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1999 Virginia Pork Industry Conference
"Meeting Our Challenges"
Livestock Update, January 1999
Allen Harper, Extension Animal Scientist, Swine, Tidewater AREC
| Thursday, January 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00 AM - 12 Noon | Conference Registration
| Morning Session - Matt Miles, Moderator
| 9:30 AM | What's Ahead for Manure Nutrient Management on Hog Farms | Tom Simpson, Maryland Dept. of Agriculture, Annapolis, Md. 10:20 AM | Does Phytase Use Pay? | Allen Harper, Extension Swine Specialist, VA Tech Tidewater AREC, Suffolk, Va. 10:45 AM | Break - Sponsor Visitation
| 11:00 AM | Getting Our Message Across - How Pork Producers Can Do A Better Job Informing The Public | Jay Poole, Director of Agricultural Relations, Phillip Morris Co., Richmond, Va. 11:50 AM | Break for lunch
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | CONFERENCE LUNCHEON
| Afternoon Session - Cindy Wood, Moderator
| 1:15 PM | Key Factors in Farrowing Room Management | Tom Fangman, D.V.M., Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. 2:15 PM | Break - Sponsor Visitation
| 2:30 PM | Key Factors for Efficient Management of Finisher Hogs
Ken Kephart, Swine Specialist, Penn State Univ., University Park, Pa.
| 3:45 PM | Virginia Pork Industry Association Annual Business Meeting | All Pork Producers and Related Industry Persons are encouraged to participate. 4:45 PM | Conference Social
| 5:30 - 7:30 PM | AWARDS BANQUET | Don Horsley, President, Virginia Pork Industry Association, Presiding Keynote address: The Way The World Works - Marketing Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Pork Raoul Baxter, Vice Pres. - Corporate Development, Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va. Friday, January 22
| 7:30 AM | Virginia Pork Industry Board and Association Breakfast
| 8:30 AM | Virginia Pork Industry Board Meeting
| 10:30 AM | Post Conference Pork Quality Assurance Meeting
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Those needing registration information contact Allen Harper at email alharper@vt.edu or 757-657-6450, ext. 106, or Linda Byrd-Masters at extension 126.