Ronald Reagan Equestrian Center
at Tropical Park
May 16-18, 2008
(May 15 - vendor/registrant set-up day)
7900 SW 40th Street
Miami, Florida, USA 33155

Educational Seminars & Workshops

Friday, May 16, 2008

MDC Youth Fair Tower Building
10901 SW 24th Street
Miami, FL 33165
**Free Shuttle to and from Seminars departing from the VIP tent. This service will be available from 8:30 AM to 8:30 PM.

To register for educational seminars & workshops, please register.

Morning Sessions

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM

• Perishables Handling and Logistics at Miami-Dade County’s Ports
  • Joint presentation from MIA and Seaport
  • Bunny Schreiber – Aviation Cargo Specialist, MIA
  • Juan Kuryla – Assistant Director for Inter-governmental Affairs, Seaport

10:00 AM – 10:45 AM

• USDA Phytosanitary Requirements, Transit Permits, Entomologists Inspections and Plant Inspections
  • MIA PPQ Supervisor

11: 00 AM – 11:45 AM

• Creating Economic Opportunity for U.S. Agriculture by Expanding Global Markets
  • Sarah Hanson – Director, Caribbean Basin Agricultural Trade Office, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

11:45 AM – 12:30 PM

• Good Agricultural Practices at Farms (GAP)
  • Mary Lambert – IFAS

Afternoon Sessions

1:15 PM – 2:00 PM

• Forage Systems for Tropical and Subtropical Regions
  • Description: Establishment, fertilization, and utilization of warm-season grasses and opportunities to grow cool-season annual forages in subtropical regions.
  • Presenter: Joao (Joe) Vendramini – Assistant Professor, Forage Specialist, University of Florida, IFAS, Range Cattle Research and Education Center

2:00 PM – 2:45 PM

• Nutritional and Management Considerations for Brahman-influence Heifers
  • Description: Optimal systems for managing heifer growth and reproduction in a subtropical environment.
  • Presenter: John Arthington – Center Director and Associate Professor University of Florida, IFAS, Range Cattle Research and Education Center
    

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

• Brahman Research in West Central Florida
  • Results of research from the Brooksville Agricultural Research Service will be presented. This will include purebred and crossbred (with Angus and the Criollo breed Romosinuano) Brahman cattle in multiple segments of US beef production.
  • Presenter: David Riley – Subtropical Agricultural Research Station, Research and Education Center, USDA-ARS, Brooksville

3:45 PM – 4:30 PM

• The US National Animal ID Plan and Country of Origin Labeling (COOL)
  • Description: The basic components of the national animal ID plan and how it may be used to satisfy COOL regulations.
  • Presenter: Todd Thrift – Associate Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, IFAS, Gainesville

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM

• Pounds & Profit through AI & Synchronization
  • Roger Wann – ABS Global, Inc.

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

• Panel Discussion of Hot Topics

6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

• Miami Dade County Youth Fair, Tower Building
  OPENING VIP RECEPTION
  Meet and network with the organizers and sponsors of the Agriculture and Cattle Show at a VIP Reception to kick off the weekend event. Grammy Award nominees, The Negroni Trio entertain
  

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Heading to the World Brahman Congress XIV 2008 in Fort Worth, Texas? Stop-over in Miami, Florida, on your way there and take advantage of this event and Miami’s renowned tropical setting.