In the News - February 2008
Top speakers to speak at goat conference
CONWAY, Ark. - If you're interested in raising meat and dairy goats, you can
learn how to raise them successfully by attending the 2008 Arkansas Goat
Conference Saturday, February 16, at the Natural Resources Building in Conway.
Goats are the fastest-growing livestock enterprise in the United States, said
Dr. Jodie Pennington, professor-dairy and goats with the University of Arkansas
Cooperative Extension Service.
"The conference will provide participants with the basic information they
need on topics such as commercial meat goat production, internal parasite
control, health management, kidding management, forage and pasture management,
where to market goats and showing goats at county fairs," said Pennington.
Speakers include Dr. Bruce Olcott, sheep and goat breeder and veterinarian
from the veterinary school at Louisiana State University, and Dr. Jim Miller,
professor of veterinary medicine at LSU.
Extension speakers include Pennington and Newton County Agent Jack Boles.
Their talks also will cover getting started in goat production. An afternoon
producer panel will discuss how to market goats successfully.
Several award-winning youth show exhibitors will discuss how to fit and show
goats at county, district and state fairs.
Pennington said the goat conference would be preceded by a fecal egg workshop
from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Friday, February 15, at the Natural Resources Building.
Miller will conduct the workshop.
The Natural Resources Building is at 110 S. Amity Rd. (the access road east
of Interstate 40) between exits 127 and 129.
The conference begins at 8:15 a.m. with registration and ends at 4 p.m.
Registration is $10 (including lunch) if you pre-register by February 10. It's $15 at the door,
including lunch. You may pre-register with your county extension office or send
your registration to Dr. Jodie Pennington at the U of A Cooperative Extension
Service, P.O. Box 391, Little Rock, AR 72203. His e-mail is
jpennington@uaex.edu.
The Cooperative Extension Service is part of the U of A Division of
Agriculture.
February 1, 2008
Media Contact: Lamar James
Extension Communications Specialist
U of A Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
(501) 671-2187 or (501) 753-0207
ljames@uaex.edu
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