2009 ADGA Convention

October 10-17, 2009
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                                         Preliminary Schedule

Saturday, October 10: 
*See detailed programing below
          Youth Registration
          Youth Programming
                    Seminars/Activities
          Spotlight Sale Animals may arrive

Sunday, October 11:
*See detailed programing below
          Open Registration
          Youth Programming
                   
Seminars/Activities
                    Field Trip
          Judges Pre-Training Conference
          AASRP Program
          General Programming begins
          Vendor Area open in afternoon
                    Vendor set up
                    Breed Club tables set up
          Hospitality area open

Monday, October 12:
*See detailed programing below
       Open Registration
         
Vendor and Hospitality area open
         
Youth Programming
                   
Seminars/Activities
         
ADGA Judges Training Conference
         
AASRP Program
          General Programming
          Workshops
          **Youth Banquet and Youth Representative Contest
            
Tuesday, October 13:
*See detailed programing below
          Open Registration
         
Vendor and Hospitality area open
         
ADGA Judges Training Conference at fairgrounds
         
General Programming
          Workshops
          Cheese and Bathcare Products judging
          ** Welcome Dinner/Pioneer Program/ADGA Membership Meeting

Wednesday, October 14:
*See detailed programing below
          Open Registration
         
Vendor and Hospitality area open
          ADGA Board of Directors Meeting
         
General Programming
          Workshops
          Cheese and Bathcare Products judging

Thursday, October 15:
*See detailed programing below
          Open Registration
         
Vendor and Hospitality area open
          ADGA Board of Directors Meeting
         
General Programming
          Workshops
          **Products Reception
                  Book signings with
Karl Schatz and Brad Kessler

Friday, October 16:
*See detailed programing below
          Open Registration
         
Vendor and Hospitality area open
          Advanced Judges Seminar
         
General Programming
          Workshops
          ** Banquet Dinner and Dance
                    Entertainment for the evening is the Earth Quakers who have been with us in Ohio and Maryland.

Saturday, October 17:
          ADGA Membership Meeting
          ** Champagne Brunch
          ** Spotlight Sale (Starts at 11:00AM)

2009 ADGA Convention – Tentative Conference Schedule


2009 ADGA Convention – Conference Schedule

Saturday October 10, 2009

time

General Programming

Other

9

Registration - youth

10

Introductions/ice breaker games

11

Marketing your goats - Kathy Andera

12

Lunch time!

Set up for week

1

Marketing on the computer - Kathy Andera

2:30

You be the judge – techniques on how to judge goats - Lynn Fleming

3:30

Do worms make you squirm?  Parasite management and how to do fecal testing Kathleen M. Bliss, LVT, MALS, SUNY Alfred Ag and Tech

4:30

Holistic feeding and treatments for dairy goats - Dr. Cynthia Lankenau, DVM

5:30

Walk to naval museum and dinner out on the town

PM activities

Make your own goat collars and Goat Jeopardy

Spotlight Sale animals arrive

Sunday October 11 – The young and the professional…

time

General Programming

General Programming

Workshop

ADGA Workshop

Other

8

Youth field trip – Niagara Falls, Goat Island and the Buffalo Aquarium.  Lunch on the road

Lumps and Bumps and External Masses – Dr. Joan Bowen

Judges Pre Training Conference

Vendors may set up

9

Dr. Paula Menzies   Abortion in Goats with Emphasis on Zoonoses

10

Dr. Paula Menzies   Biosecurity and Development of Disease Control Programs

11

Neil Anderson   Free-Access Feeding of Kids with Acidified Milk

12

LUNCH

1

Dr. Mary Smith & Dr. Paula Menzies   Question and Answer Panel

2

Dr. Mary Smith        Diagnosis and Control of Paratuberculosis in Goats

3

 Poster project and Skillathon through 6:30

Dr. Mary Smith        Eye Problems in Goats

4

Dr. Katherine Marshall   Scrapie in Goats; NAHMS Update

5

PM

activities

Dinner and sight seeing on your own with family and friends

Monday October 12 – We begin with youth and deepen our knowledge….

