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SUMMARY:Industry Breakfast – HPAI and the Animal Ag Industry: Why Biosecurity Is Essential
DESCRIPTION:Date:	Wednesday\, August 14\, 2024\nTime:	7-9 a.m.\nLocation:	Special Events Building at Ag Progress Days\nAddress:\n2710 W. Pine Grove Road\nPennsylvania Furnace\, PA 16865 \nDirections >\nEvent Host:\nPennsylvania Beef Producers Working Group\, Center for Beef Excellence\, Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence\, Center for Dairy Excellence and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. \nWith Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) affecting dairy herds and poultry flocks in the United States\, join the entire Pennsylvania animal agriculture industry for the 2024 Animal Agriculture Industry Breakfast on HPAI and Biosecurity Planning. Learn how the disease moves\, how we can protect our herds\, and why biosecurity on the farm matters to end users like packers and integrators. \nThe event will be held on Wednesday\, August 14\, 2024 from 7-9 a.m. in the Special Events Building at Ag Progress Days. Sales and service professionals working in the animal ag industry\, along with livestock producers\, are invited to join us for breakfast and important conversations about how to be proactive with biosecurity protocols in light of HPAI. During the breakfast\, our panelists will discuss: \nHow it moves – Hear from USDA on the epidemiology of HPAI\, otherwise known as Bovine Influenza A.\nHow we can protect our herds – Hear from Penn State Extension on the biosecurity protocols we can implement and how to be proactive.\nWhy it matters – Hear from end users\, including a packer and integrator\, on how it changes how they have to operate and their expectations on farms.\nThe breakfast is free\, but pre-registration is required. Fill out the form below to RSVP\, or call 717-346-0849. \nMeet the Speakers:\nJohn Boney\, Penn State University\nChrisyl Wood\, USDA\nStacylyn Himelright\, Lead/Head Buyer\, Cargill\nShelly Koch\, Live Operations Coordinator\, Koch’s Turkey Farm\nThis event is being held as part of an initiative of the Pennsylvania Beef Producers Working Group\, Center for Beef Excellence\, Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence\, Center for Dairy Excellence\, Penn State Extension\, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
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LOCATION:Special Events Building at Ag Progress Days\, 2710 W. Pine Grove Road\, Pennsylvania Furnace\, PA\, 16865\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Dairy Excellence":MAILTO:info@centerfordairyexcellence.org
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