Pre-confernce Livestour Tour (April 1 update)
NACAA Animal Sciences Pre-AM/PIC Seminar & Tour
September 18-19, 2009
DRAFT Itinerary
This itinerary was last updated April 1, 2009 - This is a draft itinerary. It will be updated as tour details are confirmed. Please check back for updates. Applications to participate in the tour are due April 28, 2009 and should be submitted on the NACAA website at http://www.nacaa.com/awards/. If you have questions regarding the tour, please contact Randy Mills, Chair, Animal Science Committee or your regional animal science committee vice-chair.
This year's tour will have a modified format. The tour will begin in Boise, ID and end in Portland, OR. We will NOT be returning to Boise to recover vehicles or extra luggage. Participants, please plan your travel accordingly.
Thursday, September 17
Arrival late afternoon/early evening in Boise, ID at the:
ABC Hotel at the Airport
1234 Airport Road
Boise, ID XXXXX
Phone: 208-XXX-XXXX
Fax: 208-XXX-XXXX
The ABC Hotel at the Airport offers free airport shuttle service
In case of emergency when arriving in Boise, call Randy Mills (541-969-8564) or Cory Parson (541-403-0042).
7:00 PM MDT 1 - Meet for dinner at the XYZ Restaurant
8:00 PM MDT - Get acquainted meeting and review Friday and Saturday tour itinerary and other details
Friday, September 18
6:30 AM MDT - Breakfast at ABC Hotel
7:00 AM MDT - Depart Boise
AM Tour Stops:
PerforMix Nutrition Systems, Nampa, ID -Agri Beef Company's feed supplement and livestock nutrition production facility in Nampa, ID. (http://www.agribeef.com/performix/default.asp)
Harrell Hereford Ranch and Mackenzie Quarter Horses, Baker City, OR - For three generations a source of Hereford seedstock and ranch horses. (http://www.harrellherefordranch.com/)
Lunch TBA
PM Tour Stops:
Thomas Angus Ranch, Baker City, OR - BIF Seedstock Producer of the Year, Thomas Angus Ranch ranks among the top 25 largest seedstock producers in North America. (http://www.thomasangusranch.com/home/)
Oregon State University Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center, Union, OR - The oldest branch experiment station in Oregon, this 2600 acre site conducts important beef cattle nutrition and grazing research on forested rangelands typical of the intermountain west. (http://oregonstate.edu/dept/eoarcunion/)
USDA Starkey Experimental Forest and Range, LaGrande, OR - The largest research enclosure ever built to study wildlife (25,000 acres or 40 square miles). The primary research focus of the Starkey Project is interactions between elk, deer, cattle, logging, and recreation on intensively managed forest lands. Due to extensive travel distances and the size/scope of this project, this virtual tour will be held on the bus. (http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/exforests/starkey/index.shtml)
Arrive and hotel check-in at LaGrande, OR
Sandman Inn
2410 E. R Avenue
LaGrande, OR 97850
541-963-3707
Dinner
Ten Depot
10 Depot Street
LaGrande, OR 97850
Saturday, September 19
6:30 AM PDT - Breakfast - Best Western
7:30 AM PDT - Depart Comfort Inn
AM Tour Stops:
Pendleton Woolen Mills, Pendleton, OR - Pendleton has a legacy for quality in the Native American blankets and 100% virgin wool clothing produced in their northwest mills. We will visit their flagship and original mill and store in Pendleton, OR. Bring your credit card and send home a sample of the Pendleton legacy. (http://www.pendleton-usa.com/)
Pendleton Round-Up, Pendleton, OR - The 99th annual Pendleton Round-Up, one of North America's oldest, largest, and most prestigious outdoor rodeo will be in full swing during our brief time in Pendleton. We will do a windshield tour of the rodeo grounds on our way out of town. (http://pendletonroundup.com/)
To Be Determined Site at the Port of Morrow, Boardman, OR
Lunch at the Boardman Marina, Boardman, OR
PM Tour Stops:
Threemile Canyon Farms, LLC, Boardman, OR - This state of the art 16,000 cow dairy was established in recent years on a 93,000 acre farming complex to supply milk for the new Tillamook Cheese plant located in Boardman. (http://www.threemilecanyonfarms.com/)
Beef Northwest, Boardman, OR - This 40,000 head beef finishing yard is part of a network of three feedyards operated by Beef NW with a combined one-time capacity of 95,000 head. Beef NW has developed production and marketing alliances with several other operations visited earlier on the tour. (http://www.beefnw.com/)
Multnomah Falls - The second-tallest, year-round waterfall in the nation. The water of the Falls drop 620 feet from its origin on Larch Mountain (http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/columbia/millennium2/welcome.htm). We will visit the Falls as we travel I84 through the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/columbia/) on our way to the AM/PIC site in Portland, OR.
6:00PM - Arrive at the Red Lion Lloyd Center, Portland, OR
1 Boise, ID is in the Mountain Daylight Time Zone and Portland, OR is in the Pacific Daylight Time Zone. We will cross from Mountain time to Pacific time shortly after crossing the Idaho/Oregon border.
Itinerary last updated: April 1, 2009
