Registration open for June Cattle Feeders Conference

22-05-2009 | Home | News

The Cattle Feeders Conference held in partnership with the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, will be June 10 -11, 2009 at the Holiday Inn in Ames. Entitled “Cattle Feeders’ Conference: A New Era of Management — People, Cattle, Business,” the two-day event will provide cattle feeders with valuable information for tackling today’s troubles.

Those wishing to attend can access the conference brochure and registration form on the Iowa Beef Center Web site, www.iowabeefcenter.org, or call 515-294-BEEF to sign up. Registration before May 29, 2009, is $75; after this date and at the door the cost is $100.

The conference speakers will touch on issues ranging from the livestock industry’s carbon footprint to labor and employee relations. A detailed agenda with all of the speakers and presentations listed is available in the conference brochure on the Iowa Beef Center homepage.

Sponsors for the event include Elanco Animal Health; Fort Dodge Animal Health; Certified Angus Beef, LLC; and the Virginia Department of Agriculture. For more information, contact conference committee member Dan Loy at dloy@iastate.edu or 515-294-1058.

The Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University in Ames was established in 1996 with the goal of supporting the growth and vitality of the state’s beef cattle industry. It serves as the university’s extension program to cattle producers and is comprised of faculty and staff from ISU Extension and the colleges of agriculture and life sciences and veterinary medicine. The Iowa Beef Center’s members work to develop and deliver the latest in research-based information regarding the beef cattle industry. For more information about the Iowa Beef Center, visit www.iowabeefcenter.org.