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Limousin: A vision for the future
DENVER, Colo., (NALF)--Limousin breeders from across North America will come together to form a vision for the future at the Limousin Visions Symposium, Dec. 2 to 4 in Ft. Collins, Colo.
"This symposium has the potential to put breeders of all sizes in a position to take full advantage of the opportunities available to Limousin within the industry," said Bob Mitchell, Spring Creeks Cattle Co.
After arriving Dec. 2, participants will enjoy a welcome reception, industry status reports and a commercial sound-off. On Dec. 3, sessions will focus on breed improvement, while discussion on Dec. 4 will center on marketing strategies. The event will conclude with a Christmas reception where attendees can celebrate the season and enjoy the fellowship being involved in the Limousin seedstock business provides.
"The topics and speakers were chosen to not only cover all important sectors of the industry, but to help determine the future and challenge some of what's been done in the past," said Wayne Bollum, Golden Oaks Beef.
The symposium boasts an exciting lineup of industry-leading speakers, including Dr. Tom Field, Colorado State University; Dr. Darryl Tatum, CSU; Randy Blach, Cattle-Fax; Luke Lind, ContiBeef LLC; Fred Wacker, Cross Four Ranch, to name a few.
Field serves as professor of beef cattle management systems in the CSU Department of Animal Sciences. He was named outstanding graduate from the last decade at CSU and earned the Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Society of Animal Science.
Tatum joined the Animal Science faculty at Colorado State University in 1979. During his academic career, he has taught several courses in animal science including physiology of domestic animals, advanced meat science, growth and body composition and live animal and carcass evaluation. Tatum's research interests include identification of pre-harvest and post-harvest factors that affect meat quality and palatability; evaluation, grading/classification and marketing of livestock and meat; and meat animal growth and development.
Blach has been with Cattle-Fax since 1981 and was appointed executive vice president in February 2001. He has been a keynote speaker at hundreds of cattle and beef industry conventions, meetings and seminars during the past 20 years.
Fred and Gwen Wacker own and operate Cross Four Ranch near Miles City, Mont., where they run 4,000 Limousin-Angus cross cows. They operate a 12,000-head feedlot along with a sizable farming operation where they background all the ranch calves, as well as several thousand purchased cattle.
Lind is the director of market development for ContiBeef. He presently manages the marketing relationship between the six Conti feedyards and the two packers they sell cattle to on a weekly basis. He also works with the feedyards to provide cattle for the three branded beef programs that ContiBeef is involved in and is a member of the cattle risk management team at Conti.
"The program in Fort Collins was designed to map the direction of the mainstream industry and describe the type of balanced multiple-trait superiority Limousin cattle will need to excel in the future," said Bruce Lawrence, Lawrence Family Limousin.
Registration cost is $200/person or $300/couple (two people with the same last name). Registrants who have paid their annual fee will receive a $50 discount to their registration fees. To register, call the NALF office at 303-220-1693, or go online to www.nalf.org.
Date: 10/18/04
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