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The requirements for Feed Management Certification are: 1) be a current member PAS
or RAS in the species that you are taking the exam in, 2) complete feed management
workshop of The National Feed Management Project, 3) pass the feed management exam,
and 4) maintain yearly continuing education credits with at least four hours of
the sixteen hours required devoted to feed management.
The exam will have 75% of questions devoted to general feed management and 25% of
feed management questions specific to the species (Dairy, Beef, Swine, or Poultry)
requested by the certification candidate. Initial requests for feed management certification
in multiple species will be handled by administering one expanded exam. Later requests
for certification in additional species by those already certified in feed management
will be handled by administering an exam specific to the species certification requested.
The National Feed Management Project will provide exam questions to the ARPAS Examining
Board. The National Feed Management Project will provide a list of acceptable continuing
education in feed management to ARPAS.
The cost for the Feed Management Certification will be $100 for certification in
a first species. An additional $25 fee will be assessed for each additional species
certification requested.
Questions concerning the Feed Management certification and exam should be directed
to:
Randy Shaver
University of Wisconsin - Madison
1675 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1284
Phone: (608) 263-3491
Fax: (608) 263-9412
rdshaver@wisc.edu
Upcoming Training Schedule and Information
October 16th, 1-5 PM, Amarillo, Texas
Contact person – Ellen Jordan, e-jordan2@tamu.edu
November 11th, noon to 5 PM, Grantville, Pennsylvania
Contact person – Ginny Ishler, vishler@gmail.com
February 5, 2009, 10 AM - 3 PM, Fresno, California
Contact person – Bob Fry, Robert.Fry@ca.usda.gov, 530-792-5659 or Marit Arana, Marit.Arana@algilbert.com
Joe Harrison, Extension Specialist and Professor of Dairy Nutrition from WSU-Puyallup, will be providing training on Feed Management to ARPAS-certified nutritionists and others on February 5th, 2009 at the Farm Bureau Office in Fresno, CA. That day, following training, the ARPAS exam in Feed Management will be offered. Passing that exam, being ARPAS certified, and presenting 2 references where animal diets and feeding strategies have been developed that conform to NRCS Practice Standard 592 (Feed Management), qualifies ARPAS members to be TSP for NRCS and support producers who have a contract for Feed Management under the EQIP program. Having a group of qualified TSP is our main barrier to expanding this practice.
Directions
Preparing to Take the ARPAS Feed
Management Dairy Certification Exam
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