CANCELLED Swine 101 Week - Finger Lakes
Event Details
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 ProgramAmy Barkley
716-640-0844
email Amy Barkley
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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