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Swine Education Seminar
Thursday, April 12, 2018, 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM EDT
Category: Outside Events

Schedule:
  • 8:30am           Registration / Introductions
  • 9:00am           Dr. Carolyn Hurwitz will talk on vaccinations, castrations and necropsies.
  • 11:00am         Tori Jackson, University of Maine Extension – marketing your products using the internet.
  • Noon-12:45pm          Lunch – pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw, corn bread
  • 12:45pm         Dr. Michele Walsh, State Veterinarian – regulations regarding imports, exports and permits / Biologist Jesse Morris with USDA will talk briefly on feral swine
  • 1:20pm           Gary Anderson, University of Maine Extension – reading feed Tags.  What is important.
  • 2:15pm           Diane Schivera, Livestock specialist, MOFGA, steps to getting your swine herd certified organic 
  • 2:30pm           Producer profile
  • 3:00pm           Adjourn

Questions:   contact   [email protected]     215-4968

$25.00 per person  Includes lunch and hall rental; OR $20.00 for paid members of Maine Pork Producers      Please make checks payable to: Maine Pork Producers  Mail to: Dept of ACF, Cindy Kilgore, SHS 28,  Augusta, ME  04333-0028 

PLEASE RSVP PRIOR TO 4/10/18 FOR LUNCH COUNT…… THANK YOU !