Program Schedule
Welcome to the Southeastern Food & Farm Veterinary Summit! Here you will find our conference program schedule, detailing all of the exciting events and activities we have planned for you.
Earn 8 credit hours of CE per day!
2025 program coming Fall 2025
Friday, March 8, 2024
Events
7:00 am
Continental Breakfast
11:50 am
Lunch with Exhibitors
5:15 pm
Opening Reception with Exhibitors
General Session for Mixed Animal Practitioners
Speaker: Glen Sellers, MS, MBA
8:00 am
AUCVM/USDA Update: Rural Practice Management Work & VLRP
8:50 am
Mixed Animal Practice Profitability
Speaker: Glen Sellers, MS, MBS
10:10 am
Mixed Animal Practice Profitability Challenges
Speaker: Glen Sellers, MS, MBA
11:00 am
Mixed Animal Practice Salaries
Speaker: Glen Sellers MS, MBA
Bovine Sessions
Speaker: Meg Harrington, BS, CVT, VTS (PAIM)
12:50 pm
Enhancing Bovine Practice Efficiency with Credentialed Veterinary Technicians
1:40 pm
Using Cotton Byproducts in Southeast US Beef Cattle Operations
Speaker: Kim Mullenix, MS, Phd and Lawton Stewart, PhD
3:00 pm
Feedstuffs from the Craft and Macro-spirits Production Industry
Speaker: Jeff Lehmkuhler, MS, PhD
3:50 pm
Peanut Byproducts – How Have They Changed?
Speaker: Kim Mullenix, MS, PhD and Lawton Stewart, PhD
4:15 pm
Using Byproducts on the Farm
Speaker: Darrell Rankins, MS, PhD
Small Ruminants, Bees, Backyard Poultry, Pigs, Camelids Sessions
Speaker: Scott Squires, DVM and Tom Beacorn, DVM
12:50 pm
The Role of Veterinarians in Honeybee Health (USDA Accreditation Module)
1:40 pm
Alabama Bee Laws and Apiary Inspections;
Introduction to Pests, Diseases and Other Problems
Speaker: Mr. Phillip Carter - AL State Apiary Inspector
3:00 pm
Specific Honeybee Diseases and Treatments
(Varroa Mite, Small Hive Beetle, Viruses, Other Problems)
Speaker: Mr. Phillip Carter - AL State Apiary Inspector
3:50 pm
Specific Honeybee Diseases and Treatments (continued)
Speaker: Mr. Phillip Carter - AL State Apiary Inspector