Four-state beef conference is Jan. 10-11

Dec 5, 2006 10:18 AM

The 23rd annual 4-State Beef Conference will be in
four locations over a two-day period on Jan. 10-11, 2007. The conference series is designed to give beef cattle producers in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska an annual update on current cow- calf and stocker topics. It provides a forum of Extension specialists from four of the leading beef cattle programs in the nation´s land-grant university system.

Speakers and their topics for the 2007 conference will include:

-John Lawrence, Iowa State University - "What is the State of the Beef Industry?"

-Rick Rasby, University of Nebraska - "Utilizing Co-Product Feeds - Storage, Purchasing, etc."

-Rob Kallenbach, University of Missouri - "Grazing Management"

-Larry Corah, Certified Angus Beef - "Why is Percent Choice Declining?"

The first Jan. 10 conference will begin at 10 a.m. in Holton, KS, at the Jackson County Fair Building. That afternoon´s conference will start at 4 p.m. in Tecumseh, NE, at the Community Building.

The first Jan. 11 session will begin at 10 a.m. in Lewis, IA, at the ISU Armstrong Research Farm, while the afternoon session will be at 4 p.m. in Bethany, MO, at the community center.

The registration fee is $25 per person, and the conference organizers are requesting reservations by Jan. 5, 2007. The fee includes a meal and a copy of the conference proceedings.

Information and registration for the Jan. 10 conference in Kansas are available by calling the K-State Research and Extension Jackson County office at 785-364-4125. More information about the other sites is available by contacting any county or district Extension office in any of the four states or by visiting the Web site http://www.extension.iastate.edu/feci/4StBeef/.

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