CANCELLED Swine 101 Week - Finger Lakes




Event Details

Swine 101 Week - Finger Lakes

Date

September 24, 2024

Time

5:30pm - 8:45pm

Location

Branchport Fire House
3686 NY 54A
Branchport, NY 14418

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Program

Amy Barkley
716-640-0844


Swine 101 Week - Finger Lakes



Swine 101 Week - Finger Lakes

EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO LOW REGISTRATIONS. PLEASE SEE OTHER EVENT LOCAITONS.


Statewide Swine 101 Week is scheduled for September 23 - 27, 2024

Cost: Free

Dinner is included!


Schedule: 

5:30-6:30pm Dinner, Marketing and Understanding the Pork Check Off Program

6:30-7:00pm Biosecurity and Foreign Animal Disease

7:00-7:10pm BREAK

7:10-7:40pm Marketing Ins and Outs for all Swine Producers

7:40-8:30pm Pest and Parasite Management

8:30-8:45pm RFID Tags (Do I Really Need Them?)


Speakers are from the National Pork Board, USDA, and NYS Agriculture and Markets Veterinarians. Workshops are offered with grant funding from the National Pork Board and with support from the NY Pork Producers and Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Registrations are due by September 16th! Register here for any location: https://bit.ly/SwineWeek101


Locations:

9/23 WESTERN: 

Livingston County Auditorium

1 Murray Hill Dr

Mt. Morris, NY 14510

Nancy Glazier

nig3@cornell.edu 

585-315-7746


9/24 FINGER LAKES: 

Branchport Fire House

3686 NY 54A

Branchport, NY 14418 

Amy Barkley 

amb544@cornell.edu 

716-640-0844


9/25 CENTRAL:

Cornell Cooperative Extension Herkimer

5657 State Rt. 5

Herkimer, NY 13350 

Ashley McFarland 

am2867@cornell.edu 

315-604-2156


9/26 NORTHERN: 

Cornell Cooperative Extension Lewis

7395 East Rd

Lowville, NY 13367 

Michele Ledoux 

mel14@cornell.edu 

315-771-3798


9/27 CAPITAL: 

Cornell Cooperative Extension Rensselaer

99 Troy Rd Suite 203

East Greenbush, NY 12061

Rachel Moody 

ram72@cornell.edu 

518-649-0267




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