Don’t Forget to RSVP for the Animal Agriculture Industry Breakfast on August 14

HPAI and the Animal Ag Industry: Why Biosecurity Is Essential

If you’re attending Ag Progress Days next week, there’s still time to RSVP for the Animal Agriculture Industry Breakfast! The free breakfast will be held on Wednesday, August 14. With Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) affecting dairy herds and poultry flocks in the United States, you’re invited to join the entire PA animal agriculture industry for the 2024 Animal Agriculture Industry Breakfast on HPAI and Biosecurity Planning. Learn how the disease moves, how we can protect our herds, and why biosecurity on the farm matters to end users like packers and integrators.

The event will be held on August 14, 2024 from 7-9 a.m. in the Special Events Building at Ag Progress Days. Sales and service professionals working in the animal ag industry, along with livestock producers, are invited to join us for breakfast and important conversations about how to be proactive with biosecurity protocols in light of HPAI. During the breakfast, our panelists will discuss:

• How it moves – Hear from USDA on the epidemiology of HPAI, otherwise known as Bovine Influenza A.
• How we can protect our herds – Hear from the PA Dept. of Agriculture on the biosecurity protocols we can implement and how to be proactive.
• Why it matters – Hear from end users, including a packer and integrator, on how it changes how they have to operate and their expectations on farms.

The breakfast is free, but pre-registration is required. Click here to RSVP today or call 717-346-0849. Keep reading to meet the speakers!

This event is being held as part of an initiative of the Pennsylvania Beef Producers Working Group, Center for Beef Excellence, Center for Poultry and Livestock Excellence, Center for Dairy Excellence, Penn State Extension Dairy and Livestock teams, and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.