Value-added calf marketing, cattle genetics and a hands-on livestock workshop top the agenda for the Improve Your Odds for ROI field day April 16 at the Livestock and Forestry Research Station at Batesville.
The station is part of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
The cost is $25 per person and includes materials and lunch.
The workshop begins at 8 a.m. with registration. The agenda also includes:
9 a.m. – Value-added calf marketing – Shane Gadberry, professor – ruminant nutrition, U of A System Division of Agriculture.
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9:45 a.m. – Adding value to YOUR calves and YOUR beef industry – Eric Bailey, PhD PAS, University of Missouri Extension.
10:40 a.m. – Winter annuals – still the best gain in town – Paul Beck, beef cattle extension specialist, Oklahoma State University.
11:30 a.m. – Update on the Agricultural Experiment Station – Nathan McKinney, assistant director, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station.
Noon — Lunch will be served.
12:45 p.m. – Gambling on your breeding program – Charles Looney, professor-cattle improvement, U of A System Division of Agriculture.
1:15 p.m. – Hands-on cattle health workshop – Jeremy Powell, DVM, U of A System Division of Agriculture, and Landon Watkins, Zoetis Animal Health.
The conference is sponsored in part by Zoetris.
Participants are encouraged to register before the event and let the station know if they plan to take part in the hands-on workshop. To register or for details, contact Jenny Branscum, 870-793-7432.