Time

Topic (146 Morrison Hall, unless otherwise noted)

7:45 am

Registration & continental breakfast  (Morrison Hall Lobby)

8:15 am

Welcome

8:30 am

What’s New in Goat and Sheep Health – An International Perspective
Dr. Mary Smith, DVM, Cornell University

9:45 am

Morning Break – Tradeshow and snacks – Morrison Hall Lobby

10:00 am

Encouraging Good Mother/offspring Bonding and Coping With Mis-mothering
Natasha Pettifor, graduate student, Cornell University. Dept. of Animal Science

11:00 am

"How we do things at Kyle Farms – What Changes When Your Flock Gets Big" – Matt Kyle, Sheep Producer

12 noon

Lunch – Empire Sheep Producers Association annual meeting (134 Morrison Hall)
 -or- Producer panel on selecting and caring for guardian animals (B38 Morrison Hall)

All 3 workshop tracks below will break for Tradeshow and snacks sometime between 2 and 3 pm (Take all 3 of the workshops listed in the Integrated Parasite Mgmt Track to qualify for FAMACHA Certification – FAMACHA scorecards will be available for purchase at $9 each for certified people)

1pm  to 4 pm

Experienced Track (164 Morrison Hall)

Beginner Track

Integrated Parasite Management Track

1:00 pm

Dealing with Taxes – Joseph Bennett, CPA, Senior Extension Associate in Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University

Small Ruminant Hands-on Skills – hoof trimming, docking, castrating, vaccinating, ear tagging, tattooing, tubing, evaluating hay – folks can leave at either 2 or 2:30 pm to go on to other workshops  (Livestock Pavilion)

Parasite Life Cycles and dewormer resistance-Dr. Dwight Bowman, Cornell Vet School Parasitologist, Cornell University (146 Morrison Hall)

2:00 pm

Small Ruminant Nutrition – 101 – basics, Pearson Sq., sample rations, computer tools – Dr. Debbie Cherney, Professor, Animal Nutrition, Cornell University (B38 Morrison Hall)

Flock/Herd management to control parasites – Dr. tatiana Stanton, Ext. Associate in Small Ruminant Mgmt., Cornell University (146 Morrison Hall)

2:30 pm

Tweaking Your Diets with FeedForm –bring a Diet to work with –Dr. Michael L. Thonney, Professor, Small Ruminant Management and Research, Cornell University – space limited

3:00 pm

Pasture 101 – Setting up a system, renovating a pasture, managing sheep and goats – Dr. Darrell Emmick USDA - NRCS Grazing Management Specialist (146 Morrison Hall)

Hands-on worm egg counting/FAMACHA exams - Jan Liotta, Dwight Bowman /tatiana Stanton, Cornell University – space limited (101 Morrison Hall)

4:00 pm

Factors Affecting Labor Demands and Feed Costs at Kidding/lambing – Dr. tatiana Stanton, Ext. Associate in Small Ruminant Mgmt, Cornell University (146 Morrison Hall)

5:00 pm

Innovations in goat/sheep reproduction – Betsy Hodge (CCE St. Lawrence Cty)  & Sandy von Allmen (European Ram Studs), Dr. Michael Thonney (progress in identifying genes for out of season breeding), Pfizer representative on legal status of goat & sheep CIDRs (Cervical Implant Drug Release devices) (146 Morrison Hall)

6:00 pm

Have a good trip home!