2011 IWGA 119th Annual Convention
Idaho/Wyoming Wool Growers Association
Convention "Tentative Agenda"
November 11, 12 and 13, 2011
Sun Valley Lodge, Sun Valley, Idaho
Idaho/Wyoming Wool Growers Association’s (Tentative Agenda);
Idaho’s 119th Annual Convention
November 11, 12 and 13, 2011; Sun Valley Lodge, Sun Valley, Idaho
(Reservations: 1-800-786-8259)
Friday, November 11
  8:00 a.m.   IWGA Board of Directors Meeting (Sage Room)
    WWGA Annual Business Meeting (Limelight Room Salon A)

12:00 p.m.   REGISTRATION TABLE OPEN (Inn Board Room)

  2:00 p.m.   General Session: (Continental Room)
Harry Soulen, IWGA Vice President – Host/Welcome
USDA-ARS U.S. Sheep Experiment Station & Univ. of Idaho
USSES Update – Dr. Greg Lewis, USSES Research Director
Dr. Marie Bulgin; Sheep Production Management Tips
Animal Damage & Disease Control
Wildlife Services Update – George Graves, Asst. State Director, USDA/APHIS-Wildlife Services.
Lamb and Wool
Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission Update – Steve Stuebner, IRRC Consultant
Mary Austin Crofts, Executive Director; Trailing of the Sheep Festival Update

  6:00 p.m. “Getting to Know Ewe” Cocktail & Hors d’oeuvres Reception –
(Limelight Room Salon B)
Host:  Ken Wixom, IWGA President and Gene Hardy, WWGA President
Presentation: Diane Myklegard; Julia Davis Park Agricultural Pavilion
Auction

Saturday, November 12 – REGISTRATION TABLE OPEN (Inn Board Room)
  7:00 a.m.    Rocky Mountain Sheep Marketing Association Board of Directors Meeting
(Camas Room)

  7:00 a.m.    Idaho Scrapie Board Meeting (Lupine Room)

  8:00 a.m.    Market Trends Breakfast (Limelight Room Salon A)

  8:45 a.m.    General Session: Market Trends (Continental Room)
Hosted by:  Rocky Mountain Sheep Marketing Association
Laird Noh, Chairman, RMSMA – Annual Report
      Gary Pfeiffer, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Superior Farms, Davis, CA

10:30 a.m. General Session: State and Federal Lands (Continental Room)
Ken Wixom, IWGA President – Host/Welcome
Bighorn Sheep/Domestic Sheep Forum
Margaret Soulen-Hinson; Representative Simpson Amendment
Q & A; John Revier, Office of Congressman Mike Simpson
Terry Padilla, USFS Head of Range, Ogden, UT; Making Alternative Allotments Available 
John Beller, Portage, Inc., Idaho Falls; Completing NEPA Work on Alternative Allotments
Bill Myers, Holland & Hart, Boise, ID; Payette National Forest Potential Litigation

12:00 p.m.Legislative Luncheon – Lamb Stew (Lodge Dining Room)
Host: Representative Ken Andrus, Chairman, House Agricultural Affairs Committee

1:30 p.m.General Session: Lamb & Wool (Continental Room)
Ken Wixom, IWGA President; Discussion of Potential Lawsuit and Funding
Jeff Foss, Bureau of Land Management; BLM Issues Update
Dustin Van Liew, Executive Director, Public Lands Council, Washington D.C. and
Brenda Richards, PLC Secretary Treasurer- PLC Issues Update
Livestock Indemnity Program; Ron Abbott, Farms Program Chief, Farm Services Agency
ASI Report:  Larry Pilster, ASI Region 7 (WY, MT, ID) Director, Alzada, MT
Wool Buyers Panel:  “Speakers to be Announced”
Elections

  3:00 p.m.Purebred Breeders/Ram Sale Open Forum (Camas Room)
Bill Coon, Chairman, Idaho State Ram Sale Committee
Open discussion on operations and future of Ram Sale

  6:00 p.m.Reception, no host –River Run Lodge (Busses provided from Sun Valley Lodge to River Run Lodge)
  7:00 p.m.President’s Banquet – Rack of Lamb (River Run Lodge)
Host:  Harry Soulen, IWGA Vice-President
Industry Appreciation Awards
President’s Address; Ken Wixom, IWGA President; Gene Hardy, WWGA President
Guest Speaker; The Honorable Brad Little, Idaho State Lt. Governor
Pendleton Blanket Door Prizes

Sunday, November 13
  7:00 a.m.Idaho Board of Sheep Commissioners Meeting (Camas)

  8:00 a.m.General Session: Idaho Sheep Commission Breakfast (Continental Room)
Host: Dr. Bill Barton, State Veterniarian, Idaho Department of Agriculture
Special Guests: Jason Fearneyhough, Director, Wyoming Dept. of Agriculture
Leanne Stevenson, WY Livestock Board

  9:00 a.m.General Business Session (Limelight Room)
Host: Ken Wixom, Resolutions

11:00 a.m.Adjourn