PROFESSIONAL

IMPROVEMENT CONFERENCE of the

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF

COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENTS

July 13-17, 2008

FRIDAY, JULY 11

 

7:00 am -  PRE-CONFERENCE LIVESTOCK TOUR

      Place:  Entry F

Presiding:  Gene Schurman, National Chair of Animal Science Committee

Sponsor:  Alltech, Elanco Animal Health, National Pork Board, and Prestage Farms 

8:00 am-  NACAA Board Meeting

5:00 pm  Place: Edinburgh

SATURDAY, JULY 12

 

7:00 am -  PRE-CONFERENCE LIVESTOCK TOUR

      Place:  Entry F 

7:00 am- PRE-CONFERENCE HORTICULTURE TOUR

      Sponsor: Ball Horticulture Company 

8:00 am-  NACAA Board Meeting

3:00 pm  Place: Edinburgh 

12:00 pm-  REGISTRATION

8:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area I 

1:00 pm -  Registration for 4-H Talent Revue

5:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area I 

6:00 pm-  4-H Talent Revue Orientation and Dinner 

9:00 pm Place: Guilford Ballroom ABC 

 

SUNDAY, JULY 13 Spotlight Sponsor – North Carolina Cooperative Extension 

7:30 am- 4-H Talent Revue Rehearsal and Meal

noon Place: Guilford Ballroom ABC  

8:00 am-  REGISTRATION

9:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area I 

7:00am – GRANDOVER GOLF OUTING

1 pm  Vans leaving from Entry F

      Contact: Tyrone Fisher 

 

9:00 am-  Commercial Exhibits & NACAA

1:00 pm Educational Exhibits Set Up

      Place: Prefunction Area III 

9:00 am-   Regional Directors and Vice Directors Workshop

Noon Presiding: James Devillier, NACAA Southern Region Director

      Place: Edgewood 

9:00 am- Scholarship Selection Committee

5:00 pm Place:  St. Andrews 

9:00 am-  NACAA Poster Set Up

1:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area III 

9:00 am-  Nominating Committee Meeting

Noon  Place: Olympia

      Presiding: Chuck Otte, Past President 

10:00 –  PRAYER SERVICE

11:00 am Place: Auditorim I

      Presiding: Paul Walker 

12:00 pm-  Past National Officers and Board Luncheon

2:00 pm  (Dutch treat)

      Place:  Imperial A

      Coordinator:  Chuck Otte, Past President 

1:00 pm-  COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER

6:30 pm  Place: Arrowhead 

Noon-  National Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs

2:00 pm  Luncheon and Workshop

Place: Grandover

      Presiding: Phil Pratt, NACAA Vice President

      Courtesy: Philip Morris, USA 

 

1:00 pm-  COMMERCIAL EXHIBIT TRADE SHOW-

6:00 pm  AND NACAA POSTER SESSION DISPLAY - OPEN

      Place: Prefunction Area III 

2:30 pm -  BREAK

3:00 pm Courtesy: F.A. Bartlette Tree Company 

1:30 pm-  State Officers Workshop

3:00 pm  Place: Auditorium III

Presiding:  Michele Hebert, Western Region Director  

 

 

 

1:30 pm-  Teaching and Educational Technologies Hands-

2:40 pm  on Teaching Sessions

Topic: Beginning PowerPoint Workshop

Presenter: Susan Kerr

Place: Computer Teaching Lab 

2:50 pm-  Teaching and Educational Technologies Hands-

5:00 pm on teaching Sessions

Topic: Intermediate Powerpoint Workshop

Presenter:  Betsy Greene

Place: Computer Teaching Lab 

2:00 pm-  Program Recognition Council Workshop

5:00 pm  Place: Sandpiper

      Presiding: Mike Hogan, Council Chair 

2:00 pm-  Extension Development Council Workshop

5:00 pm  Place: Tanglewood

      Presiding: Michael Heimer, Council Chair 

2:00 pm-  Professional Improvement Council Workshop

5:00 pm  Place: Heritage

      Presiding: Tom Benton, Council Chair 

2:00 pm-  Life Member Committee Meeting

3:00 pm  Place: Old North

      Presiding: Hal Tatum, Life Member Chair 

2:00 pm-  NACAA Educational Foundation Annual Meeting

3:00 pm  and Board of Directors Meeting

      Place: Edinburgh

      Presiding:  Curtis Grissom, Educational

      Foundation President 

3:00 pm-  FIRST TIMER ORIENTATION AND

4:00 pm  RECEPTION

      Place: Blue Ashe

Presiding: Tyrone Fisher

Presenters: Chuck Otte, NACAA Past President & Karen Neill, Co-Chair NACAA AM/PIC (All first time attendees and spouses invited) 

4:30 pm-  TASTE OF CAROLINA DINNER

6:30 pm Place: Guilford Ballroom DEFG

      Courtesy:  RJR Tobacco 

5:30 pm-  State President Rehearsal for Flag Ceremony Place: Guilford Ballroom ABC

      Presiding: Gary Pierce 

6:00 pm – National Leadership Rehearsal

6:15 pm Place: Guilford Ballroom ABC

      Presiding: Fred Miller 

 

