2011 4S GOAT EXPO



 

 Dr. Kenneth M. Andries, Ph.D.

Animal Science Specialist

Kentucky State University

Land Grant Program

 

Dr. Andries was raised on a livestock and crop farm in Louisiana. He was an active member of 4-H participating in the livestock program showing breeding beef. He is currently the Animal Science Specialist and Principle Investigator at Kentucky State University where he is responsible for extension goat programs and managing a 200 head research herd of meat goats. He is a member of the national eXtension Goat Community of Practice and has conducted many workshops and programs on goat production since starting at KySU. His extension programs have worked to increase the awareness of parasite resistance and the problems it causes in goats and to increase the use of record keeping for commercial goat producers. He started the Goat Herd Improvement Program (GHIP) in Kentucky and has been working to get more producers to keep and utilize performance records in their herds.

 


Randall Saner
Extension Educator
Lincoln-McPherson Counties
348 West State Farm Rd, North Platte NE 69101
308-532-2683 or 800-200-1381 FAX 308-532-2692
rsaner2@unl.edu
http://lincolnmcpherson.unl.edu/

Married, Age 50
Present Position - Extension Educator, Livestock Systems, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension
Education B.S., Agriculture, University of Nebraska, December 1981; majoring in Agriculture Education and Animal Science.
M.S., Swine Nutrition, University of Nebraska, December 1991.
6/08 – present University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Extension Educator Livestock Systems, responsible for implementing educational programs in Lincoln and McPherson Counties.
5/98 – 5/08 University of Missouri Extension Regional Livestock Specialist, responsible for implementing educational programs in the five county area for farmers, agribusinesses, and related agencies.
3/97 - 5/98 Colorado State Cooperative Extension Agent (Livestock), Weld County, Greeley, CO, responsible for education of eight hundred 4-H youth with livestock projects, farmers, agribusinesses and related agencies in Weld County, one of the largest counties in Colorado.
1/92 - 3/97 University of Missouri Extension Regional Livestock Specialist, responsible for implementing educational programs in seven county area for farmers, agribusinesses, and related agencies.
9/83 - 1/92 - University of Nebraska West Central Research & Extension Center Swine Operations Manager, planning, conducting and caring for the swine research herd.
12/81 - 9/83 - Swine Manager, Twin Valley Swine Farms, management and care of farrow to finish 200 sow swine operation. Also help with cow/calf operation as needed.
5/81 - 8/81 - Internship, University of Nebraska Animal Science Dept., care of classroom and research livestock.
5/80 - 8/80 - Internship, Mead Swine Research Center, assisting with research projects and caring for livestock and research facilities.
Extension Work University of Missouri -
Coordinated State & Regional Programs -
Regional Beef Meeting (1992-95), Feeder Cattle Day (1992-93 &1995-96), Livestock Manure Management Meeting (1994), Landrum Grant Project (2002-2003), Meat Goat Short Course (2002-2003), Show-Me-Select Heifer Program (1998 – 2004), South Ozarks Premier Beef Program (1999 – 2004) Swine Tedi Program (2000 – 2002), Lamb Marketing Seminar (2003), Equine Conference 2003), Estrus Synchronization Seminar (2003), Understanding Genetics to Improve Your Beef Herd Seminar (2004) Farm Bureau Young Farmers Presentation on South Ozarks Premier Beef Program (2004), Lincoln University Small Farms Conference Presentation on Direct Marketing of Beef (2005), Profitable Cattle ITV Seminar (2005), Meat Goat Marketing Seminars West Plains & MU Southwest Center(2005), Farm Beginnings Course (2006-2007), Equine Seminar (2007), Meat Goat and Sheep FAMACHA training (2007) Estrus Synchronization & Timed AI Workshop (2007)
Extension Work Nebraska-
Coordinated State & Regional Programs –
4-State Goat Conference Lexington Judge 2008, Feeding 4-H pigs to Win 2008 Nebraska State Fair, Ranching for Profit Seminars 2009, Beef Profitability Seminars 2009
Personal: My wife Patti and I have three boys, Phillip, Matthew and Christopher. Phillip works on a ranch at Dunning Nebraska. Matthew is in college and plays soccer at William Penn University in Oskaloosa Iowa. Christopher is a freshman at Missouri State University-West Plains.

DR. Frank Pinkerton
aka:  The Goat Man
140 Lady Bug Lane
Martindale, Texas  78655
512-357-2534
Known as "The Goat Man," Pinkerton has more than 40 years of expertise in animal agriculture and is one of the pioneers of the goat industry in the United States. He is a founder of the American Institute of Goat Research at Langston University in Oklahoma City, and a frequent contributor to Goat Rancher.