time

General Programming

General Programming

Workshop

ADGA Workshop

Other

8

Youth Poster art judging

Beginning Soap making $15.00 extra

8 – 11:30

Dr Joan Bowen – Emergency Preparedness for Goat Producers

ADGA Judges Training  Conference

9

Speeches & Interviews (through 12)

You be the judge – live animal workshop

Dr. Paul Hunter - Using Caesarian Section to Eliminate Disease

10

First aide for goats – basic animal management (deworming, drenching, pilling, hoof trimming) Dr. Nancy Pugh  DVM, Medaille College

Dr. Paul Hunter  -     Experience with Johnes Certification Program

11

Intro to AI – Karen Lewis

Make your own goat milk ice cream

Question and Answer Session w/ Drs. Hunter, Rowe and Bowen

12

LUNCH at 12:30

1

1:30 Quiz Bowl and Goat cut out decorating

Advanced soapmaking $15

Dr. Joan Dean Rowe – Buck Health Management

2

Lotion making $15 2:30 to 3:30

Dr. Joan Dean Rowe – Obstetrical Tips for Goat Producers

3

Dr. Joan Bowen – AMDUCA and Extra-Label Drug Use

4

3:30 to 5 Labeling regulations and soap marketing trends

Question and Answer panel with Drs. Rowe and Bowen Concerning Drug Use

5

Saanen Breed club meeting (NSBA)

Golden Guernsey Breed Club meeting (GGBoA)

PM

activities

Youth Banquet and Youth Representative Contest

Youth rep contestants will get extemp topic at 6 pm

Tuesday October 13 – healthy goat day

time

General Programming

General Programming

Workshop

ADGA Workshop

Other

8

Harvesting colostrum with the EZ Milker – Buck Wheeler

What’s in your health kit?  Basic items to have on hand

FAMACHA:  $15

integrated parasite management – Tatiana Stanton & Betsy Hodge

Internal parasites

Parasite recognition and control

Fecal analysis

ADGA Judges Training Program at the fairgrounds

Niagara Falls and Goat Island $15

9

Zoonoses – Maribeth Andresen

Extra label medicine use – your responsibilities and the dangers

Cheese and bath care products judging

10

Common diseases to watch for in buying goats

Goat Identification -Anna Draisey, USDA Veterinary Services Scrapie Program Coordinator in NY

11

ADGA Programs – Lisa Shepherd

Farm Animal Welfare – why should we be concerned? -Wendy Weirich, AWA

12

LUNCH

1

Udder health and quality milk – Miranda Clayson QMPS

Blood testing – what to test for, what test to do, and how do we interpret the results?

Beginning AI course – Dr. LeeAnn Fosdick

2

Grazing Goats – Betsy Hodge

3

Herd Health Programs

Crossbreeding with meat breeds – Tatiana stanton

4

5

Sable Breed Club Meeting – ISBA -

PM

activities

Welcome Dinner/ Pioneer Program/ ADGA Membership Meeting

Wednesday October 14- business and economics day

time

General Programming

General Programming

Workshop

Workshop

Other

8

Scrapie Flock Certification Program – Voluntary & Mandatory program differences - Anna Draisey, USDA Veterinary Services Scrapie Program Coordinator in NY

Off Site Tour

Beginning AI Clinic

Niagara Wine Trail Tour $15

9

Farm Bureau Program – why should you be a member? (Porters)

Funding opportunities for making your operation a better place for your goats to live – Wendy Weirich - AWA

Board of Directors Meeting

10

Financing opportunities through the NLPA sheep and goat fund Scharee Atchison

11

Stephen and Bruce Porter – Providing for adequate insurance for your dairy goat operation 

