25 September 2009

9AM - 10AM - Registration

10AM – General Overview of Small Ruminant Production (Goats and Sheep)

11AM – Business Design and Analysis

NooN – Lunch (speaker?)

1PM – Marketing and  Value-Added Products

2PM – Basics of Small Ruminant Nutrition

3PM – Forages, Pasture and Browse Utilization

4PM – Internal Parasitism and Strategic Deworming

5PM – Adjourn

26  September 2009

8:30AM - 9AM - Registration

9AM – Health

10AM – Genetics

11AM – Reproduction

NooN – Lunch (at the farm)

1PM through 5PM – Farm Tour

-          Body Condition Scoring

-          FAMACHA

-          Aging

-          Foot trimming

-          Health

-          Pasture managaement

7PM – Banquet BBQ (speaker / Hawaiian music / serving local foods / wine)

                Forage-fed lamb cooked over a kiawe wood fire provided by Mike Tomich !

           Please bring pot luck dish to share !

27 September 2009

9AM – Health

10AM – Fencing and Structures

11AM – Multispecie Diversified Management

            (with guest speaker, Mike Abreu, Haleakala Ranch, Maui)

NooN – Lunch (speaker?) 

1PM – Forages (Environmental Enhancement)

         -   Silvopasture and Agroforestry

2PM – Restoration of Lands / Streambank Preservation

3PM – Livestock Guardian Dogs

4PM – Adjourn

Agenda subject to change