2009 Arkansas Extension Dairy Goat Conference

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2009 Arkansas Extension Dairy Goat Conference

For Dairy Goat Lovers Everywhere!

Below was the agenda for the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension 2009 Goat Conference to be held on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at the Natural Resources Building on 110 South Amity Road (frontage road east of I-40 between exits 129 and 127 - turn at stoplight at Chili's Restaurant) in Conway, Arkansas.

Pre-Registration $10.00 - (By January 26 - to Jodie Pennington, PO Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203 or your local county extension office in Arkansas. Make checks payable to “ADC”.)

Registration at door $15.00

8:15 a.m	Registration at door-$15 (includes lunch)
Moderator: Bryce Baldridge, County Extension Agent - Lawrence County
9:00 a.m	Welcome, Jennifer Hawkins, County Extension Agent - Faulkner County
9:10 a.m	Why Raise Goats or Sheep, Major Problems of Goats and Sheep, Dr. Jodie Pennington, Professor-Dairy & Goats, U of A Cooperative Extension Service
9:50 a.m.	Basic Management to Maintain a Healthy Herd, Ann Wells, DVM, Spring Pond Holistic Animal Health, Prairie Grove, Arkansas
10:50 a.m.	Well-Adapted Forages for Goats in Arkansas, Jack Boles, County Extension Agent-Staff Chair - Newton County Extension
11:40 a.m.	Interactive Goat/Sheep Survey, Dr. Jodie Pennington, Professor-Dairy & Goats, U of A Cooperative Extension Service
12:00 p.m.	Lunch (included in registration), Review Posters and Exhibits, Survey of Marketing and Management Practices/Locations. Meeting of Arkansas Meat Goat Association (Meet and eat lunch in Break Room)
Moderator: John Gavin, County Extension Agent-Staff Chair - Bradley County
1:00 p.m.	Diseases of Goats; Control of Internal Parasites, Ann Wells, DVM, Spring Pond Holistic Animal Health, Prairie Grove, Arkansas
1:50 p.m.	Panel Discussion:
	(1) Commercial Goat Production, Ware and Lynn Russell, Warelynn Farm, Camden, AR
	(2) How Do Hair Sheep Fit Into Small Ruminant Production In Arkansas? Ed Martsolf, Petit Jean Farms, Morrilton, AR
2:50 p.m	Break
Two Sessions - Select One
3:00 p.m	(1) Moderator: Mike McClintock and Pat Cotten - Showing and Fitting Meat Goats and Sheep, Showing and Fitting Dairy Goats, Top Youth Showman from Arkansas Will Answer Questions and Demonstrate Including Faulkner County Youth with Meat Goats and Sheep (Morgan Scroggin, Jenny Nulsen, and Kinsey Watkins) and Makhala Butler with Dairy Goats from Pulaski County.
	(2) Moderator: Ann Wells - Commercial Sheep and Goat Production - You may send questions to Jodie Pennington that you want discussed.
4:00 p.m.	Adjourn

Sponsors include:

University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
Arkansas Meat Goat Association
Purina Feeds (Randy Sanders, Vilonia, AR)

For questions please contact:

Dr. Jodie A. Pennington
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
P.O. Box 391
Little Rock, AR 72203
501-671-2190
501-944-0897 cell
501-671-2185 fax

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