6:00 pm- Parents Orientation for Sons and Daughters

6:45 pm  Program

      Place:  Auditorium I

      Presiding:  Ross Young 

7:00 pm-  OPENING SESSION AND INSPIRATIONAL

8:30 pm  PROGRAM

      Place: Guilford Ballroom ABC

      Courtesy: Novartis Animal Health

      Presiding:  Fred Miller, NACAA President

Invocation: Mickey Cummings, Past NACAA President

Remarks by Sponsor: Steve Boren, Novartis Animal Health

      Presentation of Colors – VFW Post 2087

Welcoming Comments & Pledge of Allegiance– Kirk Perkins, Guilford County Commission Chair National Anthem- Elizabeth Murphy

Presentation of State Flags 

Musical Presentation:  Georgia 4-H Clovers and Company

Remarks and Introduction: Dr. James Zuiches, NC State Vice Chancellor for Extension & Engagement

Inspirational Address: “Leadership that Leaves a Legacy”, General Henry H. Shelton

      Introduction of NACAA Board:

      Fred Miller,NACAA President

      Closing Announcements:  Karen Neill,

      AM/PIC Co-Chair 

8:30 pm-  ICE CREAM SOCIAL

9:30 pm  Place: Guilford Ballroom DEFG

Courtesy: Virginia Association of County Agricultural Agents 

9:00 pm-  STATE PICTURES

11:00 pm (See schedule in back of program)

      Place: Prefunction Area I 

9:30 pm-  HOSPITALITY

11:30 pm  TBD 

10:00 pm  North Carolina Meeting

      Place: Auditorium IV

MONDAY, JULY 14 Spotlight sponsor- Syngenta

 

6:30 am-  Voting Delegates Breakfast

7:45 am  (Meal by invitation & ticket)

      Place: Imperial BC

      Presiding: Leon Church, NACAA Secretary

      Courtesy: NACAA 

8:00 am-  REGISTRATION

5:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area I 

7:00 am-  COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER

7:00 pm  Place: Arrowhead 

9:00 am-  COMMERCIAL AND NACAA EDUCATIONAL

6:00 pm  EXHIBITS OPEN

      Place: Prefunction Area III 

8:00 am-  NACAA Poster Judging

noon  Place: Prefunction Area III 

         8:30 am -  4-H Talent Revue Rehearsal

4:30 pm  Place: Imperial D 

8:00 am-  GENERAL SESSION

10:00 am  Place: Guilford Ballroom ABC

      Presiding: N. Fred Miller, NACAA President

Comments: Beth Carroll, Senior Stewardship Manager, Syngenta

Welcome:  Johnny Wynne, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NC State University

      Introductions: National Committee and

Council Chairs, Special Assignments, and Executive Director

      Greetings from JCEP

Report to the Association, N. Fred Miller, NACAA President

      Recognition of Donors and Introduction    of New Programs:

      Rick Gibson, NACAA President Elect

      Presentation by Bidding States for 2012  AM/PIC

Hall of Fame Awards Presentation

Keynote Address: “Sustaining Agricultural Productivity: The Grandest of the Grand Challenges” Colien Hefferan, Administrator of Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

Closing Comments: Mark Tucker, AM/PIC Co-chair 

10:00 am-  BREAK

10:20 am   Place: Prefunction Area III

Courtesy: North Carolina Soybean Association 

10:30 am-  TRADE TALK CONCURRENT SESSIONS

11:40 am   Seminars -

      Animal Science

Pfizer Animal Health, Intervet, Novartis Animal Health, Elanco Animal Health, and Alltech

      Place: Auditorium IV

      Horticulture

      Bayer Advanced, TruGreen Chemlawn

      Place: Auditorium II 

      Crop Science/Agronomy

Monsanto, Specialty Fertilizer Products, Inc., Dow AgroScience, John Deere, Qualisoy

      Place: Auditorium III 

      Crop Science/Agronomy II

United Soybean Board, Pennington,PERC – Propane Education Research Council

      Place: Auditorium I 

11:45 am- PRIDE Luncheon (Tickets Required)

1:15 pm Place: Imperial E

      Presiding: Larry Moorehead, Public Relations   Committee Chair

      Speaker:  Mark Mechling

Topic: “How Farm-City Days Benefit Extension Programs”

Speaker: B.J. Jarvis

Topic: “Marketing Extension Programs to Decision-makers and Elected Officials”

Courtesy: United Soybean Board and National Rural Electric Cooperative Association 

11:45 am - MEET THE AUTHORS POSTER

1:15 pm SESSION 

      Place: Prefunction Area III 

11:45 am – First Time Attendee Luncheon (Tickets Required)

1:15 pm Place: Imperial GH

      Presiding: Tyrone Fisher

      Speaker: Rett Davis, Retired NC Agricultural Agent

Courtesy:Phil Niemeyer, President, NASCO Division 

11:45 am- Professional Improvement and Search for

1:15 pm  Excellence Luncheons (Tickets Required)

      Crop Production   

      Place: Augusta

      Presiding: David Harrison

Program: “Integrated Blackbird Management in Sunflowers”

      Presenter: Nels Peterson, North Dakota

      Courtesy: Qualisoy

 

      Farm and Ranch Management 

      Place: Grandover East

      Presiding: Brad Brummond

Program: “Virginia Regional Market Analysis and Economic Outlook Seminars Utilizing the Internet as an Interactive Delivery System”

      Presenter: Michael T. Roberts, Virginia

Courtesy: Specialty Fertilizer Products, LLC 

 

      Landscape Horticulture  

      Place: Grandover West

      Presiding: Dick Brzozowski

Program: “Master Gardener Water Conservation Outreach Program”

      Presenter: Larry Sagar, Utah 

      Courtesy: TruGreen ChemLawn 

11:45 am -   EDUCATIONAL LUNCHEON SEMINARS

1:15 pm (tickets required?)

