TRI-STATE BEEF CONFERENCE

 

TRI-STATE BEEF CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AUGUST 4^th IN BLOUNTVILLE, TN

The fourteenth Annual Tri-State Beef Cattle conference will be held at the Ron Ramsey Regional Ag Center in Blountville, Tennessee on Thursday, August 4, 2022. This year’s conference will address topics of interest to both stocker and cow-calf producers. The conference will be a one-day event and will include educational sessions covering such topics as stocker health, finished cattle price transparency legislation, beef cattle outlook, knowing where you stand on profitability, and antibiotic prescription requirements. There will once again be virtual tours of operations from each of the three states and then a time of questions and answers with the producers themselves.

 

A trade show will be open during the conference, with many of the organizations involved in the region’s beef industry there for participants to meet and learn more about their products and services.

The conference will begin with registration at 8:00 a.m. and the program beginning at 9:20 a.m. The trade show will open at 8:00 a.m.

 

The meeting is being sponsored by the University of Tennessee Extension, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and North Carolina Cooperative Extension. Registration information and complete details will be available through your county Extension Office. Registration for the conference is $20 through July 22^nd and $25 after July 22^nd. Additional information can be obtained from Dr. Scott Greiner, Extension Beef Specialist, Virginia Tech, phone 540-231-9159, email sgreiner@vt.edu, through your local Extension office, or on the web at https://www.apsc.vt.edu/extensionandoutreach/beef-extension.html

 

PROGRAM

8:00 a.m.             Registration and Visit Trade Show

9:00 a.m.             Welcome

9:10 a.m.             Finished Cattle Price Transparency and Legislation

                                Dr. Charley Martinez

                                Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, University of Tennessee

9:50 a.m.             Stocker Cattle Receiving Simulation

                                Dr. John Groves, DVM

                                Livestock Veterinary Service, Eldon, Missouri

10:30 a.m.           Knowing Where You Stand: 5 Standards to Profitability

                                Mr. David Bilderback

                                Area Farm Management Specialist, University of Tennessee

11:00 a.m.           Break and Visit Trade Show

11:30 a.m.           Market Outlook

                                Dr. James Mitchell

                                Livestock Economist, University of Arkansas

12:10 p.m.          Steak Lunch and Visit Trade Show

1:20 p.m.             Antibiotic Prescription Requirements, Asian Long-Horn Tick and Theileria

                                Dr. John Currin, DVM, DABVP

                                Clinical Associate Professor, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine

2:00 p.m.             Virtual Tours and Panel Discussion

3:00 p.m.             Wrap-up