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Atlanta—The program committee has developed a versatile agenda for the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association education programs at the 2010 International Poultry Expo.

The world’s largest poultry industry event is scheduled January 27-29, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

“The committee has recommended a series of sessions that will address important issues facing today’s poultry and egg operations,” said program chairman Jay Houchin, Farbest Farms, Jasper, IN.

“After discussing a variety of subjects, we feel that the committee has put together an agenda that will examine several key topics.

“The general session in 2010 will take a unique look at Animal Agriculture Under Attack,” Houchin continued.

“For several years now, the poultry industry, along with the other segments of animal agriculture, has been under attack from animal rights activists, environmental activists, and other interest groups.

"This program will describe the realities of modern agriculture and how we should respond to the tactics and strategies of the activist groups,” Houchin added.

The program will feature Dr. Wes Jamison, Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida.

He has a PhD in natural resources and agriculture politics.

He has studied and taught the evolution of agricultural politics at several universities in the United States and Europe.

The other featured speaker will be Blake Hurst, a Missouri farmer and author who serves as vice president of the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation.

He acknowledges that farming can be messy and dirty . . . “something that critics of industrial farming don’t seem to understand,” he says.

The session is scheduled Thursday, January 28, from 9 am – 11 am.

Other USPOULTRY education programs will include Equipment Safety – Machine Guarding Workshop; Nutrient Management Plan Workshop; Poultry Market Intelligence Forum; and FSIS Noncompliance Record Workshops (pre-registration only).

Also, The Animal Agriculture Environmental Sustainability Summit will return by popular request.

Programs

Animal Agriculture Under Attack

Thursday January 28, 9 AM – 11 AM

• Dr. Wes Jamison, Associate Professor of Communication, Palm Beach Atlantic University

• Blake Hurst, Missouri, farmer, author , and VP of the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation

Equipment Safety – Machine Guarding Workshop

Thursday January 28, 9 AM – 11 AM

Georgia Tech OSHA Training Institute

Nutrient Management Plan Workshop

Thursday January 28, 9 AM – 11 AM

Paul Bredwell, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

Poultry Market Intelligence Forum

Friday January 29, 9 AM – 11 AM

• Dr. Donald Ratajczak, Consulting Economist

• Mike Donohue, Agri Stats

• Dr. Paul Aho, Poultry Perspective

FSIS Noncompliance Record Workshops (pre-registration required)

Wednesday, January 27, 8 AM – 11 AM

Friday, January 29, 8 AM – 11 AM

Dr. Al Yancy, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association

For more information, call 770-493-9401.

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• U.S. Poultry & Egg Assn.

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