Program: “Expanding Markets for Local Farm Products”            

Presenter: Charlie Jackson, Executive Director,

       Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project

      Place: Victoria BC 

Courtesy: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) 

Program: “Current Status of Anthelmintic Resistance in Cattle”

      Presenter: Dr. Tom Yazwinski, University of

      Arkansas

      Place: Imperial C 

      Courtesy: Fort Dodge Animal Health 

      Program: “Invasive Species Biology, Management,

      Regulations & Economics”

      Presenters: Anand B. Persad PhD., BCE, The Davey

        Institute, Kent, Ohio

 Place: Imperial A 

      Courtesy: Davey Tree 

Program: “Producing High Quality, High Yielding Crops”

Presenter: To Be Announced

      Place: Blue Ashe 

                   Courtesy: Syngenta 

1:30 pm-  COMMITTEE WORKSHOPS FOR ALL NACAA

2:30 pm   MEMBERS

      “How to Host an AM/PIC” 

      Presiding: Mark Tucker and Karen Neill

      Place:  Turnberry 

      Communications   

      Presiding: Larry Williams

      Place: Tanglewood 

      Extension Programs  

      Presiding: Brad Brummond

      Place: Olympia 

      4-H & Youth   

      Presiding: Sherry Beaty

      Place: Heritage A 

      Professional Excellence 

      Presiding: Charles Phillips

      Place: Pinehurst    

      Public Relations  

      Presiding: Larry Moorehead

      Place: Marsh Harbor 

      Recognition & Awards 

      Presiding: Todd Lorenz

      Place: St. Andrews 

      Scholarship    

      Presiding: Chris Bruynis

      Place: Links 

      Agronomy & Pest Management 

      Presiding: Edward Johnson 

      Place: Sandpiper 

      Agricultural Economics & Community  

      Development     Presiding: Mary Sobba  

      Place: Tidewater A 

      Animal Science  

      Presiding: Gene Schurman

      Place: Augusta 

      Natural Resources/Aquaculture  

      Presiding: Bill Sciarappa

      Place: Tidewater B 

      Horticulture and Turf Grass 

      Presiding: James Hruskoci

      Place: Colony B 

      Public Relations and Agricultural Issues  

      Presiding: Dan Downing 

      Place: Colony A 

      Early Career Development 

      Presiding: Mark Nelson

      Place: Pebble Beach 

      Administrative Skills Development 

      Presiding: Jerry Warren    Place: Heritage B 

      Teaching and Educational Technologies  Presiding Karen Vines

      Place: Colony C 

1:30 pm Life Members Business Meeting 

3:00 pm Presiding: Hal Tatum

      Place: Victoria A 

1:30 pm-  Agriculture and Natural Resources Program

5:00 pm Leaders Meeting

      Presiding: Ed Jones    Place: Edinburgh 

2:30 pm- BREAK 

3:00 pm Place: Prefunction Area III

Courtesy: Corn Growers Association of North Carolina, Inc.  

3:00 pm- REGIONAL MEETINGS AND CANDIDATE

5:00 pm PRESENTATIONS

      Southern  Place: Victoria A

      North Central  Place: Grandover West

      Northeast  Place: Victoria B

      Western  Place: Victoria C 

4:45 pm-   “GOT TO BE NC DINNER”

7:00 pm Buses leaving every 20 minutes from Entrance G –

      last bus leaves at 6:10 PM (tickets required)

      Place: NC A&T Alumni Center

Courtesy: North Carolina Commodity Associations and North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 

7:30 pm-  4-H TALENT REVUE

9:00 pm Sponsored by: BB&T 

      Place: Guilford Ballroom ABC 

9:00 pm- ICE CREAM SOCIAL  

10:00 pm Place: Guilford Ballroom DEFG

Courtesy: Kansas Association of County Agricultural Agents 

9:30 pm- Hospitality Rooms

11:30 pm   

9:30 pm-  STATE PICTURES

11:00 pm Place: Prefunction Area I 

10:00 pm North Carolina Meeting 

              Place: Auditorium IV 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 15 Spotlight Sponsor- Farm Credit Group (AgFirst, Carolina Farm Credit and AgCarolina Financial) 

6:30 am- Administrators’ Breakfast

7:45 am (By invitation)

      Presiding: Chuck Otte

      Place: Blue Ashe 

7:00 am -  Achievement Award Recognition Breakfast

8:00 am Place: Imperial BC

      Presiding: Todd Lorenz, Chair,

      Recognition & Awards Committee

      Courtesy: American Income Life Insurance   Company

      Host: Bill Viar, Director of Marketing 

6:30 am –  Poster Session Breakfast

7:45 am Place: Imperial FG

      Presiding: Charles Phillips, Chair,

      Professional Excellence Committee

Courtesy: Propane Education and Research Council 

Host:  

7:00 am -  COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER OPEN

4:30 pm  Place: Arrowhead 

8:00 am -  REGISTRATION

5:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area I 

 

