Livestockindemnity Program
LivestockIndemnity Program
Farmers may be eligible for indemnity payments for heat losses
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REMINDER FOR HOG PRODUCERS
Your attendance and feedback are needed next Wednesday, August 3rd in Raleigh.
Please see the original message below for more details.
If you cannot attend you may send a message through
Thank you to the many producers who have already sent messages- your comments are complied and will be submitted to the NCDA&CS Veterinary Division.
Casey McKissick- NC Choices
Anyone who raises pigs- for commercial or homestead use- will be interested in this meeting concerning new laws governing identification of swine in transport.
If you haul live pigs to another farm, between farms, to an exhibition or fair, or to a slaughterhouse this new law will affect you.
Beginning October 1st, this new law takes affect and will require anyone transporting live swine on a public road to have the animals identified with an approved method.
This meeting is you chance to submit questions, concerns and challenges in complying with this requirement.
For complete information please see this link for the pdf flyer - also attached to this message.
Casey McKissick
NC Choices
NC Choices is a Center for Environmental Farming Systems' (CEFS) initiative
that promotes sustainable food systems through the advancement of
local, pasture-based meat production, processing and marketing. CEFS is
a partnership of NC State University, NCA&TUniversity and the NC Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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Weed Management Field Day
MooreCounty, August 5, 2011
Seth Holt and Taylor Williams, NC Cooperative Extension
Alan York, Wesley Everman, David Jordan, and Jim Dunphy, NC Cooperative Extension Service
Jamie Hinton, Rick Seagroves, and Dewayne Johnson, Technicians, NC StateUniversity
Each of the following stops will last for approximately 1 hour. There will be two groups that rotate between stops. 2 hours of pesticide credits will be provided for participants.
Stop 1. Managing Palmer amaranth and other weeds in agronomic crops (Alan York and Wesley Everman)
Stop 2. Herbicide symptomology and families (David Jordan)
*Funded by grants from the NC Soybean Producers Association and NC Cooperative Extension Service
Weed Management Field Day
Upper Coastal Plain Experiment Station, August 15, 2011
Clyde Bogle, Superintendant, Upper Coastal Plain Experiment Station, NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Alan York, Wesley Everman, David Jordan, and Jim Dunphy, NC Cooperative Extension Service
Jamie Hinton, Rick Seagroves, and Dewayne Johnson, Technicians, NC StateUniversity
Each of the following stops will last for approximately 1.5 hours including transport time. There will be three groups that rotate between stops. 4 hours of pesticide credits will be provided for participants.
Stop 1. Managing Weeds in Cotton (Alan York)
Stop 2. Managing Weeds in Soybeans and Corn (Wesley Everman and Jim Dunphy)
Stop 3. Herbicide symptomology and families (David Jordan)*
*Plots demonstrating weed management programs in peanut are available as time permits or after lunch.
Lunch provided at the EdgecombeCounty Livestock Arena
*Funded by grants from the NC Soybean Producers Association and NC Cooperative Extension Service
Fall 2011 Workshops at OakMoon Farm & Creamery
We have scheduled three workshops for October, 2011.If you would like to attend, please contact us via email () to check for space availability in the workshop of your choice.If we have enough interest, we may schedule another session for early November, before the snow flies!More information about the farm and creamery is available at our website.Please forward this post!
The OakMoon Beginners' Cheese Making one day workshop will be conducted on Saturday, October 1, and the Basic Goat Husbandry workshop will follow on Sunday, October 2. A two-day version of the Beginners’ Cheese Making workshop will be held on October 14 and 15. We currently have not scheduled a goat husbandry workshop for that weekend, but may do so if there is enough interest. You may sign up for one or both workshops. Cost for each one-day workshop is $100, with a deposit of $50 required to hold a spot in the workshop of your choice. The two-day workshop costs $175, and a deposit of $85 is required to reserve participation in that workshop.
Attendance is limited to 10 participants for each cheese making workshop, 12 participants for the goat husbandry workshop. If you send your deposit and have a change of plans, please notify me by September 16 for refund of $25 per workshop. Check or money order made out to OakMoon Farm may be sent to the address at the end of this email.***Please remember: contact us via email FIRST before sending any money so we can make sure there is space for you in the workshop of your choice.***
Cheese Making workshop topics will include:
Clean milk, milk flavor, and composition
Milking strategies--where to get milk for cheese making
Care and sanitation of utensils and equipment
Bare-bones cheese making equipment
How to make simple chevre and two or three other cheeses chosen by the group
Use of rennets and cultures for beginners
Moulding, draining, aging
Kefir and other fermented dairy
The two-day cheese making workshop has everything in the one-day, plus we’ll begin and take to the dip stage a camembert-type semi-soft cheese. We’ll go a little more in depth with long-ferment types of cheese, generally considered to be French-style, and we’ll talk about bloomy rinds. We will have a cheese-tasting/wine social hour (or longer!) at the end of the day on Friday.
