December 4 & 5, 2015
Billings Hotel and Convention Center-Billings, Montana
Agenda
Thurs –Dec 3
1 pm Board Meeting
6-8pm President’s Reception in the Hotel Lounge
Sponsored by Center of the Nation Wool
Friday-Dec 4
8am Resolutions Committee-Sunset
8am Registration Open
9am How Environmental Groups Fund Themselves through EAJA
Live Radio Broadcast with James Arneson and Voices of Montana
Jim Brown-Government Relations MWGA
John Helle-Helle Land and Livestock and Helle Rambouillet
10am Sheep, Bighorn and Bison Disease Update
Dr. Maggie Highland, Research Scientist-USDA-ARS Animal Disease Research
10:30 Coffee Break
11am US Sheep Experiment Station Update-Dr. Bret Taylor
12:00 Dr. Charles Boyer-MSU Vice President, Dean, and Director
1:30 MSU Animal and Range Sciences Update-Dr. Pat Hatfield, Department Head
Dr. Whit Stewart-MSU Sheep Specialist
2:00 Around the World with IWTO-Ms. Monica Ebert, Montana Wool Lab Manager
2:30 Montana Ag Safety Program-Jim Larson
2:30 Young Producer Workshop-Attendance by Invitation
3:30 Coffee Break
4pm Resolution Committees
6pm Western Ranch Waterhole, Speed Shear Calcutta, Live Auction Fundraiser
Sat-Dec 5
7:30 Resolutions
8 am Wool Outlook and Trends
Larry Prager-Center of the Nation Wool
Bruce Barker-Great Plains Wool
8:30 Wildlife Services Update-John Steuber, Montana State Director
9 am Montana Livestock Loss Board-George Edwards, Exec Sec
9:30 Board of Livestock Update
10 am Coffee Break
10:30 H2A Roundtable
Erik Lehfeldt-Mountain Plains Agricultural Service, President
Ken Wixom-Western Range Association, Director
12:00 Dr. Jeff Bader-MSU Extension Director
1:30 American Wool Council Update
Ken Wixom-American Sheep Industry Board of Directors, Region VII
2:30 Coffee Break
3 pm Annual Meeting/ASI Blanket and Pillow Door Prize
6 pm Banquet Bars and Silent Auction Open
6:45 Silent Auction Closes
7pm Invocation & Woolgrower Banquet
7:30 Door Prizes and Silent Auction Review
8 pm Make It with Wool Fashion Show
9 pm NFR Social & Raffle Drawing
Sun-Dec 6
8am MWGA Board Meeting
We will fit in any attending Senators, Representatives, or their staffers as they arrive.
