COLLEGE STATION – Top national speakers, including Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs and Linda Logan, executive director of the Texas Animal Health Commission, headline this year’s Beef Cattle Short Course Aug. 5-7 at Texas A&M University.
Speakers will discuss current technical trends, Texas beef making marketing programs, animal diseases and related issues, said Dr. Larry Boleman, coordinator of the event.
For $100 per participant, producers can receive the latest information, the proceedings, several meals including a prime rib dinner, and trade show and industry materials.
Logan will be on hand to advise beef producers on the current status of tuberculosis in Texas and its marketing implications. Additionally, other threatening diseases, like chronic wasting disease, as well as Texas emergency disease preparation and biosecurity issues will be discussed.
Other speakers at the 2002 Beef Cattle Short Course include Paul Hitch, Hitch Enterprises, Inc., Guymon Okla.; John Patterson, beef specialist, Montana State University; Dave Nichols, Nichols Farms, Bridgewater, Iowa, and David Coronna, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s marketing program.
“The Beef Cattle Short Course is a leader in producer education and is designed to bring the latest information, issues and industry changes to producers so that they can evaluate and adapt to the latest issues for greater and quicker monetary returns to their operations,”Boleman said.
Producers can personalize their own training by selecting from the concurrent training sessions in grazing management workshops, breeds and sire selections, and management concepts for increasing immunity in calves. In-depth, hands-on reproductive training with bulls and cows will also be offered, as well as sessions on record-keeping systems and financial management, cattle working demonstrations with health emphasis and a basic ranch management session for beginning or novice ranch owners.
Boleman also encourages participants to attend the Cattleman’s College at the Texas A&M Campus on Aug. 5.
The early registration deadline has passed, but late registration and on-site registration is available for $120 per person. For further information or a registration form, please visit the Beef Cattle Short Course Web site at http://animalscience-extension.tamu.edu/beef/shortcourse.html or contact Amy, Allyson or Jenna at (979) 845-9579 or (979) 845-6931.
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