8:30 am- Delegate Session

11:30 am Place: Victoria A

      Presiding: N. Fred Miller, NACAA President

      Invocation: Phil Pratt, NACAA Vice President

      Delegate Roll Call: Leon Church, NACAA Secretary

Nominating Committee Report: Chuck Otte, Past President

      Election of Officers

      Selection of 2012 AM/PIC Site

      Greetings from JCEP

      NACAA Foundation Report

      Scholarship Committee Report

      Treasurer’s Report and Adoption of Budget,

      Paul Wigley, NACAA Treasurer

      Confirmation of Committee Appointments,

      Phil Pratt, Vice President

      New Business

      Proposed By-laws Change

      Remarks, Rick Gibson, President-Elect 

 

8:30 am- Extension Development Council Seminar

11:30 am Administrative Skills Workshop 

      Presiding: Jerry Warren

      Place: Auditorium IV

      Program 1: 8:30 “Extension Board Development”

      Presenter: Gary Zoubek

Program 2: 9:15 “Identifying Programmatic Opportunities for Extension through Focus”

Presenter: Howard J. Siegrist

BREAK

Program 3: 11:00 “Promoting Community Development by Training Advanced Master Gardeners in Administrative Skills”

Presenter: Larry Sagers

 

8:30 am - Extension Development Council Seminar

11:30 am Early Career Development Workshop

      Presiding: Mark Nelson  

              Place: Pebble Beach

Program 1:  8:30 am “Early Career Development - Tricks of the Trade”

      Presenter: Ron Torell

Program 2: 9:30 “Balancing the Political Demands of a County Extension Director Position”

Presenter:  Chris Bruynis

BREAK

Program 3: 10:30 “Getting the Most Out of Mentoring”

Presenter: Dan Kluchinski

      Evaluations 

8:30 am - Extension Development Council Seminar

11:30 am Teaching & Educational Technologies   Workshop    

      Presiding:   

      Place: Colony B

Program 1: 8:30 am “Turning Point Audience Response System”

Presenters: Megan Reed & Stephanie Rose

Courtesy: Turning Technologies

      Program 2: 9:30 “Web 2.0 Technologies”

      Presenters: Ken Balliett and Lucy Bradley

Program 3: 10:30 “Utilizing eXtension in Your Local Program”

      Presenters: Betsy Greene & Rick Koelsch  

8:30 am - Extension Development Seminar

11:30 am  Public Relations & Ag Issues Workshop

      Presiding: Dan Downing  

      Place: Augusta B 

      Program: Panel Discussion

Presenters: Melvin Brees – Food And Agricultural Policy Institute – University of Missouri – “Economic Factors”

Dr. David Brune – Agricultural and Biological Engineering - Clemson University – “Bio-based Fuels and Environmental Implications” 

Petroleum Company representatives -  “A Corporate Perspective on Bio-based Fuels” (invited)

 

10:00 am-  BREAK

10:30 am Place: Prefunction Area III

      Courtesy: Forsyth County Farm Bureau 

 

 

9:00 am-  COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS AND NACAA

4:00 pm  EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS OPEN 

 

9:00 am-  NACAA POSTER SESSION OPEN

4:00 pm  

11:45 am- State Presidents and Vice Presidents

1:15 pm Luncheon

      Presiding: Rick Gibson, President Elect

      Place: Imperial C 

11:45 am-  Communication Awards Luncheon 

1:15 pm Place: Imperial D

Presiding: Larry Williams, Communications Committee Chair

      Courtesy:  Bayer Advanced 

11:45 am- Search for Excellence in Livestock Production

1:15 pm Luncheon and Awards Program   Place: Imperial A

      Presiding: Tipton Hudson

      Program: “Oklahoma Meat Goat Boot Camp”

      Presenter: James E. Jones, Oklahoma

        Courtesy: NCACAA/Monsanto 

11:45 am-   Search for Excellence in Remote Sensing

1:15 pm and Precision Agriculture Luncheon  

      Place: Imperial B

      Presiding: Brad Brummond

Program: “Educating Youth About Global Positioning Systems and Compass Using Train the Trainer Methods”

      Presenter: Gary Wyatt, Minnesota

      Courtesy: Utah State University 

11:45 am- Search for Excellence in Young, Beginning

1:15 pm or Small Farms/Rancher Program   Place: Imperial GH

      Presiding: Jerry Clark

      Program: “Beginning Beekeeper Workshop”

      Presenter: Greg Drake, Kentucky

      Courtesy: Farm Credit System Foundation, Inc. 

11:45 am -   EDUCATIONAL LUNCHEON SEMINARS

1:15 pm 

      Program: “Youth Resources Galore”

Presenter:Deborah Johnson, Executive Director, North Carolina Pork Council

      Place: Grandover East 

      Courtesy: North Carolina Pork Council 

 

Program: “Technological Solutions to Problems Associated with Application of Pesticides”

Presenter: Dr. Erdal Ozkan, Professor, Ohio State University

                       Place: Blue Ashe 

      Courtesy: Jacto, Inc 

      Program: “Financing Rural America”

                      Presenters:Farm Credit Staff

 Place: Grandover West 

Courtesy: Farm Credit Group (Ag First, Carolina Farm Credit, AgCarolina Financial), 

Program: “SARE-funded Research at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems: Grafting Heirloom Tomatoes for Disease Resistance in Intensive Farming Systems”

Presenters: Dr. Mary Peet, North Carolina State University, Dr. Frank Louws, North Carolina State University, participating farmers

       Place: Victoria BC 

Courtesy: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) 

1:30 pm-        JCEP Seminar

3:30 pm Program: “Be an Agent of Change”

