Schedule and speakers

Thursday, February 9, 2012

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8:00 a.m. – Registration begins

Registration at the door = $85 per individual, $120 per couple or $35 per student

9:00 – 9:50 a.m. – Breakout session 1

1A) Harry Cope – Multispecies Grazing Systems

1B) Wesley Tucker – Getting the Most $ Out of Forage Crops

1C) Ken Miller – Winter Annual Pasture Cover Crops

9:50 – 10:10 a.m. – Break and vendors

10:10 – 11 a.m. – Breakout session 2

2A) Russ Titus – Whole Farm Forage Management to Enhance Livestock and Wildlife Production

2B) Dr. Craig Payne – Beef Quality Assurance

2C) Dr. Mary Hendrickson – Organic and Natural Food Production, Standards & Resources

11 – 11:20 a.m. – Break and vendors

11:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. – Breakout session 3

3A) Dr. James Caldwell – Small Ruminant Forage Management

3B) Ken Miller – Winter Annual Pasture Cover Crops

3C) Wesley Tucker - Getting the Most $ Out of Forage Crops

12:10 – 12:30 p.m. – Break and vendors

12:30 p.m. – Lunch

1 – 2 p.m. – Keynote speaker

Dr. Martin Kautsch, DVM – Preparing Beef Cattle for the Breeding Season

Dr. Kautch is a veterinarian with Quail Valley Vet Clinic in Jefferson City. He graduated from the MU Vet School in 1993.

2 – 3 p.m. – Keynote speaker

Ken Miller – Soil Health

Ken Miller is the District Grazing Specialist/Technician with the Burleigh County Soil Conservation District in Bismarck, North Dakota

3:15 p.m. Wrap-up and conference ends