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New K-State Beef Conference slated for AugustKansas Adding more value to crops has been a hot topic in recent years, but Kansas State University will host its first ever conference on adding value to calves Aug. 9 and 10 at Weber Hall on K-State's Manhattan campus. The two-day conference will include several presentations about what beef producers can do to become more efficient and get the most profit out of their businesses. The first day will include nine presentations; three one-hour symposiums in the morning and six shorter sessions in the afternoon. The following is a list of the presentations and presenters. --Show Me the Money; Bill Mies, Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, Ind. --Finding the Right Business Partner; David Lehman, K-State business department. --Making Sure You Make Money; Kevin Dhuyvetter, K-State agricultural economics. --Partners for Premiums; industry leaders associated with value-added opportunities will discuss their program and then cattle producers participating in each program will discuss how they got started, what they do to participate, and how they profit from participating. Topics and industry speakers include: --Retained Ownership; Warren Weibert, Decatur County Feedyard, Oberlin, Kan. --Electronic Marketing; Blake Nuffer, Superior Livestock Auction, Fort Worth, Texas. --Lean Cattle Production; Charlie Peters, Laura's Lean, Lexington, Ky. --Natural and Non-hormone Treated Cattle Production; Ryan Meyer, Creekstone Farms, Arkansas City, Kan. --Preconditioning and Age/Source Verified Cattle Production; Mike Samples, Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Company, Salina, Kan. --Genetic-based Marketing; Ben Brophy, Value-Added Alliances for Cargill Meat Solutions, Wichita, Kan. The topics and presenters for the second day are: --Animal Handling - Parts 1 and 2; Tom Noffsinger, veterinarian, Benkelman, Neb. --Which Is the Most Valuable Animal; Scott Schaake and Chris Reinhardt, K-State animal science and industry. --Part two of the workshop, Carcass Value Determinants, will be presented by John Unruh, K-State animal science and industry, and Curtis Kastner, K-State food science and industry. --Feedstuffs and Rations, Parts 1 and 2; Twig Marston and K C Olson, K-State animal science and industry. The conference will begin with registration at 9 a.m., Aug. 9 and end at 6 p.m. On Aug. 10, the conference will begin at 8 a.m. and end at noon. On the first day of the conference, lunch will be provided in Weber Hall and a dinner will be provided at the Clarion Hotel at 6:30 p.m. Breaks will be provided both days. Registration fees are $150 per person and are due by Aug. 3. For more information, interested persons can go to www.asi.ksu.edu/beefconference, or call Larry Hollis at 785-532-1246, for questions regarding the conference and Linda Siebold at 785-532-1281, for questions regarding conference registration.
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