The third annual four-state Driftless Region Beef Conference will be held on Jan. 22-23, 2015, at the Grand River Convention Center in Dubuque, Iowa.
The program will begin at 1 p.m. on Jan. 22 and run through 11:45 a.m. on Jan. 23. This year's conference features two keynote speakers; Dr. Jude Capper, a livestock sustainability consultant from Bozeman, Montana, and Dr. Mark Hilton, a Professor of Beef Production Medicine at Purdue University. Other speakers include Dan Loy, Lee Schulz, Iowa State University; Rhonda Gildersleeve, and Gene Schriefer, University of Wisconsin; Nicole Rambo, University of Minnesota; and Travis Meteer, University of Illinois and Rick Rasby, University of Nebraska, as well as Tom Arnold from Elizabeth, Ill., Dr. Joe Dedrickson from Merial, and Darrell Busby from the Tri-County Steer Carcass Futurity. The Thursday evening program includes a panel discussion focused on the wide scope of the beef industry and how they all fit together to meet consumer's demands. Friday morning's program includes four breakout sessions as well as a breakfast presentation by Dr. Capper.
Registration for the conference is $85 before Jan. 15 or $115 after Jan. 15. Additional information about the conference is available at www.aep.iastate.edu/beef. Registration opened for the conference on Dec. 1. Sponsors of the program with display booths at the conference currently include Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association, Merial, Thiesen's, US Feeds, ABS Global, Multimin USA, Vita Plus, Animat, People's State Bank, Wisconsin Beef Improvement Association, Diamond V, Prairie Creek Seed, Zoetis, FarmTek, Summit Livestock Facilities, Mix 30, USDA National Ag Statistics Service.
The Driftless Region Beef Conference is sponsored by the University of Illinois Extension, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, the University of Minnesota Extension, and University of Wisconsin Extension. The planning team strives to deliver the latest in research-based information regarding the beef cattle industry. For more information or to receive a brochure, contact Denise Schwab at 319-721-9624.
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