   Presenters: JCEP Traveling Team

   Karen Hatch Gagne, NAE4-HA

   Kathy Dothage, NEAFCS

   Duane Johnson, ESP

   Rick Gibson, NACAA 

      Place: Auditorium II 

1:30 pm-   PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL

4:00 pm   SEMINARS 

      Agronomy and Pest Management I 

      Place: Auditorium III

      1:30 pm “Monitoring Biomass for Use as Bio-Fuels”

Presenter: Wade Parker

2:00 “Sweet Sorghum as a Potential Bio-energy Crop in Southwest Louisiana”

Presenter: William Hogan

2:30 “Forage Yield and Nutritive Value of Selected Cool Season Forages under Varying Rates of Nitrogen”

      Presenter:  Sam Angima

      3:00 pm Break   

      Place: Prefunction Area III

      Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau

3:30 “2007 Irrigated Safflower Variety and Planting Rate Trial in Northern Utah”

      Presenters: Clark Israelsen and Mike Pace

4:00 “Louisiana Sweet Potato Research Verification Program: Goals, Objectives, and Preliminary Results”

      Presenter:  Tara Smith

4:30 “Supporting Nutrient Management Practices for Small Farms in the New York City Watershed”

Presenter:  Dale Dewing

 

      Agronomy and Pest Management II

      Place: Auditorium I

1:30 pm “A Simple and Powerful Tool to Help with Boom Sprayer Calibration Calculations”

      Presenter:  Ron Patterson

2:00 “2007 Arkansas Corn and Grain Sorghum Research Verification Program”

      Presenter: Kevin Lawson

2:30 “Michigan Soybean Yield Contest as a Part of the Michigan Soybean 2010 Project”

      Presenter: Ned Birkey

      3:00 pm Break   

      Place: Prefunction Area III

      Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau

3:30 “An Assessment of Selected Fungicides on Disease Progress of Soybean Rust and Other Diseases of Soybean in Louisiana”

      Presenter:  Boyd Padgett

4:00 “Evaluation of Yield and Growth Response of Wheat Following Rice or Soybean in Arkansas”

Presenter:  Craig Allen

4:30 “On-farm Testing in Today’s Environment to Solve Agronomic and Pest Management Problems”

Presenter:  Aaron Esser 

      Ag Economics I

      Place: Heritage A

1:30 pm “Farm Succession and Estate Planning with Personal Coaching for Participating Families”

Presenter:  Brian Tuck

2:00 “Money on the Table”

Presenter: Sandra Buxton

2:30 “Crop Insurance, How Boring! Not if You Demo It Right”

Presenter: J. Craig Williams

      3:00 pm Break 

      Place: Prefunction Area III    Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau

3:30 “Louisiana Sweet Potato Verification Program: Goals, Objectives, and Preliminary Results”

Presenter: Myrl Sistrunk

4:00 “Econo-Range, an Analysis Tool for Determining the Economic Feasibility of Rangeland Improvements”

Presenter: Bridger Feuz

4:30 “Delivering Annie’s Project Electronically”

Presenter: Willie Huot 

      Ag Economics II

      Place: Heritage B

1:30 pm “Enhancing Farm Market Profitability with Quality Cut-Sunflowers”

Presenter: Jenny Carleo

2:00 “Economics of Organic, Grazing, and Confinement Dairy Farms”

Presenter: Tom Kriegl

2:30 “Utilizing Experiential Learning Methods to Teach Practical Direct Marketing Skills to Small Farm Businesses”

Presenter: Theresa J. Nartea

      3:00 Break 

      Place: Prefunction Area III

      Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau

3:30 “Tri-State Organic IPM Video Series” (Sustainable Agriculture)

Presenter: Alan Sundermeir

4:00 “The Delaware County No-Till Initiative” (Sustainable Ag)

Presenter: Paul Cerosaletti 

      

      Animal Science I

      Place: Victoria A

1:30 pm “Northeast Katahdin Hair Sheep Upgrade Project”

Presenter: Richard Brzozowski

1:45 “Value Added Direct Marketing Lamb Project for Adult and Youth Programs”

Presenter: Robert Mickel

2:00 “Identifying Milk Quality Limitations with Specialized Data Analysis Tools”

Presenter: Robert Goodling

2:15 “Using Dairy Manure Solids as Bedding”

Presenter: Mary Schwarz

2:30 “Livestock Field Days: An Experiential Learning Tool for Youth Producers”

Presenter: Mark D. Heitstuman

2:45 “A Pregnancy Ketosis Teaching Tool for Small Ruminant Educators”

      3:00 Break

      Place: Prefunction Area III

      Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau

      3:30 “Marketing Meat Goats in New Jersey”

      Presenter: Stephen Komar 

      Animal Science II   

      Place: Meadowbrook

1:30 pm “Working Together to Produce and Market Beef Cattle in Southern Virginia”

      Presenters: C. Taylor Clark and Cynthia L.Gregg

1:45 “Adding Value through the Monroe County Heifer Evaluation and Reproductive Development Program”

      Presenter: John Pope

2:00 “Missouri Show-Me Quality Assurance Program Reaches Youth with Livestock Projects through Multiple Formats”

      Presenter: Arnie Schleicher

      2:15 “IPM Demonstrations in Livestock Production”

      Presenter: Rebecca Thomas

2:30 “Mixing Fire Ant Baits with Fertilizer as an Economic Alternative to Controlling Imported Fire Ants” 

      Presenter: H. D. Dorough

2:45 “Long Distance Neighbors – Northern Utah Producers Donate Hay to Southern Utah Rancher Impacted by Wildfires”

