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EXTENSION AGENT INFORMATION

Are you a North or South Carolina Cooperative Extension Agent? There are scholarships available for you to attend the conference!

If you are an Extension Agent interested in attending, please do not register on line or by mail using the registration form. Instead, please contact the appropriate party below to receive the scholarship and be registered for special programming designed exclusively for Cooperative Extension agents.

In North Carolina, contact:
Carol Moore
NC SARE PDP Assistant
Email
919 273 6322

In South Carolina, contact:
Geoff Zehnder
Clemson University
Email
864-656-6644

Special Programming for Extension Agents
Extension Agent Mobile Workshop:
From Pasture to Plate: Dairy, Beef and Value Added-Processing
Friday, Dec. 3rd
9AM - 4:30PM

This year we are offering extension agents for the first time an all day mobile workshop. We'll have three outstanding places to visit and interactive presentations while on the road. We will begin with a tour of a mobile processing unit at the conference center. Then, we will head to Meadow Creek Dairy in beautiful Galax, Virginia. This award-winning dairy was started in 1988 and milks 80 Jersey cows. As they move through the milking season, the grass and therefore the main diet of the cows changes, enabling them to make unique cheeses with seasonal variations. The next stop will be Apple Brandy Beef in Wilkes County, a third generation family farm owned by Seth and Jenn Church. The Hereford and Angus cattle are raised on grass and finished on corn. The beef is hormone and antibiotic-free. The superior herd is the result of painstaking breeding over many years. The third stop on the tour will be Thomas Brothers Meat Processing in North Wilkesboro, where Apple Brandy Beef is processed. We will be accompanied on the tour by Donald H. Delozier, Director of the Meat & Poultry Inspection Division in N.C., as well as a state government dairy expert. While in transit, there will be presentations and videos. Don't miss this exciting and important program! Lunch will be included.



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