"Cow Talk" with Dr. Temple Grandin
- Friday, March 28, 2025, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
You are invited to a talk by Dr. Temple Grandin on Livestock Behavior Research
"Cow Talk"
Friday, March 28, 2025
Perry Senior High School Auditorium, 33 Watkins Avenue Perry, NY 14530
Doors open at 6:30 PM
All guests must be seated at 7:00 PM - the event will end at 8:00 PM.
*This event is limited to individuals 15 years and older.
Space is limited, please register early; Please submit your questions upon registration.
Wyoming County leads New York State in cattle and calves and is an emerging beef cattle production location. It and its sister counties of Livingston and Genesee are the top milk production counties in the state. Click this link for more information on Wyoming County, NY agriculture.
Dr. Temple Grandin is a world-renowned expert in livestock behavior, animal health, and the design of animal facilities. She has published numerous articles on livestock behavior during handling, transport, loading, and stocking. Her research indicates that livestock handling in well-designed facilities minimizes stress levels, improves productivity, and maintains high meat quality. Facilities designed without the animal in mind can have undesirable consequences that impact product value as well as production efficiency.
Dr. Grandin invented safer and more comfortable methods for transporting livestock. Dr. Grandin's career began in the 1970s. Throughout her career, she invented ways to make transport safer and more comfortable for livestock. Dr. Grandin speaks about autism and her research. She writes, conducts research, and is a distinguished professor of animal science at Colorado State University.
If you have questions, please email Caron Gala, CCE Wyoming County Executive Director at ceg256@cornell.edu. Thank you.
Co-sponsors:
Cornell Cooperative Extension Wyoming County
Wyoming County Farm Bureau
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Contact
Caron Gala
Lead Executive Director
ceg256@cornell.edu
585-786-2251 x 127
Location
Perry Senior High School Auditorium
33 Watkins Avenue
Perry, NY 14530
Last updated March 6, 2025
Photo by Kelly
A brief bio of Dr. Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin is a Distinguished Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Facilities she has designed for handling livestock are used by many companies around the world. She has also been instrumental in implementing animal welfare auditing programs that are used by McDonalds, Wendy’s, Whole Foods, and other corporations. Temple has appeared on numerous TV shows such as 20/20 and Prime Time. Her books include: Thinking in Pictures, Livestock Handling and Transport and The Autistic Brain. Her books Animals in Translation and Visual Thinking have been on the New York Times Bestseller List. Temple was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in September 2017, in 2022 was named a Colorado State University Distinguished Professor, and in 2023 was inducted into the Colorado Authors’ Hall of Fame.