2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
NC Dairy Industry Awards and Ice Cream
Social - Sponsored by SUDIA
- Wesen Milk Quality Awards
- NCDPA Distinguished Service Award
- Senger Award presented by NCSU ANS
S ATURDAY , F EBRUARY 25, 2017
(F AMILY Y OUTH D AY )
7:00 a.m.
Registration - Sponsored by
Snipes Insurance Service, Inc.
NC Dairy Producers Association Annual
Meeting
7:30 a.m.
Youth Recognition Breakfast - Sponsored
by First Bank & Trust Company
Committee Meetings
NC BCIP
9:00 a.m.
Trade Show Opens
Family Targeted Workshops
Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
Farm Safety for Families
Committee Meetings
Purebred Breeders Council
Joint Legislative / Membership*
*Membership Award Sponsored by Van Beek Natural Science
NC Dairy Youth Foundation Raffle and
Close of the NCDYF Silent Auction
NCCA Joint Board of Directors and
Annual Business Meeting
Truck Safety
Knowing Your Product
Mobile Dairy Classroom
Industry Perspectives of Older Folks and Youth and of
Conventional and Alternative Producers
8:oo p.m.
Social - Sponsored by Alltech
Reproduction Physiology Classroom - Poole LaB
Use of UAVs (Drones) in Animal Agriculture
and Beef Production
Cattlemen’s BBQ - Hosted by Catawba
Valley Cattlemen’s Association, Inc.
Jam Session - feel free to bring your
instruments
February 23 - 25, 2017
Livestock Nutrition Display
NCBA PAC Auction
7:00 p.m.
66 TH ANNUAL
NORTH CAROLINA
DAIRY / NORTH
CAROLINA
CATTLEMEN’S
CONFERENCES
Animal ID
9:30 a.m.
12:00 noon
Morning Break - Sponsored by
Performance Livestock & Feed Company
Hickory Metro
Convention Center
(1960 13th Avenue Drive, SE located off I-40 at Exit 125)
Hickory, NC
Adjourn
Visit our website at
www.nccattle.com/
news-events/
annual-conference
DAIRY BREAKOUT SESSION #1
(9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.)
Pete Gelber, Barrington Dairy (owner)
N ORTH C AROLINA D AIRY
C ONFERENCE S CHEDULE
F RIDAY , F EBRUARY 24, 2017
T HURSDAY , F EBRUARY 23, 2017
9:00 a.m.
SUDIA Board Meeting
10:00 a.m.
Registration Opens
8:00 a.m.
Morning Break
1:00 p.m.
N. C. Farm Bureau Dairy
Committee Meeting
1:00 p.m.
N. C. Dairy Youth Foundation Annual
Meeting
8:45 a.m.
Welcome - Dr. Todd See, NCSU
3:00 p.m.
N. C. Dairy Advantage Annual Meeting
9:00 a.m.
Cattlemen’s College - Sponsored by Zoetis
5:00 p.m.
Trade Show Open
5:00 p.m.
N. C. Dairy Industry Social Sponsored by Alltech
- Flood and Fire: Surviving the Devastation and Moving Forward Dr. Mark Alley, Zoetis
Corn Hole Tournament - prizes donated by
industry
Beef Cattle Reproduction - Dr. Justin Rhinehart,
University of Tennessee
Registration - Sponsored by
Snipes Insurance Service, Inc.
Trade Show Opens
12:00 noon SUDIA Luncheon
6:00 p.m.
BEEF BREAKOUT SESSION #2
(10:45 a.m. to Noon)
N ORTH C AROLINA C ATTLEMEN ’ S
C ONFERENCE S CHEDULE
Water Quality - Dr. Matt Poore and
Deanna Osmond, NCSU
Presentations by Graduate Student (funded by the NC
Cattle Industry Assessment)
Euthanasia and Culling - Dr. Harrison Dudley,
NCSU College of Veterinary Medicine
Morning Session
Chairman: Dr. Daniel Poole, NCSU
DAIRY BREAKOUT SESSION #2
(10:45 a.m. to Noon)
Dr. Stephanie Ward, NCSU
12:00 noon Awards Luncheon - Sponsored by Farm
Credit Associations of NC (AgCarolina,
Cape Fear, Carolina Farm Credit)
- Veterinary Update - Dr. R. Douglas Meckes, NCDA&CS
BEEF BREAKOUT SESSION #1
(9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.)
Comments from the N. C. Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, Raleigh, NC
FSA Disaster Programs -Tommy McLamb
The Most Important Forage Management Strategies for the
Future - Donald Ball, University of Auburn, and Garry
Lacefield, University of Kentucky
A Steak in Genomics of Beef Cattle - Dr. Jared Decker,
University of Missouri
Farmher Screening - April Shaeffer, NCSU
Afternoon Session
1:30 p.m.
Trade Show Continues
2:00 p.m.
Committee Meetings
CattleWomen
Forage and Grasslands Council
Stocker and Cattle Feeders Sponsored by Bayer Animal Health