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Monday, February 6th
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| 8:30 a.m. |
2022 Final Board Meeting |
| 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Registration |
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General Session |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Welcome – President Peg Ballou |
| 1:15 p.m. |
Ventilation in Brooder Barns to Improve Chick Development |
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Jeff May, Clear View Enterprises, LLC |
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| 2:00 p.m. |
H-2A Visa Program for Agricultural Businesses |
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Gabriel Oosthuysen, Golden Opportunities International, LLC |
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| 2:45 p.m. |
Break |
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| 3:15 p.m. |
Open Discussion on Depopulation, Disinfection and Disposal |
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| 3:45 p.m. |
Pheasant Cooking Demonstration |
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Certified Master Chef, Alfonso Contrisciani, AAC, Oliver Farms |
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Executive Chef Otto Borsisch at Chef Otto |
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| 5:15 p.m. |
Welcome Reception |
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Complimentary Beer, wine and Hor d’oeuvres; Cash Bar Available |
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Tuesday, February 7th
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General Session |
| 8:15 a.m. |
Indemnity Values from the USDA |
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Troy Laudenslager, Mahantongo Game Farms |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Controlling Predators and Pests |
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David Curtiss, USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services |
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| 9:45 a.m. |
Catching & Transporting Mature Gamebirds |
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Mike Forsgren, Forsgren’s Pheasant Farm; Tim Zindl, Oak Ridge Pheasant Ranch, Inc and Chris Theisen, MacFarlane Pheasants, Inc. |
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| 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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| 11:00 a.m. |
How to Disagree Agreeably: Dale Carnegie Training |
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Merle Heckman, Dale Carnegie Training and Professional Development |
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Wednesday, February 8th |
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General Session |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. |
Second NAGA Board Meeting |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Pen Designs for All Weather Conditions |
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Avery LaCombe, Ringneck Ranch Inc; Michele Bovey, Flying B Ranch and Bernadette Gilliland, Hidden Valley Pheasantry |
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| 9:45 a.m. |
Chick Shipping Struggles |
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Greg Privett, Privett Hatchery and Marc Metzer, Metzer Farms |
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| 10:45 a.m. |
Break |
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| 11:15 a.m. |
Pricing Your Birds for Profit in a High Inflation Market |
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Mike Martz, Brian Beavers and Sarah Pope |
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| 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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General Session |
| 1:00 p.m. |
NAGA Update and General Membership Meeting |
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Rob Sexton, NAGA Executive Director and Peg Ballou, NAGA President |
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| 1:45 p.m. |
Understanding the Transmission of Avian Influenza |
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Dr. Fred Dustan Clark, University of Arkansas |
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Break |
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| 2:45 p.m. |
NPIP Requirements to Ship Gamebirds |
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NPIP Official |
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| 3:30 p.m. |
HatchTracker |
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Kristin Million, HatchTracker |
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| 5:00 p.m. |
Cocktails, Dinner and Auction |