      Presenter: Clark Israelsen

      3:00 Break

      Place: Prefunction Area III

      Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau

      3:30 “Lost Rivers Grazing Academy”

      Presenter: Scott Jensen

3:45 “Grazing School for Horse Owners Seeks to Meet Educational Needs of Alabama Horse Industry”

      Presenter: M. Kent Stafford 

      Natural Resources/Aquaculture/Sea Grant I  Place: Tidewater A

1:30 pm “Ecosystem Monitoring to Evaluate Grazing Plan Influence on Rangeland Health”

Presenter: Tipton Hudson

1:50 “Working with Animal Feeding Operations to Implement Best Management Practices”

      Presenter: Michael L. Christian

2:10 “Barriers and Opportunities for Low Impact Development: Case Studies from Three Oregon Communities”

Presenter: Derek Godwin

2:30 “Cossatot Forestry Clinic: A Collaborative Effort to Educate People in Howard, Polk and Sevier Counties”

Presenter: Sherry Beaty

2:50 “Income Opportunities with Botanical Herbs”

Presenter: Bill Worrell

      3:10 Evaluations and Adjourn to Break

      BREAK  

      Place: Prefunction Area III

      Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau 

      Natural Resources/Aquaculture/Sea Grant II  Place: Tidewater B

1:30 pm “What the Bay Hinges on: Teaching Ecology and Stewardship Through Shellfish Restoration”

Presenter: Cara Muscio

1:50 “Capture the Flow and Watch it Grow – Demonstration Rain Gardens in Northwest Arkansas”

Presenter: Katie Teague

2:10 “Remediating Stormwater Runoff with Manufactured Treatment Devices, Agricultural Management Practices, and Rain Gardens”

Presenter: William Sciarappa

2:30 “Tracking Human Pathogens with Optical Brighteners”

Presenter: Cara Muscio

2:50 “Successful Land Use Planning Education Addressing Multiple Jurisdictions”

Presenter: Neil A. Clark

3:10 Evaluations and Adjourn to the Break

Place: Prefunction Area III

Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau 

 

      Horticulture and Turf Grass  

      Place: Colony A

      Session 1 Master Gardener Session

1:30 pm “Building the Campacity of the Yavapai County Master Gardener Program”

Presenter: Jeff Schalau

2:00 “Making Gardens More Productive Through Advanced Master Gardener Training”

Presenter: Larry Sagers

2:30 “Teaching Math, Science, History, etc. Through Junior Master Gardeners”

Presenter: Miles Brashier

3:00 Break

Place: Prefunction Area III

Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau

3:30 “Bringing Master Gardeners to Costa Rica”

      Presenter: D.F. Culbert

4:00 “Developing Funding, Coalitions and Support for a Public Botanical Garden”

Presenter: J.L. Goodspeed

4:30“Crash Course in Florida Gardening”

Presenter: Rebecca Jordi 

 

      Session 2  Lawns and Landscapes

      Place: Colony BC

      1:30 pm “Arkansas Common Landscape Problems”

      Presenter: Sherri Sanders

      2:00 “North Georgia Turfgrass Field Day”

      Presenter: Billy Skaggs

2:30 “The Effectiveness of Predatory Mites in the Landscape”

Presenter: Mary Elizabeth Henry

3:00 Break

Place: Prefunction III

Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau

3:30 “Southeast Louisiana Nursery Association Marketing Efforts”

Presenter: Anne Coco

4:00 “Developing Certified Arborists for Proper Community Tree Care”

Presenter D.B. Holmes

4:30 “The Michigan Garden Plant Tour – Increasing Floriculture Sales

Presenter: Tom Dudek 

Session 3  Fruits, Vegetables, and More

Place: Turnberry

1:30 pm “Insuring the Future of Pollination in Pennsylvania”

Presenter: Thomas Butzler

2:00 “Microbial Food Safety Training for the Produce Industry in New Jersey”

Presenter: Wesley Kline

2:30 “Financially Self-supported Onion Research in Nebraska”

Presenter: James Hruskoci

3:00 Break

Place: Prefunction Area III

Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau

3:30 “An Evaluation Program for Plant Materials in South Carolina”

Presenter: Bob Polomski

4:00 “The Plant Science Center, a Resource for Southwest Arizona”

Presenter: Rob Call

4:30 “The Garden Academy – Meeting the Needs of a Growing Clientele”

Presenter: Willie Chance 

2:30 pm-  Break 

3:20 pm Place: Prefunction Area III

      Courtesy: Guilford County Farm Bureau  

4:00 pm - Commercial Exhibits close and take down

6:00 pm 

 

4:30 pm STATES NIGHT IN!!! (Tickets Required)

      Place: Guilford Ballroom

Comments:  David Herring, AgCarolina Financial

      Courtesy: Southern Region State Associations 

7:00 pm SILENT AND LIVE AUCTION PREVIEW  Place: Guilford Ballroom  

8:00 pm LIVE AUCTION   

      Place: Guilford Ballroom  

10:00 pm  North Carolina Meeting 

      Place: Auditorium IV

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 – Spotlight Sponsor-NC Pork Council

 

6:30 am- ASSEMBLE FOR PROFESSIONAL

9:00 am  IMPROVEMENT TOURS 

       Arrive 30 minutes before tour departure time

 Place:Guilford Ballroom DEFG 

 

6:30 am          BREAKFAST

       Courtesy: North Carolina Farm Bureau 

8:00 am  PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT TOURS

– 6:00 pm  

4:45 pm           Shuttle buses will leave Koury Convention Center to take people not participating in tours to the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds. (ENTRY F?) 

