20th Annual Northwest Oregon Dairy Goat
Association
Conference
The NWODGA will be hosting its 20th
conference this year. The confirmed date is Saturday, Feb 23,
2008. The Conference is held at Clackamas Community College, Oregon
City, OR from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
There will be loads of good
fellowship, visiting, vendors and a raffle. There will be
exceptional learning opportunities for producers, hobbyists and youth
who have or are interested in goats of all breeds and uses.
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GENERAL SCHEDULE |
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8:00 AM to 2:30 PM |
Registration - You MUST have a name badge to attend any
General or Youth Session |
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8:30 AM to 4:00 PM |
General
and Youth Sessions 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
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8:00 AM to 4:30 PM |
Vendors
Available |
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11:30 to 1:00 PM |
Lunch
Break (on your own) |
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8:00 AM to 3:00 PM |
Raffle
Available (Closes at 3:00 PM) |
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4:00 PM to 4:30 PM |
Pick-up Raffle Winnings |
CONFIRMED
PROGRAMMING
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General
Session 1 (8:30-9:45 AM) |
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General Session 2
(10:15-11:30 AM) |
| General
Biology of Parasites |
Dr. Steve
Hart |
Metabolic
Diseases (Ketosis & Milk Fever) |
Dr. Susan
Kerr |
| Basic
Management Skills (Disbudding, Castration, Tattooing,
Vaccinations) |
Amy Akramoff |
Basic Hoof
Trimming |
Diane Gray |
| Beginning
Goat Herbalism |
Kat Drovdahl |
Beginning
Goat Herbalism (Repeat) |
Kat Drovdahl |
| Hands-On Soap
Making |
Lilly Mayer |
Hands-On Soap
Making (Repeat) |
Lilly Mayer |
| Making Ice
Cream |
Bill
Strickland/Suzanne Strong |
Hay Selection
and Pasture Management |
Gary
Frederick |
| Dairy Goat
Nutrition |
Gary
Frederick |
Marketing
Your Meat Goats |
Elise Conlee |
| Judging Meat
Goat Structure and Choosing Your Herd |
Jonathan
Crighton |
Certificate of Identification Program (An ADGA Program to Identify
Wethers)
Appropriate for Adult and Youth |
Lelia Berry |
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Practical Aspects of Operating a Micro Grade A Raw Milk
Dairy |
Jessi Ellis |
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Youth Session 1
(8:30-9:45 AM) |
Youth Session 2
(10:15-11:30 AM) |
| Goat Pack
Project for Youth |
Jan
Privratsky |
Dairy Goat
Judging for Youth |
Tessa
Maggiulli |
| Selecting a
Foundation Doe |
Marie Layman |
What the
Dairy/Meat Judge Wants You to Know and Why |
Marie Layman
& Jen Tarlton |
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General
Session 3 (1:00-2:15 PM) |
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General Session 4
(2:45-4:00 PM) |
| Skin Problems and
Solutions |
Dr. Cary Heyward |
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Selecting Meat Goat Breeding
Stock for Function, Type and Productivity |
Dr. Cary
Heyward |
| Goat Packing for Adults |
Carolyn Eddy |
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First Aid for Goats |
Carolyn Eddy |
| De-Worming and De-Wormers |
Dr. Steve Hart |
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Blood Drawing Workshop |
Suzanne
Strong |
| Linear Appraisal - The
Program and How to Use the Data |
Lelia Berry |
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Conducting Your Own Fecal
Egg Counts |
Dr. Steve Hart |
| Corrective Hoof Trimming |
Diane Gray |
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Building Small Farmstead
Creameries |
Gianaclis Caldwell |
| Beginning Cheese-Making |
Mary Rosenblum |
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Advanced Cheese-Making |
Mary
Rosenblum |
How To Grow Your Rural Business:
Success Strategies and Marketing For Goat Business
(1:00-3:00
PM) |
Ellie Winslow |
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Bright Management Ideas -
How to Reduce Costs and Maximize Organization |
Shari Reyna |
| DHIA Tester Training |
CaDHI/NWDGHIA |
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DHIA Tester Training |
CaDHI/NWDGHIA |
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Youth Session 3
(1:00-2:15 PM) |
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Youth Session 4
(2:45-4:00 PM) |
| Kidding and Kid Raising
Strategies |
Meg Hicks |
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Raising Your Market Goat
-Management & Disease Control |
Deb Garvin |
| Showmanship for Youth
(and Beginning Adult
Showmen) |
Jen Tarlton |
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Goat-A-Rama - Games to
Help You Learn |
Colette Kemper |
| Choosing &
Showing your Market Goat |
Shelby
Armstrong |
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Vendors:
Cost will be $20
for the first 6 ft table and $10 for each additional 6 ft table. The vendor
area, hospitality, raffle and general seating/visiting will all be in
Bill Brod Community Center Lobby.
Click here to
access a copy of the Vendor Application.
NWDGHIA Tester Training and Scale
Certification (TENTATIVE)
will be available at the conference. There will be a $5.00 fee for
scale certification. Tester training is free to
all NWDGHIA members and available to non-members for a fee of $15.00. Contact
Cathy Gesch at
pgesch@aol.com or Laura Deen at
dejewel@ccountry.net for more information.
Conference Cost:
Registration for the conference will be $25.00/adult and $12.50/youth
(pre-registered or at the door). HOWEVER, only those pre-registered
will be guaranteed a handout packet
(includes all handouts provided to NWODGA by all the speakers in the
general or youth sessions). If you pre-register and cannot attend, we
ask that you designate someone pick up your handout packet.
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