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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2008 |
SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2008 |
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8:30-2:30 pm
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ATTENDEE REGISTRATION OPEN Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
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8:00 - 8:30 am |
WORSHIP SERVICE Westin Savannah Harbor |
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8:30 am |
INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLE - (all associations)Westin Savannah Harbor |
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8:30-11:00 am |
GENERAL SESSION -BALLROOM |
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Continental breakfast with fellow growers to discuss industry issues - labor, water, FQPA, EPA, marketing, etc. |
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10:00-11:30 am |
SPOUSE PROGRAM |
10:30 am |
CONVENTION ADJOURNS |
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10:30-2:30 am |
TRADE SHOW - OPEN | HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME! | |
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12:00-1:30 pm |
LUNCH in the Trade Show (Lunch provided for Three Day and Saturday Only Registrants) |
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2:00 pm |
SILENT AUCTION CLOSES |
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2:30 pm |
TRADE SHOW CLOSES |
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2:00 - 3:30 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
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Session #9 - PACA Programs and How They Protect Growers |
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2:00 - 3:30 pm |
Grower’s Rights Under the Perishable
Agricultural Commodities Act |
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Session #10 -If Methyl Bromide is Going Away What Can I Do? |
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The Dwindling Supply of Methyl Bromide Dr. William Terry Kelley, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA |
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2:20 pm |
Results of Large-Acreage On-Farm Methyl
Bromide Alternative Trials |
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Equipment Set-up for Methyl Bromide
Alternatives Mr. Paul Sumner, Univ. of Georgia, Tifton, GA |
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Impact Assessment of Buffer Restrictions
for Chloropicrin Mr. Keith Rucker, Tift Co. Ext. Serv., Tifton, GA |
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6:00–7:00 pm |
RECEPTION -Westin Savannah Harbor(Open to All Attendees) |
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6:30–7:00 pm |
Raffle Drawings held at RECEPTION |
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Evening |
DINNER ON YOUR OWN |
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