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1997 Beef Cow-Calf Conference Program

Livestock Update, November 1997

John Hall, Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech

MAIN BALLROOM
8:00 - 9:00 AM REGISTRATION & VIEWING EXHIBITS -
Registration fee $25.00/person (includes lunch and proceedings)

MORNING SESSION - John Hall, Chairman
9:00 AM THE ECONOMIC CLIMATE FOR CATTLE PRODUCERS AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS -
Casey Kelley, Cattle-Fax, Greenwood Village, Colorado
9:40 AM THE ELEMENTS OF PROFITABILITY IN FEEDING & MARKETING PRODUCERS CATTLE -
Warren Weibert, Decatur Co. Feedyard, Oberlin, Kansas
10:20 AM BREAK - REFRESHMENTS
10:35 AM AN OVERVIEW OF ALLIANCES AND PACKERS INTEREST IN GENETIC CONTROL -
Larry Corah, NCBA, Manhattan, Kansas
11:15 AM OUR EXPERIENCE IN MAKING PRACTICAL ALLIANCES WORK-
Dave Nichols, Nichols Farms, Bridgewater, Iowa
12:00 Noon BUFFET LUNCH - VICTORIAN & MAIN DINING ROOMS-

AFTERNOON SESSION - Bill Beal, Chairman
1:00 PM WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH PRODUCER RETAINED-OWNERSHIP FEED-OUT PROGRAMS -
Bill McKinnon, Extension Animal Scientist, Virginia Tech
1:30 PM CURRENT & NEW ALLIANCE APPROACHES IN VIRGINIA -
Reggie Reynolds, Executive Secretary, Virginia Cattlemen's Association
2:00 PM PANEL - "EXPERIENCE WITH ALLIANCES""-
Reggie Reynolds, In Charge
Jim Myers - The Buckingham Program
James Bennett - Working with Small Producers
John Mitchell - Retained Ownership & Partnering with Feeders
Jerry Burner - We Feed Them or Have Them Fed
3:00 PM ANSWER PANEL -
Parting shots from conference speakers. Each will pick one or two things they consider most recommendable to seedstock and commercial cow-calf producers.
3:30 PM ADJOURN & VIEW EXHIBITS

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