- Author: Roger S Ingram
2013 PlacerGROWN Farm Conference
Trends in Local Agriculture: Survive and Thrive Keynote Panel
Registration: http://ucanr.edu/sites/PGFFC/Registration_and_Map/
The theme of the 2013PlacerGROWN Farm Conference is Survive and Thrive. The keynote part of the conference will feature a panel that will discuss trends over the next 5-10 years on the following topics:
- Land Use
- Water
- Regulations
- Local Farms
- Demographics
- Marketing of Local Food
You will be provided an opportunity to respond to each panel member’s presentation by using clickers. On the screen will be slides on possible implications of what you just heard along with potential responses. You can use your clicker to vote on the implications and responses you think are most likely to happen. There will be discussion on the results with the audience.
After the keynote will be two workshops sessions, one before and one after lunch. Workshops will run for 1 hour and 15 minutes. We are lengthening the time of the workshops this year to give speakers the more time for their presentations and discussions afterward with workshop attendees.
Workshops include:
- Display Ideas and Interactions with Customers That Can Improve Your Sales
- Developing Effective Messages for Different Demographic Groups in your Area
- Things to Consider in Becoming Effective at Direct Marketing
- Understanding Selling Wholesale and its Potential in Expanding Your Sales
- How to Project Profit and Cash Flow Before the Beginning of Your Production Year
- Production Planning Based on Economic and Cash Flow Projections
- Learning How Social Media Can Improve Sales
- Determining Your Niche Meat Marketing Costs
- Developing Your Niche Meat Business
The cost of the conference is $40 if you pre-register by January 18th and $50 after that date. Your registration feeincludes: Continental breakfast, Proceedings, Trade Show, Keynote Panel, Workshops, and Lunch. Support for this conference is also provided through USDA Risk Management Agency and CDFA Specialty Crops Grant Program.
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- Author: Roger S Ingram
Shepherding Skills Workshop
Preparing Ewes for Breeding Workshop
Saturday, September 1, 2012
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Oak Hill Ranch
9970 Mt Vernon Rd
Auburn, CA 95603
To register go here:
http://ucanr.org/sites/Roger_Livestock/Workshops/Preparing_Ewes_for_Breeding/
Cost: Free
Sponsored:
Flying Mule Farm
USDA Risk Management Agency
UC Cooperative Extension
Topics covered:
- Overview of Three-Tier Breeding System
- Culling Policies
- EZ Care Scoring System
- Productivity
- Feet
- Wool
- Teeth and Udders
- Flushing
- Body Condition Scoring
- Ewe Nutrition
- Ram Management and Ram Effect
- Pre-breeding Nutrition
- Ram Housing
- Ram Effect
- Ram-to-Ewe Ratio
- Author: Roger S Ingram
Stockmanship: Low-Stress Livestock Handling
Thursday and Friday October 4-5, 2012
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM each day
Cal Poly's Swanton Pacific Ranch
Davenport, CA (about 10 miles north of Santa Cruz off of Hwy 1)
Cost: $375 if registered by September 21, $400 after that. Registration fee includes lodging, food, and course materials.
For more information, go to this link:
http://www.cowboyconservation.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/DRAFTStockmanshipFlyer2012_4-0.pdf
To register, go to this link:
http://www.cowboyconservation.com/workshops/6/stockmanship-low-stress-livestock-handling/
This is an introductory workshop where participants will learn Stockmanship basics with participatory learning. Join instructors Richard McConnell, Tina Williams, and Kent Reeves to learn the Economic, Social, and Environmental benefits of implementing Stockmanship. Workshop includes classroom and fieldwork.
- Author: Roger S Ingram
The California Multi-Species Grazing / Browsing Academy is scheduled for September 14-16 in Auburn, CA. The cost is $160. We are taking registrations through September 7th. We still have some registration slots available.
The Academy is a unique and exciting program emphasizing the practical application of controlled grazing/browsing principles to improve the environment and increase ranch profit. This challenging course consists of a minimum of lecture and a maximum of hands-on experience. Participants learn by actually applying the principles taught in the range and pasture with live goats and sheep.
The Academy instructors are:
- Roger Ingram, Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor Placer and Nevada Counties
- An Peischel, Small Ruminant Specialist, Tennessee State University
- Author: Roger S Ingram
Lamb Carcass Fabrication Workshop
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Chico State University Farm Meats Lab
Cost: $20 - Includes lunch and Proceedings
WE STILL HAVE SPOTS AVAILABLE!
About The Lamb Carcass Fabrication Workshop:
The Lamb Carcass Fabrication Workshop is a unique and exciting program featuring hand‐on experience with a lamb carcass. You will be assigned to teams. Each team will get part of a lamb carcass for fabrication. In addition, the class will feature a workshop on working with USDA processors, distribution, and pricing.
After completing the Lamb Carcass Fabrication Workshop, course participants will be able to:
1. Understand desirable lamb carcass traits.
2. Understand the different retail cuts from a lamb carcass.
3. Gain experience with fabricating a lamb carcass.
4. Understand the retail cut yield from a lamb carcass.
5. Understand regulations on selling meat direct or wholesale.
6. Gain insight into working with a USDA processor, distribution, and pricing.
7. Gain information on carcass and fatty acid profiles of lamb and goat.
To register, here is a link:
http://ucanr.org/sites/Roger_Livestock/?calitem=156999&g=29082
For more information, call at 530-889-7385 or email at rsingram@ucdavis.edu.