2025 Convention Agenda

8 - 10:30 a.m. - Board Meeting

9 - 11 a.m. - Registration

12:45 p.m. - Welcome  

Mike Martz, NAGA President

1 p.m. - Feed Strategies That Ensure High-Quality Fliers and Healthy Birds

Bill Achor, York Ag

1:45 p.m. - Why the Future of the Gamebird Industry Depends on Political Engagement

Rob Sexton, NAGA Executive Director

2:30 p.m. - Break

3 p.m.- Dos and Don'ts for an NPIP Audit

Troy Laudenslager, Mahantongo Game Farm

4 p.m. - Accounting Basics for Those Who Outsource or Do it In-House

CliftonLarsenAllen LLP 

5:30 pm - Welcome Reception

8:15 a.m. - Gamebird Diseases and the Right Medications to Treat Them

Dr. Robert Porter, University of Minnesota

9 a.m. - Panel: Making Good Biosecurity Affordable

Mike Martz, Martz's Game Farm; Marc Metzer, Metzer Farms; David Wacker, Prairie Land Gamebirds

9:45 a.m. - Break

10:15 a.m. - Avoiding HR Potholes: How to Protect Yourself as an Employer Training Course

Nereida Hrabe-Kinzer, Direct HR Consulting LLC

12:15 p.m. - Ending of Tuesday's seminars

8:15 a.m. - Succession: How Multigenerational Businesses Survive and Succeed

Larry Custer, Water Street Solutions

9:12 a.m. - Panel: What We Learned from Surviving a Natural Disaster

Chris Theisen, MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc; Brian Beavers, Beavers Game Farm

10 a.m. - Break

10:30 a.m. - What You Need to Know When Reviewing Your Insurance Policies

Cottingham & Butler

11:15 a.m. - Public Relations: Making the Best Out of Bad Situations

Emily Ellis, Animal Agriculture Alliance

12 p.m. - Lunch Provided by NAGA

1 p.m. - Annual Business Meeting and NAGA Updates

Mike Martz, NAGA President; Rob Sexton, NAGA Executive Director

1:45 p.m. - How Pennsylvania Established a HPAI Recovery Fund for Hunting Clubs and Game Farms

2:30 p.m. - Break

2:45 p.m. - Understanding Major Shifts in Social Media Marketing

3:30 p.m. - Panel: What Qualities Hunting Clubs Look for in Gamebirds

Avery LaCombe, Ringneck Ranch, Inc.; TBD

5:00 pm - Cocktails, Dinner and Auction