3rd Mangalitsa Breeders Meeting

August Friday 23 - Sunday 25, 2019

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    Agenda Friday 23 Augustus      

 

12.00 AM - 5.00 M

Registration and networking

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10.00 AM

Welcome and presentation of the day’s activities

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10.15 – 12.00 AM

Various presentations about:

The current state of the industry, distribution and availability of

different bloodlines from 2014 & 2016 imports.

 

Please advise possible questions in advance and

if you are willing to share the lineage information of your own animals

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Mangalitsa Breeding Book Presentation:

Follow up from 2015 meeting, ongoing work to create a Breeding Book

for Mangalitsa pigs in North America.  

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1. What is current status of AMBA

(American Mangalitsa Breeders Association)

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2. What is status of DNA marker availability?

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3. GeneSeek records currently available

 

12.15 - 1.45 PM 

Catered lunch to be served

 

1.45 PM

Farm tour with presentation of different fencing and shelter ideas

 

2.30 – 5.00 PM

Marketing the Mangalitsa

 

Points to be discussed will be:

Target markets, promotional ideas, promotional materials,

recent publications, product development, pig art, internet marketing,

marketing the Mangalitsa fat…

 

6.00 PM

Dinner & networking at the farm. No end time has been set.

Phil Wingo will be preparing another one of his great BBQs…..

 

 

 

 September 16

 

10.00 AM

Recap from Friday meeting

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10.15 AM

Pasture raising methods and appropriate feed regimen for breeding & feeding pigs

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11.30 AM Break

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11.45 AM

Future events of interest:

possible tour to Fatty Pig Conference IV in Spain in November

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More details and registration form will be sent out by the end of June.

Please plan on bringing some of your products to share and discuss.

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We will reserve a block of rooms at a nearby hotel and

camping spots will be available at the farm.

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If you want to get updates for this event please send an email to;

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mangalitsabreeders-meeting2017@hotmail.com 

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Your hosts:

Peter Solberg

Barbara Meyer zu Altenschildesche

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Location of meeting: 

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