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