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UW sponsors beef conference Nov. 21Wyoming A coordinator of the southeast Wyoming and western Nebraska Beef Production Convention in Torrington Tuesday, Nov. 21, focusing on profitability said he is excited about the format and quality of the conference. "Rarely do you get a collection of speakers of this caliber all together at a location close to home," said Dallas Mount, a University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service educator for Platte, Goshen and Laramie counties. "University experts and producers who have on-the-ground experience with the topics make presentations." The conference, featuring workshops about profitability issues, is at the Rendezvous Center. A flyer with convention details is available at www.plattecountyextension.com. The workshops, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., are sponsored by the UW CES and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension with support from Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. Mount said organizers identified immediate issues livestock producers are facing and ways profitability could be increased. A trade show is also planned. "We have already received a good response from agriculture-related businesses wanting to showcase their products at the trade show, which will take place during the convention," said Mount. Workshop subjects include crossbreeding, windrow grazing annual forages, a producer panel on late spring and summer calving, avoiding insidious effects of errant grazing on rangeland, natural and organic beef, practical application of feeding by-product feeds, animal handling, using a systems approach to ranch management decisions, an animal ID program update, embryonic loss and fetal programming, and what over the past 30 has made an impact in the industry and what has not. Pre-registration is requested for a meal count. The registration fee of $15, which includes lunch, can be paid at the door. Registration can be done online at www.plattecountyextension.com or by calling Mount at 307-322-3667, Wayne Tatman, UW CES educator for Platte, Goshen and Laramie counties, at 307-532-2436, or Aaron Berger, UN-L educator for Cheyenne, Banner and Kimball counties, 308-235-3122. Date: 11/20/06
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