Beef Extension teams of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas will be hosting the upcoming Five-State Beef Conference Sept. 30 and Oct. 1. The annual conferences cover topics important to beef cattle producers with locations rotating among the states each year.
This year the meeting series will kick off at the Cimarron County Fair Building in Boise City, Okla. on Monday, Sept 30. For more information about registering for the Boise City meeting, contact Kierra Ortega (Cimarron County Ag Educatory) at 580-544-3399 or Britt Hicks (OSU Panhandle Area Livestock Specialist) at 580-338-7300.
The meeting will also be held at the Coldwater Veteran’s Building/City Building (239 East Main) in Coldwater, Kan. on Tuesday, Oct. 1. For more information about registering for this location, contact Levi Miller (Camanche County Kansas Ag Educator) at 620-582-2411 or Britt Hicks (OSU Panhandle Area Livestock Specialist) at 580-338-7300.
Program agenda includes:
- Market Update from Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University,
- Dairy x Beef: Understanding Feedlot Performance and Carcass Characteristics by Casey Maxwell, Cactus Feeders
- Optimizing Forage Efficiency: Enhancing Reproductive Performance & Development in Cattle, Emma Briggs, Kansas State University
- Building Your Beef Herd: How Trace Minerals Can Improve Profitability by Ddee Haynes, Axiota Animal Health
- Research Updates from Justin Waggoner, Kansas State University, Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University, Glenn Duff, New Mexico State University, Corey Moffet, USDA/ARS Southern Plains Range Research Station
Registration starts at 1:30 p.m. and the program ending at 7 p.m. with a beef dinner at each location. There is a registration fee of $20 with a preregistration deadline of Sept. 23.
