Categories: Farm & Ranch

MEDIA ADVISORY: 1999 HIGH PLAINS BEEF CONFERENCE AUG. 18-19

What: An educational conference to highlight the beef cattle industry and provide an opportunity for feedyard managers and employees, cattle feeders, stockers and consultants to meet university researchers, become familiar with current research projects, tour new research facilities and supply input to the research programs to help researchers identify industry needs. This year’s conference will also include the dedication of West Texas A&M University’s Nance Ranch Feedlot and the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station/USDA-ARS Research Feedlot and Laboratory at Bushland.

When: feedlot dedication – 4 p.m., Aug. 18; conference – Aug. 19, registration begins at 8 a.m.

Where: Texas A&M Research and Extension Center at Amarillo, 6500 West Amarillo Blvd.

Fees: $15 for feedlot dedication and dinner, $25 for conference, or $40 per person for both events received by Texas Cattle Feeders Assn., 5501 1-40 West, Amarillo, Texas 79106, by Aug. 12.

Who: Sponsored by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, USDA-ARS, West Texas A&M University, and the Texas Cattle Feeders Association.

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