a well-trained, knowledgeable evaluators is key to a sucessfull animal care program. Learn more about the FARM Program here. 

This two day intensive training will cover the intent of the FARM Program and explain how to sucessfully complete a FARM Version 3.0 evaluation based on the National Dairy FARM Program guidelines.

After succesful completion of the FARM Trainer Course, the attendee will be certified to conduct on-farm evaluations and train FARM Animal Care evaluators. This provides cooperatives, propietary processors, veterinarians and university personnel the opportunity to conduct in-house training for new FARM Program evaluators.

Training Details

April 25-26, 2017
Grand Rapids, Michigan 
Day 1: In classroom
Day 2: On-farm evaluation

Prerequisite Requirements

• Trainers should have at least 2 years experience and a dairy science degree OR 8 years of on-farm experience in the dairy industry.
• Trainers are responsible for their travel and lodging expenses to and from trainings.
• Trainers should be willing to hold evaluator training sessions in their local areas.

*Experience must be approved by the National Dairy FARM Program

Certification Requirements

Certified trainers must complete the Evaluator Training and score an 80% or higher on the multiple choice exam.

Cost

$450.00
Includes training materials, one breakfast and two lunches, travel to/from the farm, meeting room rental

If you have any questions, please contact:
Beverly Hampton
bhampton@nmpf.org
(703) 243-6119