4-State Beef Conference
Tecumseh, NE; Holton, KS; Lewis, IA, King City, MO
Area cattlemen should mark the dates of January 11th and 12th on their calendars and make plans to attend the 27th Annual 4-State Beef Conference. The conference planning committee has designed an excellent program that should have something of interest to all beef producers. Speakers and their topics for the 2011 conference are as follows:
Dr. David Patterson, University of Missouri – “Show-Me Select Multi-year Selection Impact
Dr. Dale Blasi Kansas State University, - “Beneifting from Feeding on Pasture”
Daren Williams, NCBA, - “Underastanding and Addressing Threats to the Industry”
Dr. Rick Funston, University of Nebraska – “Low Input Heifer Development”
Additional Public Info:
The conference is scheduled for Tuesday, January 11th and Wednesday, January 12th, 2011. The Tuesday morning session will begin at 9:30 a.m. in Tecumseh, Nebraska at the Community Building and the afternoon session will begin at 3:30 p.m. in Lewis, IA at the Armstrong Research Farm. The Wednesday morning session will also begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Jackson County Fair Grounds in Holton, KS and the afternoon session will start at 3:30 p.m. at the King City MO at the Eiberger Buiding.
The 4-State Beef Conferences are designed to give beef cattle producers in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska an annual update on current cow-calf and stocker topics. The conferences provide a forum of Extension Specialists from four of the USA’s leading beef cattle land grant universities.
The registration fee is $25.00 per person and reservations are requested by, Friday, January 7th, 2011. The fee includes a beef meal and a copy of the conference proceedings. To keep registration fees affordable in the future, please help us by calling in your reservations. For more information or to register for the conference, contact your local county extension office, or visit our website at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/feci/4stbeef/
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