6:00 pm NORTH CAROLINA BBQ

      Place: Dixie Classic Fairgrounds, Winston-Salem, NC

      Courtesy: NC Pork Council 

10:00 pm North Carolina Meeting  

      Place: Auditorium IV

THURSDAY JULY 17 – Spotlight Sponsor – Philip Morris

 

7:00 am -  National Committee Members Breakfast

8:30 am  Recognition of Retiring Chairs, Vice    Chairs and Special Assignments

      Place: Imperial BC

      Presiding: Phil Pratt, NACAA Vice President

      Courtesy: United Soybean Board 

7:00 am -   2^nd ANNUAL NACAA AM/PIC PRAYER

8:30 am  BREAKFAST (Tickets Required)

      Place:  Imperial A

      Presiding: Paul Walker, North Carolina

Courtesy: Fellowship of Christian Farmers                 International 

7:00 am -  COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY CENTER

4:00 pm  Place: Arrowhead 

9:00 am-  REGISTRATION

5:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area I 

8:00 am-  COFFEE/TEA BREAK   

8:30 am Place: Prefunction Area III

      Courtesy:  

8:30 am- NACAA Policy Meeting  

10:00 am Place: Torrey Pines 

8:30 am-  GENERAL SESSION

10:30 am Place: Guilford Ballroom ABC

      Presiding: N. Fred Miller, NACAA Pres.

       Outstanding Service to American and World   Agriculture Award

      Presentation and Response: John M. Woodruff

      Looking Ahead to the New Year: Rick Gibson,

      NACAA President Elect

      Recognition of Retiring Officers and

      Installation of Incoming

      Officers, Directors and Vice Directors

Comments and Introduction: Dr. Jon Ort, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Associate Dean and Director, North Carolina Cooperative Extension

Capstone Speaker: “How the World is Changing”, James H. Johnson, Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center

Announcements: Karen Neill 

10:45am-     “How the World is Changing” Workshop

11:45 am Presenter: Dr. James Johnson, Director, Urban Investment Strategies Center (Space Limited)

Place: 

10:45 am- SUPER SEMINARS (including Lunch – Tickets 2:30 pm  Required)

1. Sustainable Agriculture:

Topic 1: “NC Choices – Linking Sustainable Pork Producers Directly with Consumers”

Presenters: Jennifer Curtis, Executive Director, NC Choices, plus a panel of 3 NC Choices farmers

Topic 2: “Extension and the “New American Farmer”: the Opportunities Were Never Greater!”

Presenters: Dr. John Ikerd, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia  

      Place: Victoria A

      Courtesy: SARE 

2. Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN): Animal Agrosecurity and Emergency Management

Presenters: Dr. Ed Jones, NC State University, Andrea Husband and Ricky Yeargan, University of Kentucky.

      Place: Victoria BC

      Courtesy: NCSU Agricultural Foundation 

3. Urban Water Quality Issues

Presenters: Dr. Greg Jennings and Dr. Bill Hunt, NC State University, and agents from NC, SC and Texas.

      Place: Grandover East 

      Courtesy: Contech Solutions 

11:45 am- Search for Excellence Luncheon- Sustainable

1:30 pm  Agriculture

      Place: Grandover West

      Presiding: Brad Brummond and Michelle Casella

Topic 1: “Creation of a Local and Sustainably Managed Foodshed on Maryland’s Eastern Shore”

Presenter: Laura Hunsbarger, Maryland

Topic 2: “Integrated Cropping Systems Management: Extension Programs for Sustainable Dryland Farming in the Northern Great Plains”

Presenter: Terry Angvick, Montana

Topic 3: “Impact of Teaching Soil Quality Concepts in a Hands-on Workshop Using Post-Event Multi-media Technology”

Presenter: Bruce Clevenger, Ohio

Topic 4: Beginning Beekeeper Workshop Shortcourse

Presenters: Greg Drake and Carol Schreiber, Kentucky

      Courtesy: SARE 

10:45am- EDUCATIONAL LUNCHEON SEMINARS

12:15 pm (Tickets Required)

“Fibrowatt-Alternative Litter Management Solution”

                     Presenter:

      Place: Imperial D 

      Courtesy: Fibrowatt, LLC 

“Improving Nitrogen Efficiency in Urea-based Fertilizer Products”

                    Presenter:

      Place: Imperial ABC 

      Courtesy: Agrotain International 

1:30 pm Teaching and Educational Technologies – Hands on

5:00 pm Teaching Sessions

      Topic: Working in Web 2.0 Workshop

      Presenter: John Dorner

      Place: Computer Teaching Lab

1:30 pm-  American Registry of Professional Animal

4:00 pm Scientists Certification Exam 

      Place: Colony A 

 

3:30 pm NACAA Board in President’s Room  

4:30 pm-  DSA & AA Recipients, Hall of Fame

6:30 pm Recipients, NACAA Board Members, Region   Directors, Past Officers, Special

      Assignments, Special Guests, Council   Chairs, Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs   Assemble for Banquet  

      Place: Guilford Ballroom DEFG 

6:30 pm-  ANNUAL BANQUET

9:00 pm Place: Guilford Ballroom ABC 

9:15 pm-  PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION  

11:00 pm Place: Guilford Ballroom DEFG 

10:00 pm North Carolina Meeting & Celebration 

      Place: Auditorium IV 

FRIDAY, JULY 18 

8:00 am-  NACAA Board Meeting 

5:00 pm Place: Edinburgh

SATURDAY, JULY 19

 

