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eXtension) Webinars- Free to the Public
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All of our currently planned webinars have been approved for
one credit of CEU from ARPAS. To obtain the credit, you will need to apply for
it on
www.arpas.org after attending the
session.
Better Milk Quality from
Better Mastitis Therapy Decisions
Dr. Ron Erskine, Michigan State University
February 12, 2013
12:00-1:00 PM Central Time
Mastitis is one of the biggest chronic problems facing the
dairy industry- it is ever present. In this session, Dr. Ron Erskine will
discuss how to better identify cases of mastitis through tools such as milk
culturing, somatic cell count records, and treatment records.
Upcoming
Webinars
Outcome Driven Health Management
Dr. John R. Wenz, Washington State University
March 4, 2013
12:00-1:00 PM Central Time
Far Off to Fresh Cow - Opportunities to Improve Transition
Performance
Dr. Mike Overton, Elanco
March 18, 2013
12:00-1:00 PM Central Time
Economic Analysis Tools for Dairy Reproduction
Programs
Dr. Victor Cabrera, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
April 8, 2013
12:00-1:00 PM Central Time
New Tools for Dairy Reproduction Programs
Dr. Paul Fricke, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
April 22, 2013
12:00-1:00 PM Central Time
Feel free to email or call us with any questions you may
have:
Nancy McGill
859-257-7541
Donna Amaral-Phillips
859-257-7542
Save
the Date!
Join
us for a dynamic dialogue designed to improve agricultural emergency and
disaster preparedness from the local level all the way up to the federal
level.
The
EDEN Agrosecurity Symposium: Building National Networks and
Partnerships
will be held in Washington, DC, in April 2013. The 1.5 day symposium will
explain existing agricultural preparedness measures and then interactive
discussions will:
·
* identify
gaps in the system
·
* develop
potential solutions to fill the identified gaps
The
Symposium is hosted by The Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)
Strengthening Community Agrosecurity Preparedness (S-CAP)
program.
There
is no fee to attend the symposium, but pre-registration is required. See the
attached flyer for more details. Registration is now open. Partial
registrations are available.
What:
Agrosecurity Symposium: Building National Networks and
Partnerships
When:
April 22 (8am – 5pm) and April 23 (8am – noon), 2013
Where:
Patriots Plaza III Conference and Training Center, 355 E St. S.W., Washington,
DC
Who:
Federal, state, tribal, and local stakeholders and agencies; Cooperative
Extension System personnel; non-governmental organizations; agricultural and
food commodity/industry stakeholders and organizations;
etc.
Why:
To build nationwide networks and partnerships to synchronize disaster
preparedness efforts affecting the food and agriculture sector through
translation of federal agrosecurity initiatives to state and local levels;
discussions about agricultural emergency management and whole community
planning; and identification of future activities to advance agricultural
disaster preparedness activities within communities.
Now Available: One-of-a-Kind, Career-Shaping
Fellowship in Sustainable Agriculture
In 2007, Penn State Extension Educator Walter Bumgarner was among the
first to participate in a new professional development opportunity that brings
together Extension educators from diverse backgrounds to learn about
sustainable agriculture. It turns out that the SARE/NACAA Sustainable
Agriculture Fellows program has been one of the best experiences of Bumgarner’s
career.
“I want to tell my fellow NACAA members that their participation
in the SARE Fellows program could possibly be the highlight of their career in
Extension,” Bumgarner says. “It has been for me and it could be for you.”
New Mexico State
University Cooperative Extension Educator Joran Viers, a 2009 Fellow, concurs,
“This program has been one of the best
professional development opportunities I’ve had, by far.”
The Fellows program gives participants hands-on experience with
sustainable agriculture and alternative farming systems, while offering meaningful
networking opportunities and memorable exposure to the great diversity of U.S.
agriculture.
The program accepts four Extension educators each year to participate in
seminars and tours of farms and ranches over the course of two years. Selected from
each of SARE’s four geographic regions, Fellows are given the opportunity to visit
farms and ranches in each of these regions.
In a three-day tour last year, eight Fellows visited 14 Colorado
operations, including cattle and bison ranches, a dairy, a mushroom farm and an
aquaponics farm. Participants weighed the roles minimum tillage, drip
irrigation, organic soil-building, pest control, energy efficiency, balance
trait selection and GPS can play in sustainable production systems.
During year one of the program, participants attend events with Fellows
from the previous year, and mentor the new group of Fellows during year two,
making the Fellowship an excellent opportunity to build lasting professional
and personal relationships with peers from across the country.
“Since participating in this program, I have personally worked with
some of the other Fellowship awardees on grant projects, articles and other
educational programs,” says Stephen Komar, a Rutgers New Jersey Cooperative
Extension educator and 2009 Fellow.
How to Apply
Caption: During
a 2008 Fellows tour, Washington farmer John Aeschliman shows Extension
agents “worm tracks” in soil taken far down in his farm’s soil profile.
Aeschliman was explaining how more than 30 years of no-till had improved his
soil’s quality, water-holding capacity and small grain yields. Photo by Al Kurki, National Center for
Appropriate Technology