Basic Goat Husbandry Workshop topics will include:
Determining your goat keeping goals
Preparing the home place: fencing, housing, other animals
What to look for when shopping for the right stock
Body conditioning and determining health
Feeding techniques
Vaccinations, parasite control, common health issues with goats
Basic breeding and kidding
Culling
Additional topics may be added to the above. We will provide snacks and drinks throughout the day, but lunch is on your own. An informational email and brief questionnaire will be sent the week before the workshops.
Accommodations and more about the Bakersville and MitchellCounty area may be found at the following links:
Look forward to meeting you!
Cynthia Sharpe & Dwain Swing
OakMoon Farm & Creamery
452 Roan View Drive
Bakersville, NC28705
OakMoon Farm & Creamery
Poultry Growers without Contracts
3 meetings planned in next 90 days for our out of contract Townsend growers. This week programs are being organized and getting speakers for specific topics.
Meetings will be at 6:30 pm at the Carolina Stockyards in SilerCity.This is most central to most of the Townsend growers.
August 25, 2011 (Thursday evening)
Sept 29,2011(Thursday evening)
Oct. 27,2011 (Thursday evening)
Dan Campeau
Area Specialized Poultry Agent
NC Cooperative Extension Service
Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Guilford, Harnett, Lee, Moore, Randolph
919-542-8202(O)
919-548-9895(C)
919- 542-8246(fax)
Update forwarded from Smithson Mills concerning USDA inspected poultry and rabbit processing in McDowellCounty.
Casey McKissick- NC Choices
Poultry and Rabbit Growers,
This is an update on the development of Foothills Pilot Plant, a small scale poultry and rabbit processing facility located in Marion NC. After a substantial delay, installation of the sewer line connecting the plant to the municipal wastewater treatment plant has begun. The water line is connected, and we expect sewer services to be operational soon.
Following completion of the sewer, we will begin final installation and testing of all processing equipment, grading of the parking lot, installation of handicap parking, and installation of propane gas.
Once that is accomplished, the project will begin training line staff on proper processing procedures. Following a two-week training period, we will request final walk-through inspection of the facility by USDA inspectors with the Food Safety Inspection Service. We will make any adjustments required by FSIS and hopefully then will be authorized to begin scheduling processing services.
We are unable to give an exact timeline for opening at this time. Our hope is to be operational in September, but this is a hope, and not a promise. IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE ANIMALS IN PRODUCTION THAT WILL NEED TO BE PROCESSED BEFORE MID SEPTEMBER 2011, PLEASE MAKE ALTERNATE ARRANGEMENTS NOW AS THE PLANT WILL NOT BE OPEN BEFORE MID SEPTEMBER AT THE EARLIEST. DO NOT PUT ANIMALS INTO PRODUCTION WITH EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL BE PROCESSED AT THE PLANT.
To see a list of frequently asked questions, please visit our website at. For more information, feel free to contact general manager Dr. Pal Manhiani. Dr. Manhiani can be contacted at828-803-2717or828-652-7121(ext:352) or.He is building a database of potential users to facilitate scheduling when the time comes.
Thanks for your continued interest in Foothills Pilot Plant.
Smithson Mills
Project Development Manager
BOER GOAT ASSOCIATION OF NC, INC. FIRST ANNUAL BGANC MEMBERSHIP MEETING - August 27
Greetings Brothers and Sisters of the Boer Goat World,
It is indeed a pleasure to forward this announcement regarding the BGANC annual meeting August 27th. Please mark you calendar and bring your goat producer friends/contacts to what promises to be an action filled day of information. food, and fellowship! Christy Michels.
I thank you in advance for your understanding and support. I look forward to seeing everyone August 27th. Meanwhile, don't hesitate to call me at336 697-8841home or337 707-8841cell. Stay cool,
Curtis Ring, BGANC BOD Chairman
Dear Fellow BGANC Members and Non Members:
It is with great enthusiasm that the BOER GOAT ASSOCIATION OF NORTH CAROLINA, INC. announces the details of the FIRST ANNUAL BGANC MEMBERSHIP MEETING on August 27, 2011 at Quail Farm Beagle Club, 6411 Highway 54, Mebane, NC27302!
Registration begins at 8:00 am with the annual meeting to follow at 9:00 am.If you are not already a member of the association, NOW is a great time to join. If you register and join the association before 9:00 am, you will be entitled to participate in the business meeting and be a part of our historic first annual meeting.The cost for joining between NOW and the end of the year is only $20.00.
Following the business meeting there will be FREE seminars, lunch, and workshops.There is NO COST to attend the seminars, lunch, or workshops.However, contributions are welcome and will assist in defraying the cost of the meeting.We ask that you contact us, either by email or phone, on or before August 15th, so that we may adequately prepare enough food for everyone.Please contact Bonnie Morris, Dennis Curtis, Christy Michels or Kelly Clark to let us know you will be attending and how many may be coming with you.All Board of Director phone numbers and emails are on listed on our web site.
Bonnie Morris – Vice Chairman– Home919-542-1232, Cell919-548-2391
Kelly G. Clark – Treasurer–336 362 5780
Dennis Curtis–336 376 9697
Christy Michels–919-434-4121
The workshops and seminarswill be very educational and loads of fun!Our speakers include Clay Trainum, of Autumn Olive Farm, Dr. Kevin Anderson, NCSU, Abdul Chaudry, Chaudry Hala Meats, and Bruce Shankle, NCDA..There will be door prizes, silent auction and 50/50 cash raffle.