 

8:00 am-  NACAA Board Meeting 

12:00 pm Place: Edinburgh 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008 American/World Agriculture

Award Recipient 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008 AM/PIC SPEAKER PROFILES 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIFE MEMBER PROGRAM

2008 NACAA ANNUAL MEETING 

SATURDAY, JULY 12 

12:00 pm-  REGISTRATION

8:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area I 

SUNDAY, JULY 13 

8:00 am-  REGISTRATION

9:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area I 

2:00 pm-  LIFE MEMBER COMMITTEE MEETING

3:00 pm  Place: Old North

      Presiding: Hal Tatum, Life Member Chair 

12:00 pm-  Past National Officers and Board Luncheon

2:00 pm  (Dutch Treat)

      Place: Imperial A

      Coordinator:  Chuck Otte, Past President 

1:00 noon - LIFE MEMBER HOSPITALITY

5: 00 pm Place: EPAR 

1:00 pm -  NACAA POSTER SESSION DISPLAY - OPEN

6:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area III

      Coordinator: Charles Phillips, Professional   Excellence Chair  

1:00 pm-  COMMERCIAL EXHIBIT TRADE SHOW

7:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area III 

4:30 pm-  TASTE OF CAROLINA DINNER

6:30 pm Place: Guilford Ballroom DEFG

      Courtesy:  RJR Tobacco 

7:00 pm-  OPENING SESSION AND INSPIRATIONAL

8:30 pm  PROGRAM

      Place: Guilford ABC

      Courtesy: Novartis Animal Health

      Presiding:  Fred Miller, NACAA President

Invocation – Mickey Cummings, Past NACAA President

      Comments: Steve Barren, Novartis Animal Health

      Presentation of Colors – VFW Post 2087

      National Anthem – Elizabeth Murphy

      Pledge of Allegiance

Welcoming Comments – Kirk Perkins, Guilford County Commission Chair

      Presentation of State Flags

      Remarks by Spotlight Sponsor - Novartis

Musical Presentation:  Georgia 4-H Clovers and Company

Remarks and Introduction: Dr. James Zuiches, NC State Vice Chancellor for Extension & Engagement

Inspirational Address: “Leadership that Leaves a Legacy”, General Henry H. Shelton

      Introduction of NACAA Board:

      Fred Miller,NACAA President

      Closing Announcements:  Karen Neill,

      AM/PIC Co-Chair  

9:00 pm-  STATE PICTURES,

11:00 pm (See schedule in back of program)

      Place: Prefunction Area I 

9:00 pm-  ICE CREAM SOCIAL

10:00 pm  Place: Guilford Ballroom DEFG

Courtesy: Virginia Association of County Agricultural Agents 

9:30 pm-  HOSPITALITY ROOMS

11:30 pm

MONDAY, JULY 14

 

8:00 am-  REGISTRATION

5:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area 1 

8:00 am-  General Session

10:15 am  Place: Guilford Ballroom ABC

      Presiding: N. Fred Miller, NACAA President

Comments: Beth Carroll, Senior Stewardship Manager, Syngenta

Welcome:  Johnny Wynne, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, NC State University

      Introductions: National Committee and

Council Chairs, Special Assignments   and Executive Director

      Greetings from JCEP

Report to the Association, N. Fred Miller, NACAA President

      Recognition of Donors and Introduction    of New Programs:

      Rick Gibson, NACAA President Elect

      Presentation by Bidding States for 2012  AM/PIC

Hall of Fame Awards Presentation

Keynote Address: “Sustaining Agricultural Productivity: The Grandest of the Grand Challenges” Colien Hefferan, Administrator of Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

Closing Comments: Mark Tucker 

8:00 am-  Commercial and NACAA Educational Exhibits

4:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area III 

7:00 am - LIFE MEMBER HOSPITALITY

5:00 pm Place: EPAR 

10:15 am-  Break

10:30 am   Place: Prefunction Area III

      Courtesy: NC Soybean Association 

1:30 pm Life Members Business Meeting 

3:00 pm Presiding: Hal Tatum

      Place: Victoria A 

5:30 pm-  “GOT TO BE NC DINNER”

7:00 pm Buses leaving every 20 minutes from Entrance G –

      last bus leaves at 6:10 PM (tickets required)

      Place: NC A&T Alumni Center

Courtesy: North Carolina Commodity Associations and North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services 

7:30 pm-  4-H Talent Revue  

9:00 pm Place: Guilford Ballroom ABC 

9:00 pm- Ice Cream Social  

10:00 pm Place: Guilford Ballroom DEFG

Courtesy: Kansas Association of County Agricultural Agents 

9:30 pm-  State Pictures

11:00 pm Place: Prefunction Area I 

9:30 pm- Hospitality Rooms

11:30 pm   

TUESDAY, JULY 15 

7:00 am -  LIFE MEMBER BREAKFAST (ticket required)

8:30 am  Place:

      Presiding: Life Member Chair

      Speaker:  Bill Thompson, Humorist/Author 

7:00 am - LIFE MEMBER HOSPITALITY

5:00 pm Place:  EPAR 

8:00 am -  REGISTRATION

5:00 pm  Place: Prefunction Area I 

9:00 am- LIFE MEMBER AND LIFE MEMBER SPOUSES