Workshop Details:
This egg grading workshop at the Sedgwick County extension office in Wichita, Kan., will provide training on egg grading and other important information for poultry producers. Dr. Scott Beyer, associate professor in the K-State department of animal sciences and industry, will offer training on proper egg grading and poultry disease screening for maintaining healthy flocks. Adam Inman, assistant program manager for food safety and lodging at KDA, will review Kansas rules and regulations for grading and selling eggs in Kansas.  Workshops will also be held in Hays on June 7 and in Lawrence on June 14. The workshops are free of charge.

Registration:
Please send your registration to events@kda.ks.gov. Please include the following information:
Full name
Phone number
E-mail address
 
Questions?
For more information about the egg grading workshops, contact KDA at Julie.Roller@kda.ks.gov.

How Is This Funded?
The workshops are funded through the Federal State Marketing Improvement Program Grant which the KDA received from U.S. Department of Agriculture. The grant award totals nearly $25,000 and in addition to the egg grading workshops will make available for poultry producers an egg grading resource manual, egg-cell gauges, and an egg candling unit cost-share program. The FSMIP grant provides matching funds to state departments of agriculture, state agricultural experiment stations, and other appropriate state agencies to assist in exploring new market opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products, and to encourage research and innovation aimed at improving the efficiency and performance of the marketing system.