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C.A.M.M. Trainings
| Name | Andy Rollins | | Situation | Almost every year Kershaw County is number 1, 2, or 3 in turkey production for the state. It is now mandatory by state law that these producers not only be certified in waste management, but they also must obtain 10 recertification credits every 5 years in order to keep it. Last year was the first year that the recertification requirement was initiated, but very few if any trainings were held statewide. | | Response | I provided growers with options for night meetings or day meetings. On January 23, 2006 we had a Forest Landowners Meeting and Tour of the demonstration plots at Marv Riek's house in the Buffalo area of Kershaw County for private forest landowners. There were 39 people who attended this meeting and toured the plots with us. After touring the site and seeing the equipment involved, Dr. John Chastain, Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Clemson University, and myself presented a powerpoint presentation detailing this project and encouraging them to consider fertilization of pine trees based on our results.
Eight turkey producers also attended this meeting and were able to
get two (2) recertification credits. On Jan. 26, 2006 we had a CAMM
(Confined Animal Manure Management) Recertification Training for Turkey Growers from 5:30 - 9 pm. I was one of the two presenters and 53 growers attended this meeting.
The title of my presentation was "Fertilization of Longleaf Pines."
I gave a 45 minute powerpoint presentation on all of the details associated with setting up and carrying out this demonstration, including a yield and net return comparison. There were many questions asked and at least two individuals planned on implementing methods that they learned. On March 8th, I held an all day training for the many turkey producers and put together a program focused on the areas of production that will
help them the most. We allowed hands-on use of the manure spreader
for calibration, a fly control talk, a darkling beetle talk, and a regulatory talk. | | Impact | Thirty-four Kershaw County growers attended the training and received
their 4 hours of recertification credits. Growers were asked to rate each of the presenters from 1-10 and the over all average was 9 across all
speakers. Only one participant gave somewhat low ratings of 5's across the board. Growers were given three opportunities to get a total of 8 recertification credits of the 10 needed by July 2010 in the first year the recertification effort was started. Each of these trainings were well attended and were evaluated very positively. |
Last update7/24/2008
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