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Tentative Agenda
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Straughn Extension Professional Development Center
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Beef Enterprise Issues |
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1:00pm |
Welcome – Dr. Geoff Dahl, Professor and Chair, Dept.
of Animal Sciences, UF/IFAS, Gainesville, FL |
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1:15pm |
Cattlemen’s Comments – Mr. Don Quincey, President,
Florida Cattlemen’s Assoc., Chiefland, FL |
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1:30pm |
Market Outlook – Dr. Curt Lacy, University of
Georgia, Tifton, GA |
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2:15pm |
Expansion of Cattle Harvest Capacity in the
Southeast – Dr. Chad Carr, Dept. of Animal Sciences,
UF/IFAS, Gainesville, FL |
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3:00pm |
Break |
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3:30pm |
Putting US Meats on the World’s Table: A Global
Perspective – Ms. Elizabeth Wunderlich, Wunderlich
Associates/U. S. Meat Export Federation |
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4:15pm |
What’s Wrong with This Picture – Dr. Matt Hersom and
Dr. Todd Thrift, Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF/IFAS,
Gainesville, FL |
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5:00pm |
Reception |
Thursday, May 3, 2012
AM Session Straughn Extension Professional Development
Center
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Stocker Cattle Opportunities in Florida |
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8:30am
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Food Technology in the News – Dr. Chad Carr, Dept.
of Animal Sciences, UF/IFAS, Gainesville, FL
Use of E. coli Vaccinations for Beef Safety – Dr.
Dwain Johnson, Dept. of Animal Sciences, UF/IFAS,
Gainesville, FL |
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9:15am |
Stocker Options in Adverse Conditions – Dr. Ted
McCollum, Texas A&M University, Amarillo, TX |
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10:00am |
Break |
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10:30am |
Can We Produce an 850 lb Stocker Calf in Florida –
Dr. Jason Banta, Texas A&M University, Overton, TX |
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11:15am |
Risk Management for Stocker Production – Dr. Curt
Lacy University of Georgia, Tifton, GA |
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12:00pm |
Leave for Lunch at UF/IFAS Horse Teaching Unit
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PM Session UF/IFAS Dept. of Animal Sciences Horse
Teaching Unit
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Cattle Management Decisions and Applications |
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12:00pm |
Trade Show Opens - Lunch |
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1:30pm |
The Best and Worst Decisions I’ve Made in the Beef
Business – Producer Panel |
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2:30pm
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BQA Injection Site Training
Cattle Evaluation Skills |
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3:30pm |
Refreshment Break and Trade Show |
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4:00pm
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Application and Use of Animal Health Products
Cattle Feed Facts |
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5:00pm |
Adjourn |
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6:00pm |
Cattlemen’s Steak-Out (Horse Teaching Unit) |
Friday, May 4, 2012
Straughn Extension Professional Development Center
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Current Topics for the Cow Herd |
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8:30am |
Strategies for Beef Cattle Winter Feeding in the
Southeast – Dr. Nicolas DiLorenzo, North Florida
Research & Education Center, UF/IFAS, Marianna, FL |
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9:15am |
Maternal Nutrition and Fetal Programing – Dr. Kim
Vonnahme, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND |
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10:00am |
Break |
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10:30am |
The Brahman Project – Dr. Mauricio Elzo, Dept. of
Animal Sciences, UF/IFAS, Gainesville, FL |
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11:15am |
Comparison of Jiggs to Other Bermudagrass
Alternatives – Dr. Joao Vendramini, Range Cattle
Research & Education Center, UF/IFAS, Ona, FL |
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12:00pm |
Adjourn |
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