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University Specialists and Industry Experts Provide Updates at Three-State Beef Conference

Area beef producers should make plans to attend the second annual Three-State Beef Conference on January 13, 14 and 15, 2015 with locations in Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska.

Topics and speakers for the conference include:

  • "Evaluating Supplementation Strategies", Dr. Rick Rasby, Extension Beef Specialist, University of Nebraska;
  • "Rethinking our Forage Systems", Dr. Bruce Anderson, Extension Forage Specialist, University of Nebraska; and
  • "Financial Impacts of Fertility and Infertility in the Current Cattle Market", Dr. Patrick Gunn, Extension Cow-Calf Specialist, Iowa State University.

The first conference session is in Creston, Iowa at Southwestern Community College on Tuesday, January 13 with registration at 5:30 p.m. and the program at 6:00 p.m.

The Missouri session will be held on Wednesday, January 14 in Albany at the University of Missouri Hundley-Whaley Learning Discovery Center with registration at 5:30 p.m. and program at 6:00 p.m.
On January 15, there will be two different sessions held in Nebraska.

  • The first session will be held at the Gage County UNL Extension Center in Beatrice, Nebraska. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. with the program at 11:00 a.m.
  • An evening session will be at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Ag Research and Development Center (ARDC) near Mead, Nebraska with registration at 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. program.

The Three-State Beef Conference (formerly the Four-State Beef Conference) is designed to provide regular updates on current cow-calf and stocker topics to beef cattle producers and others in the beef industry in Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska. The conference provides a forum of specialists from three of the United States' leading beef cattle land grant universities, as well as other industry experts.

Registration fee is $25 per person and it includes a meal and copy of the conference proceedings. Pre-registration is due January 9, 2015 to assist with meal planning and material preparation.
If you need accommodations because of a disability, have emergency medical information to share, or need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please inform us by December 31, 2014.

Source: University of Nebraska


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