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Tuesday, August 12th,
2008
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Farm Tours |
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8:15 am – 9:45 am |
Boarding Buses & departures at timed intervals |
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4:30 pm – 5:30 pm |
Buses return at varying times |
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5:30 pm |
Buffet style meal |
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7:00 pm |
Official Opening Ceremonies |
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Wine & Cheese & Trade Show opens |
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Wednesday, August 13th,
2008
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8:00 am |
Registration, Coffee & Trade Show |
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8:30 am |
Kick Off of Program & Welcome
Bob Reid, Symposium Chair |
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8:40 am |
Success through Management of your Feeding System
Peter Jan Baakker, Hendrix & Nutreco |
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9:40 am |
Refreshments & Exhibit visits |
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10:10 am |
Quality Forages through Harvest, Storage & Feed
Management
Ev Thomas, Miner Institute, Chazy, New York |
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11:10 am |
Managing Young Stock – the Foundation of my Herd
Speaker TBA |
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12:10 pm |
Lunch & Exhibit visits.
Caprine Classic begins - dairy & meat shows will run
concurrently |
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1:10 pm |
Concurrent sessions begin
– 40 minute sessions with 10 minute move
opportunities |
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1:10 pm |
Managing Feeding Programs for Kid Goats on Milk
Replacer
Kathleen Shore, Grober Nutrition Inc. Cambridge |
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Pasture Management equals Quality Forages for Goats
Ev Thomas |
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ACGI Producer Survey results
Tracy-Lynn Reside & Murray Hunt, ACGI |
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2:00 pm |
Succession Planning Peter Coughler, Succession
Planning & Business Agreements Program Lead, OMAFRA |
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Goat Industry Successes in Europe |
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Animal Welfare and the Goat Industry – speaker TBA |
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2:50 pm |
Refreshments & Exhibit Visits |
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3:30 pm |
Using CIDR’s in Breeding Management Programs
-Speaker TBA |
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Take a Walk on the Financial Side
Speaker TBA |
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Understanding the Ontario Market for Goats
Speaker TBA |
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4:10 pm |
Managing Udder Health for Milk Quality – Allyson
MacDonald, DVM, Ostrander Vet Clinic, Tillsonburg |
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Tapping the Market Local Wave Speaker TBA |
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Presentation TBA |
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6:30 pm |
Social at Stratford Festival Inn beginning with
cocktails |
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Guest Speaker – Paul Mussell, Comedian / Farmer |
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Thursday, August 14th,
2008
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9:00 am |
Welcome & Opening Remarks |
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9:10 am |
Club 1200
Franz Hensellhoff, Nutreco |
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10:10 am |
Industry Roundup
Buck Classic
Scrapie Tagging Project
National ID & Traceability Program
Centre of Excellence for Small Ruminants feasibility
study.
Kawartha Management Club Pilot |
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10:30 am |
Refreshment Break |
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11:00 am |
Management Ideology for Success in the Goat Industry
- Producer Panel
Henry & Anja van der Vlies
Bill Alexander
TBA |
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12:10 pm |
Closing Remarks - Wrap Up, what it all means and
share a thread that will introduce the theme for
2009 – Marketing/value add – speaker TBA
Lunch on your own |
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1:00 pm |
Caprine Classic Sale |
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