Hay analysis and evaluation - Arthur Graves

Cheese and Bath Care products judging

12

LUNCH

1

Harvesting colostrum with the EZ Milker & Entrepreneurial ideas and pathways to marketing – Buck Wheeler

Business Plans – Jeff Perry

Off Site Tour

AI Clinic – continued, hands on practice

2

Photography tips and techniques

Claiming the goats as a farm enterprise – business records and tax strategies – Jeff Perry

3

Essentials of marketing and advertising

Entrepreneurial ideas and pathways to marketing – Buck Wheeler

4

The end of the line – what to do with “unsuccessful” dairy goats (meat, leather marketing ideas)

Dealing with death – composting as a method of managing losses – Joan Petzen (?)

5

Breed Club Meeting – Alpines International

Breed Club meeting – International Nubian Breeders Association

PM

activities

Meet the judges – cheese contest

Thursday October 15

time

General Programming

General Programming

Workshop

Workshop

Other

8

Reproduction Resources – what you can find out on the web C. Shelley

Holistic Methods –what does holistic mean?

Niagara Fall and Goat Island $15

9

ADGA Programs: registration and shows

Dermatological Conditions in goats – Dr. Tim Ness

Homeopathic basics – the Vital Force

Cheesemaking – soft cheese - Gianaclis $15

Board of Directors Meeting continued

10

ADGA Programs - Linear Appraisal – Bret Gabardi & Eric Jermaine

Redwood Hills Dairy –Jennifer Bice

Controlling parasites using non-chemical methods

11

ADGA Programs – DHIR production testing vs. One day production testing

Sharing your chevre – Sharon Crumb

The pros and cons of going organic with your goat enterprise

12

LUNCH

1

From Highways to Homestead, sharing our goat journey  Margaret Hathaway & Karl Schatz

Tips on keeping your newsletter interesting! – Donna Pearce

Advanced AI – How to improve your AI success (Biogenics, T. Wade)

Affinage cheese – Marc (n/c)

2

Large dairy management – (Ontario goat producer?)

Cheesemaking in Germany & Holland – differences in animal husbandry & methodology (Larry LeClare)

3

Packing and hiking with Dairy Goats – Nance Weaver

Farmers working for Farmers – evolution of the Ontario Dairy Goat Cooperative – Lisa Thompson, ODGC General Mgr.

4

Financing opportunities through the NLPA sheep and goat fund Scharee Atchison

Marketing your cheese at farmers mkts – Shannon Nichols

5

Breed Club Meeting – Lamancha

Breed Club Meeting - Oberhasli

PM

activities

Products Reception

*Book signing with Karl Schatz     *Book signing with Brad Kessler

Friday October 16

time

General Programming

General Programming

Workshop

ADGA Workshop

Other

8

Advanced Artificial Insemination Clinic

Advanced Cheesemaking – hard cheese - $15 Gianaclis

Toggenburg Breed Club meeting (7 am)

9

Vaccination programs – Dr. John Andresen

Milking machine operation and maintenance (Greg Freeman from Caprine Supply)

Blue Seal Plant/Train ride

10

Digital Photography and Electronic Media Workshop:  Getting Your Goats on the Web - Karl Schatz

West Nile Virus – Dr. John Andresen

Advanced Judges Seminar (times??)

11

12

LUNCH

1

Metabolic goat diseases – Dr. John Andresen

Cheesemakers and Producers panel – with Marc

2

Zoonoses – Maribeth Andresen

Color genetics in goats

Panel – Klisse Foster + ??

3

Passing the buck – leasing a buck or providing service to outside does – managing your risks Panel – D. Pearce, K. Lewis

4

5

Breed Club Meeting

PM

activities

Banquet followed by entertainment by the band Earth Quakers

Saturday October 17

time

General Programming

Other

8

ADGA General Membership Meeting

9

10

Champagne Brunch followed by the Spotlight Sale

11

Spotlight Sale

12

1

2

3

4

5

PM

activities