Released September 23, 2010
eXtension today announced its free national webinars for October. eXtension is an educational resource you can trust to take the best university-based research and turn it into hands-on practical information you can use to solve today’s problems and develop skills to build a better future.
Experts from land-grant universities, government and industry present information on seasonal topics and current research to help Americans improve their lives.
October’s free webinars hosted by eXtension or a land-grant university are
- Oct. 1 -- setting up a grazing system on an organic dairy farm,
- Oct. 5 – free software to maintain a farm balance sheet,
- Oct. 12 -- public perception of dairy farms,
- Oct. 14 -- branding for a specialty food business,
- Oct. 15 – team dynamics for dairy advisory teams,
- Oct. 15 – using NAQSAT for air emissions reduction,
- Oct. 19 – equine metabolic syndrome,
- Oct. 20 – enjoyable and healthy eating for children ages 3 to 5,
- Oct. 20 – grass-finished beef,
- Oct. 21 -- costing out meat products efficiently and effectively, and
- Oct. 26 – live from National Poultry Waste Management Symposium.
Webinars are available nationwide simultaneously. The times listed are Eastern Time so viewers need to adjust the viewing time for Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska and Hawaii-Aleutian Time.
Webinar details
From the Organic Agriculture eXtension community
Friday, Oct. 1 -- Setting Up a Grazing System on Your Organic Dairy Farm
2:00 - 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time
Consultant Sarah Flack from Fairfield, Vt. and professor Cindy Daley from Chico, Calif. will cover the basic principles of how to set up a grazing system which will improve pasture quality and animal performance. They’ll include paddock size calculations, recovery periods, maps and record-keeping and other resources.
http://www.extension.org/events/1764
From Penn State University Dairy Alliance
Tuesday, Oct. 5 -- Taking Charge of Farm Finances: Balance Sheets are First Step
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time
A balance sheet provides a critical tool to monitor and control the financial future of your business. Lenders take note when farm borrowers walk in the bank with a completed balance sheet in hand. Get an introduction to a free software package, “FINPACK Lite,” which allows you to enter and maintain your balance sheet. Dale Nordquist from the Center for Financial Management at University of Minnesota will talk about how to analyze a balance sheet, what lenders look for and what you should look for. He will show you how you can download FINPACK Lite and put it into action.
http://www.extension.org/events/1836
From the Dairy Cattle eXtension community
Tuesday, Oct. 12 -- Public Perception of Dairy Farms
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Hear success stories of how extension educators have organized programs to educate the public, how they have used media/social media successfully and how producers have reached out to communities. The presenters are Faith Cullens from Michigan State University Extension, dairy producer Darin Mann and Andy Kleinschmidt from Ohio State University Extension.
http://www.extension.org/events/1791
From the Entrepreneurs and Their Communities eXtension community
Thursday, Oct. 14 -- Branding for Your Specialty Food Business
2:00 – 3:00 p.m Eastern Time
Specialty food business owners Judith Moore of the Charleston Cookie Company and Robin Rhea of Slather Sauce will focus on the importance of branding.
http://www.extension.org/events/1805
From Penn State University Dairy Alliance
Friday, Oct. 15 -- Understanding Team Dynamics in the Dairy Business
10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Presented by Robert Goodling, Penn State Extension educator.
http://www.extension.org/events/1814
From the Animal Manure Management eXtension community
Friday, Oct. 15 -- NAQSAT: A Tool for Air Emissions Reduction (Part 2)
2:30 – 3:45 p.m. Eastern Time
This webinar is the second and concluding webcast in a series on the NAQSAT. During the webcast, Natalie Rector will provide an overview of the tool. Jerry May will discuss case studies on swine operations and Darrin Karcher will talk about application of the tool on poultry farms. All three are from Michigan State University Extension.
http://www.extension.org/events/1891
From University of Minnesota
Tuesday, Oct. 19 -- Equine Metabolic Syndrome
7:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Dr. Ray Geor, an internationally recognized authority on Equine Metabolic Syndrome, is a professor at Michigan State University. His research interests generally include equine medicine, nutrition and exercise science with a current focus on the interactions between obesity, inflammation, insulin resistance and laminitis. Registration is necessary; visit the University of Minnesota Equine Extension homepage for more information, http://www.extension.umn.edu/horse/.
http://www.extension.org/events/1937
From the Families, Food and Fitness and Parenting eXtension communities
Wednesday, Oct. 20 -- Early Parenting Feeding Styles
11:00 a.m. -- 12:00 noon Eastern Time
Sometimes children don't react ideally to new and healthy foods. Jennifer Orlet Fisher from Temple University and Laura Hubbs-Tait from Oklahoma State University will help you learn what your child's reactions mean and how to channel his or her behavior into an enjoyable and healthy eating experience. The webinar will focus on children ages 3 through 5. The webinar is for parents, teachers, pre-school providers, educators, Extension personnel interested in health/nutrition and health care providers interested specifically in health/nutrition.
http://www.extension.org/events/1786
From The National Center for Appropriate Technology
Wednesday, Oct. 20 -- Grass-finished Beef: Production and Marketing
1:00 -- 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Grass-finished beef is part of a growing niche market of farm products that can command higher market prices and bring more to a farmer's bottom line. NCAT agriculture specialists will present how farmers -- large and small -- use more pasture and less grain to produce high quality meat products and how they compete in the marketplace.
http://www.extension.org/events/1945
From the Small Meat Processors eXtension community
Thursday, Oct. 21 -- Product Costing for Meat Processors, Producers and Marketers
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time
A processor and a marketer, both specializing in niche meats, will provide the ins and outs of how to cost out products efficiently and effectively, including insights on inventory management.
http://www.extension.org/events/1939
From the Animal Manure Management eXtension community
Tuesday, Oct. 26 -- Live from National Poultry Waste Management Symposium
6:00 p.m. (tentative) Eastern Time
Four presenters from the conference will give a brief synopsis of their topics and then participate in a panel discussion--answering questions from the live audience as well as the virtual audience. Speakers are Kelly Donham, University of Iowa; Daren Harmel, USDA ARS; Steve Auman, PCS Sales; and James McNaughtan, AHPharma.
http://www.extension.org/events/1890
About webinars
A webinar is an acronym for web-based seminar. Instead of traveling somewhere to attend a seminar, you meet in a virtual conference room on the internet.
Scheduled time doesn’t work for you or want to view a webinar you missed?
They’re archived.
- Animal Manure Management, http://www.extension.org/pages/Archived_Webcasts,_Livestock_and_Poultry_Environmental_Learning_Center
- Beef Cattle, http://www.extension.org/pages/Archived_Beef_Cattle_Webinars
- Dairy Cattle, http://www.extension.org/pages/Archived_Dairy_Cattle_Webinars
- Entrepreneurs and Their Communities, http://www.extension.org/pages/ETC_Webinar_Archive
- Farm Energy, http://www.extension.org/pages/Farm_Energy_Webcast_Series
- Horses, http://www.myhorseuniversity.com/resources/webcasts/archived
- Organic Production, http://www.extension.org/article/24989
- Personal Finance, http://www.extension.org/pages/Personal_Finance_Chats
- Small Meat Processors, https://www.extension.org/pages/Archived_Niche_Meat_Processor_Webinars
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Writer: Lynette Spicer, lynette.spicer@eXtension.org
