Convention Agenda

2021 NAGA Educational Conference & Convention
Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas, NV
February 1-3, 2021

2020 Final Board Meeting 8:30 a.m.
Registration 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Welcome 1:00 p.m.
- NAGA President Brian Beavers
Peeping Pheasants: Efficiencies, Designs, Best Practices 1:15 p.m.
- Michael Forsgren, Forsgren’s Pheasant Farm; Dan Barngrover, Longtail Farms; Mike Martz, Martz’s Game Farm
Navigating COVID-19 and How it Affected My Business 2:00 p.m.
- Rick Kuhl, Jr., Kuhl Corp; Chad Hughes, Wings North Hunting Club; John Metzer, Metzer Farms
Break 2:45 p.m.
Rodent Control 3:15 p.m.
- Speaker to be Announced
Identify the Problem - From Management to Disease 4:00 p.m.
- Dr. David Frame, Central UT Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Welcome Reception 5:15 p.m.

Avian Influenza & Biosecurity 9:00 a.m.
- Abby Neu Schuft, University of Minnesota
Where to Send Your Birds for Pathology 9:45 a.m.
- Dr. Robert Porter, University of Minnesota
Break 10:30 a.m.
Secure Upland Gamebird Supply Plan 11:00 a.m.
- Dr. Carol Cardona, University of Minnesota
Everything You Need for Brooder Barn Technology 11:45 a.m.
- Austin Baker, Hogslat/Georgia Poultry
Humane Treatment of Animals 12:15 p.m.
- Janice Gilliland, Hidden Valley Pheasantry
Dinner and a Show Ticketed Event Time TBA
- “Dinner and a Show”
  
  Dinner at the Rio’s All-American Bar & Grille followed by “WOW – the Vegas Spectacular”. Tickets are $110/person and need to be purchased in advance.

Second NAGA Board Meeting 7:30 a.m.
Flight Pen Cover 8:30 a.m.
- Scott Meyer, Oakwood Game Farm; Andy Hairston, Little Canyon Shooting; Chris Theisen, MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc
Locking in Your Input Costs: Labor, Feed, Propane, Contracts 9:15 a.m.
- Bill MacFarlane, MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc
Break 10:00 a.m.
Keynote Speaker 10:30 a.m.
- To Be Announced
Late Season Sales 11:15 a.m.
- Bernadette Gilliland, Hidden Valley Pheasantry; Michele Bovey, Flying B Ranch; Tim Zindl, Oak Ridge Pheasant Ranch
Lunch 12:00 p.m.
NAGA Update, General Membership Meeting, New Orleans 1:00 p.m.
- Rob Sexton, NAGA Executive Director; Brian Beavers, NAGA President
Caring for Your Breeder Flock 1:45 p.m.
- Brian Beavers, Beavers Game Farm; Sam Ballou, Elkhorn Farms & Hatchery; Todd Laudenslager, Mahantongo Game Farms
Break 2:30 p.m.
From Hen to Hatch 2:45 p.m.
- Josh Deines, Zoetis
How Strong Relationships With Public Officials Paid Off For Me in a Crisis 3:30 p.m.
- Rob Sexton, NAGA Executive Director; Loretta Omland, Gisi Pheasant Farm; Bill MacFarlane, MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc
Cocktails, Dinner & Auction Ticketed Event 5:00 p.m.
- Tickets are $80/person and need to be purchased in advance.