Thursday, March 26 |
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7-9 a.m. |
Registration |
8-8:30 a.m. |
Chaperone Meeting – NJSA Office Space |
9-9:30 a.m. |
Welcome – Nicole Hall |
9:30-10:30 a.m. |
Kick-Off Speaker – Brittany Bailey, Food Safety Marketing Manager, Zoetis |
10:30-10:45 a.m. |
Break |
10:45-11:45 a.m. |
History of NC Pork Production – Dr. Todd See, Head of Dept. of Animal Science, NC State University |
11:45-12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
12:30-1 p.m. |
Travel to BASF |
1-3:30 p.m. |
Tour of BASF Agricultural Solutions |
3:30-4 p.m. |
Travel to NC State University |
4-5:30 p.m. |
Jan Archer’s Pork Industry Career Roundtables |
5:30-5:45 p.m. |
Travel to the NC State Beef Unit |
5:45-6:45 p.m. |
Stephen Herring’s Pig Pickin’ Dinner |
6:45-9 p.m. |
Fun & Games at NC Beef Unit |
9-9:30 p.m. |
Travel Back to Hotel |
11 p.m. |
Lights Out |
Friday, March 27 |
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7- 7:30 a.m. |
Breakfast at the Hotel |
7:30-9 a.m. |
Travel to the Sampson Country Agri-Exposition Center |
9-9:45 a.m. |
Welcome, History & Overview of Prestage Farms, Zach McMullen, Deborah Johnson |
9:45-10 a.m. |
Travel to Prestage Farms |
10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. |
Tour of Prestage Farms |
12:15-12:30 p.m. |
Travel back to Sampson County Agri – Exposition Center |
12:30-1:15 p.m. |
Lunch with Prestage Farms Staff |
1:15-2 p.m. |
The state of the swine industry – David Herring, Past NPPC President & VP of TDM Farms/Hog Slat Inc. |
2-2:15 p.m. |
Break |
2:15-3 p.m. |
Pursuing your career in Agriculture, Dana Mull, Talent Solutions Manager, AgCareers.com, |
3-3:15 p.m. |
Travel to James Lamb Contract Nursery Farm |
3:15-4:30 p.m. |
Environmental Pig Farming - James Lamb |
4:30-6 p.m. |
Travel Back to Hotel |
6-6:15 p.m. |
Change into Comfortable Cloths |
6:15-7 p.m. |
Dinner |
7-10 p.m. |
Ice Cream & Lip Sync Battle! |
11 p.m. |
Lights out |
Saturday, March 28 |
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7-8 a.m. |
Breakfast at the Hotel |
8-9:45 a.m. |
Breakout Sessions with the NJSA Junior Board |
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Group A: Commercial Inclusion |
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Group B: Experiences that Stick |
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Group C: Pork Diversity |
10-11 a.m. |
Closing Keynote- Marlowe Ivey Vaughn, founder and CEO of Feed the Dialogue |
11-11:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
12:30 p.m. |
Junior Board Applicant Interviews Begin |