Our Lunch will be a special treat for us all.Dennis Curtis will be cooking goat as our main course.Our meal will consist of "Fresh from the Farm Vegetables and Goat Meat".You Do Not want to miss this time of fellowship with one another.
Last, but not least, we could use your help. Recently our interim secretary’s computer crashed and we are missing quite a few of our email addresses.We ask that you tell all of the goat farmers you know about this meeting and invite them to comeIf those farmers have email, please forward us their address as we try to rebuild our contact list.If they only use US postal service, their physical address would be appreciated. Christy's email address is.
As always please do not hesitate to contact one of the interim board members should you have any questions, suggestions or comments.All Board of Director phone numbers and emails are on listed on our web site.We look forward to seeing everyone on August 27.
Sincerely,
Outreach Committee
Bonnie Christy, Dennis, and Kelly
Submitted by:JMCurtis, Interim Secretary, BGANC
Boer Goat Association of North Carolina, Inc. -
336 376 9697
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Hog workshop- PlymouthNC Sept 13
Make plans to come join the Center for Environmental Farming Systems and NC Choices for an afternoon outdoor hog pasture walk for farmers, extension agents and conservation field staff.
*July 26 at Haywood Leigh Farms in Plymouth, NC (MartinCounty)
Time- 3:30-5:30pm
From Jamesville NC take Hwy 64 East to Right on Piney Woods Rd.
Take Piney Woods Rd to turn Right on Free Union Ch Rd
The Farm is approximately 1/2 mile on the left.
Watch for NC Choices signs.
For the past three years, CEFS has been working with the USDA Conservation Innovation Grants program to evaluate best management practices at several outdoor hog farms in NC.At this workshop we will share observations and practices gleaned from these demonstrations, including best approaches for protecting ground cover, minimizing erosion, and managing hogs in rotation with crops.Results from CEFS research on hog stocking density impacts on ground cover will also be discussed.Haywood Leigh, a seasoned outdoor hog producer, will be on hand to answer questions and share his insights about raising hogs on pasture.
There is NO CHARGE for the workshop but please RSVP toby Friday Sept 9.
The Time Is Near For Our 2011 Grants Workshop!
This message is a follow up to the “Save the Date Card” sent out early July 2011.The Office of Congressman Brad Miller is hosting a Grants Workshop on August 10, 2011 at AlamanceCommunity College.Many of you have already pre-registered.Thank you.
Find attached the additional information:
·Time workshop starts;
·Map of designated campus parking with directions;
·Official Registration Form with list of Breakout Sessions; and
·Networking Lunch Reservation– due to the limited lunch options around the campus area, workshop participants are encouraged to use the onsite vendor for lunch to avoid extensive travel and delays.
Space is limited and we are near capacity,
register now to reserve your seat!
We look forward to an exciting and informative workshop.Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Gail L. Eluwa
District Liaison | Congressman Brad Miller
1300 St. Mary's Street, Ste. 504| Raleigh, NC 27605|919-836-1313
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NCSU's 12th Vermiculture Conference, October 10-11, 2011
The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
North America's only symposium on mid-to-large scale vermiculture and vermicomposting is coming to Chapel Hill.You will get the tools you need to start or expand your earthworm or vermicompost production operation.You will also learn the latest research on vermicompost and extracts (tea) effects on plant growth and their impacts on disease and pest reduction.Check out the agenda at
Field Trip:This conference will include a field tour of a grocery store that pre-composts and vermicomposts food waste (including meat) and cardboard on-site.
Registration is limited this time, so REGISTER now to reserve your seat at the conference.Go toand click on the Registration button. Register and pay by August 19 to receive the early bird rate!
This conference is sponsored by NC State University, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, and NC Cooperative Extension.
Rhonda Sherman, Conference Chair, NC State University, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Campus Box 7625, Raleigh, NC 27695-7625. Phone919-515-6770.
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NC Egg Law Survey
Do you raise laying hens in North Carolina? If so, you are probably familiar with the state’s Egg Law, which imposes standards for grading, labeling and marketing eggs. The Carolina Farm Stewardship Association is conducting an evaluation of the law to identify ways to balance regulatory burdens on small farms with the need to ensure public health and orderly markets.
To develop information for that evaluation, we are asking small-scale NC egg producers to complete a survey.Your information will be kept confidential and results of the survey will only be reported in aggregate form.If you are an egg producer marketing your own eggs on the farm, at farmers markets, to local retailers and restaurants, or to other local foods venues, please take a couple of minutes to respond to this short, 15-question survey.
You can access the survey here,
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Shivaugn Rayl,.
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Ben Chase
Rockingham and Guilford County Extension Agent
Agriculture & Livestock
North Carolina State University
North Carolina Cooperative Extension,
525 NC 65, Suite 200, Reidsville, NC 27320
(336) 342-8235800-666-3625 Fax:336-342-8242
Email :