WASHINGTON COUNTY MEAT GOAT ASSOCIATION'S

GOAT-A-RAMA®  2010

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Farm Bureau Ag Center

882 Grady Mertz Road

Tennille, GA 31089

9:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m.

Admission is FREE

EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS

 GOATS <> GOAT SUPPLIES 

 FOOD <> FUN

PROGRAM

 

9:00 a.m. 

NOTE:  This seminar has been changed to 2:00 p.m.

“SARE Funding Opportunities”

James Hill

Southern SARE Outreach Coordinator

 

 

10:00 a.m. 

 

“Goats & Parasites:  What’s New in the Southeast”

Bob Storey,

MS, RVT, Assistant Research Scientist,

Department of Infectious Diseases

University of Georgia, Athens GA

 

 

11:00 a.m. 

 

“Forage Goat Production & Parasite Control”

Tom Terrill

Research Professional

Fort Valley State University

 

11:30 a.m.

 

Cooking Demo: Using Chevon

Lorei von Loenen

 

 

12:00 noon

 

 “Assessing Various Goat Breeds on Southern Pastures”

Richard Browning, Jr.

PhD Research Animal Science

Tennessee State University, Nashville TN

 

 

12:30 p.m.

 

Cheesemaking Demo

Lori Archer

 

 

1:00 p.m.

Goat Costume Contest

(in roofed livestock area)

 

 

1:00 p.m.

 

“Meat Goat Grades & Carcass Merit”

Charles Batten,

Sunbelt Goat Producers Co-op

Dr. Will Getz,

Livestock Production Systems/Geneticist,

Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA

 

2:00 p.m.

(changed from 9:00 a.m.)

“SARE Funding Opportunities”

James Hill

Southern SARE Outreach Coordinator

 

Throughout the day:

 

Dairy Goats

Mandy & John Latimer

Georgia Dairy Goat Breeders Association

Demonstrations & Discussions

 

Fecal Flotation Demo

Dee Thompson

 

Early American Artifact Identification

Bobby Strange

Bring your arrowheads, pottery shards, and

other artifacts for free identification

 

 

Fort Valley State University

 

Mobile Information Technology Center

 

This is a high-tech computer classroom housed in a semi-trailer

which can be set up in a variety of field locations.

It will be available all day at the

GOAT-A-RAMA®

 

   “It is designed to provide a… non-threatening environment where users can gain hands-on access to computer hardware and software systems which may be relevant to their individual or group needs.

   “The unit includes a wheelchair lift for physically challenged individuals.  On-board equipment also includes satellite-based Internet access, a 50-inch plasma video display, a video disc player and videocassette recorder, laser and inkjet printers, and other related peripherals.”

 

 

 

 

FREE

Registration for Door Prizes

 

 

info@goat-a-rama.com

 

 

 

Washington County Meat Goat Association,  P. O. Box 934,  Sandersville GA 31082

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