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8:00 - 9:00
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Registration, Refreshments, Trade Show, and Poster Session
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9:00 - 9:15
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Opening Remarks
Mr. Carl Luebben, Associate Director, Shenandoah Valley Soil and Water Conservation District
Mr. Dale Gardner, Executive Secretary, Virginia State Dairymen's Association
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9:15 - 11:45
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General Session
"Current and Emerging Nutrient Solutions for Agriculture" - Mr.
Dennis Treacy, Vice President, Environmental and Corporate Affairs,
Smithfield Foods, and Mr. Nathan DeBoom, Consultant, AgConcepts
"A Pennsylvania Perspective on Environmental Management" - Mr. Bill Achor, Consultant, Land Studies.
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11:45 - 1:30
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Lunch and Trade Show
Keynote Speaker - Mr. Bob Monley, General Manager, Farm Pilot Project Coordination, Inc.
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1:30 - 2:00
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Panel Discussion with Area Farmers - Mr. Roy VanDerHyde, Mr. Oren Heatwole, Jr., and others
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2:00 - 4:00
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Concurrent Sessions
Poultry Session in Exhibit Hall, Large Room
"The Conversion of Poultry Litter to Value-Added Resources by
Pyrolysis" - Dr. Foster Agblevor, Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
"Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Poultry Litter" - Dr.
Mark Chatfield, Project Director, The Bioplex Project at WV State
University
"Innovations in Drying and Gasification" - Mr. Stephen McCorkle,
CEO, Agricultural Waste Solutions
"Projects Utilizing Direct Combustion of Poultry Litter: Planning
for the Scale, and End Use of Products from Combustion
Technologies." Dr. Bert R. Bock, CEO, B.R. Bock Consulting, Inc.
Dairy Session in Exhibit Hall, Smaller Room
"Sustainable Agriculture and Nutrient Management: Are You on The
Right Track?" - Mr. Dennis Haubenschild, Owner/Farmer, Haubenschild
Farms
"How to Get Maximum Benefit Out Of Your Nutrients" - Mr. Gary
Wegner, Owner/Farmer, Circul8 Systems
"The Role of Innovation and Synergy on the Dairy Farm" - Mr. Dick
Waybright, Owner/Farmer, Mason Dixon Dairy
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4:00
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Evaluation and Adjourn
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