REGISTRATION:
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
NAME:
PA Livestock Association
ADDRESS:
PA Department of Agriculture
Multi-Min
COUNTY:
API
PHONE:
PA Beef Council
EMAIL:
PA Pork Producers
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Please send completed form by Sept. 29 to:
Jim Sharp
PA Farm Show Complex
2300 North Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Questions: 717-346-4235 OR jasharp@pa.gov
PA Sheep & Wool Growers Association
Penn State University
USDA Natural Resource Conservation
Service
USDA Animal and Plant Health Service
USDA Ag Research Service
Townsend Sales Livestock Equipment
Allflex
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Department of Environmental
Protections
Stroud Water Research Center
*** THURSDAY, October 1, 2015 ***
8:00 – 9:00 AM Registration
VIP Room
9:00 – 11:15 AM “Riparian Buffers”
Presentations and Panel Discussion by:
Peter Kleinman, USDA ARS; Chesapeake Bay
Foundation, DEP, Stroud Water Research
Center, NRCS
11:15 – 12:00 PM “Importance of Trace
Minerals for the Reproduction & Immune
Function of Livestock Females”
Dr. Robert Gentry
Horse Barn Area – warm up area
9:00 – 11:00 AM “Heavy Use Areas/Pastures”
Suzette Truax, USDA NRCS
LUNCH – VIP Room
Noon Sponsored by: Multi-Min and API
Location
12:30 – 1:15 PM “Cowside Diagnostics, Why
they are more important than ever today on
the farm”
Dr. Robert Gentry
1:15 – 2:15 PM “Pasture Management for
the Beef Herd”
Jana Malot, Grassland Consultant
VIP Room
12:30 – 4:00 PM “PQA and BQA Trucker
Training”
Tom Miller, Hatfield and Jerry Yates,
WVU/National BQA Board
Horse Barn Area
1:15 – 1:45 PM “Feed & Hay Quality”
Donna Faulk, PSU Extension Educator
1:45 – 2:15 PM “Hoof Issues”
Dave Landolfi, Farrier
2:15 – 3:00 PM “Composting/Manure
Storages for Equine Operations”
Dr. Ann Swinker, PSU Equine Science
Milking Parlor Area
2:30 – 3:30 PM “Animal ID Demonstration &
Update of Laws”
Dave McElhaney, Allflex
* Free RFID tags to first 15 registered!
Swine Barn
3:00 – 3:30 PM “PEDS Update”
Dr. Paul Pitcher, USDA APHIS
*** FRIDAY, October 2, 2015 ***
8:00 – 9:00 AM Registration
VIP Room
9:00 – 9:30 AM “Dung Beetles & Wormer
Selection”
WVU, Morgantown, WV
9:30 – 10:00 AM “Soil Health – Pasture &
Cropland”
Dan Ludwig, USDA NRCS
10:00 – 10:15 AM
Break
10:15- 11:00 AM “Selecting Small Ruminants
for Grazing Genetics”
Speaker
11:00 – 12:00 PM “Importance of Trace
Minerals for the Reproduction & Immune
Function of Livestock Females”
Dr. Robert Gentry
LUNCH – VIP Room
Noon Sponsored by: Multi-Min and API
12:30 – 1:15 PM “Cowside Diagnostics, Why
they are more important than ever today on
the farm”
Dr. Robert Gentry
1:15 – 1:30 PM “Energy Audit Tool
Demonstration”
University of Vermont
1:30 – 2:00 PM “Composting of Mortality on
Beef Operations”
PSU Extension
2:00 – 2:30 PM “Marketing of Feeder Cattle”
PSU Extension
Horse Barn Area – warm up area
2:30 – 3:30 PM “Small Ruminant Handling
Systems & Management”
Andy Farley, Townsend Sales Livestock
Equipment