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Southern Plains Beef Symposium
 
 
     

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Checking the Basics
Saturday, August 14, 2004
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  Ardmore Convention Center
I-35 and Highway 142
Ardmore, Okla.
   
  Don't miss the great program at this year's symposium! The diversity of subject matter and quality of speakers is unsurpassed by any oneday cattle conference anywhere. Come and take advantage of the sound, practical information and give your operation a basic checkup!
   
  Back by Popular Demand
We will have complementary boot shines available throughout the day courtesy of the Southern Plains Beef Symposium.
   
  SPBS Knives
This year's knife is one you will want! Big trapper styled knife with a leather scabbard at a new lower price. Makes a great work or hunting knife.
   
 

To Register:
Send your name, mailing address and registration fee of $20 per person to:
Southern Plains Beef Symposium
C/O The Noble Foundation
P. O. Box 2180
Ardmore, OK 73402-2180

Register by August 9.
Make checks payable to: Southern Plains Beef Symposium


Your registration fee covers the full seminar and a ribeye steak lunch. The cost at the door will be $25.00.

   
  Need More Information?
Contact Tracy Cumbie at tlcumbie@noble.org.
   
Schedule      
8:30     Registration & Trade Show
     
9:00     Grass Production Basics
James Rogers, Forage Specialist, The Noble Foundation
     
9:45     National Animal Identification: Program Update and Technology Options
Dale Blasi, Extension Specialist, Kansas State University
     
10:30     Break – Trade Show
     
11:15     Beef Cow Efficiency
Clay Mathis, Extension Livestock Specialist, New Mexico State University
     
12:00     Ribeye Steak Dinner — Trade Show
     
1:00     Cattle Outlook/Situation
Ronald L. Plain, Extension Economist, University of Missouri-Columbia
     
1:45     Common Sense Mineral Supplementation for Beef Cattle
Steve Paisley, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming
     
2:30     Break — Trade Show
     
3:00     Selection Tips for Cow-Calf Operators
Darrh Bullock, Associate Extension Professor, Beef Cattle Genetics, University of Kentucky
     
3:45     Panel Discussion - "Challenges I Have Faced and Those I Foresee"
Don McCasland (Moderator)
Owner, Wheeler Feedyard, Wheeler, Texas
Larry Arnold, Director of Quality Assurance,
Lopez Foods, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ryan Meyer, Director of Cattle Procurement, Creekstone
Farms Premium Beef, Arkansas City, Kansas
Tommy Beall, Feedlot Risk Manager, ContiBeef,
Boulder, Colorado
Ike Higdon, Stocker Operator and Order Buyer,
Fletcher, Oklahoma
Dave Wingo, Cow-calf/Stocker Operator,
Holdenville, Oklahoma
     
New Location:      

Directions:
From I-35 exit 33
East on Hwy 142 turn south on Rockford Road
 

Sponsors
Allflex USA, Inc.
Bluebonnet Feeds of Ardmore
Chisholm Trail Farm Credit
Citizens Bank and Trust of Ardmore
Farm Credit Services of East Central Oklahoma, Durant and Pauls Valley
First National Bank and Trust of Ardmore
National Livestock and Southern Oklahoma Livestock
Red River Valley Rural Electric Association of Marietta
Stillwater Milling Company of Davis and Stillwater

Your patronage of these fine sponsors is greatly appreciated!

     

Program Committee
Tracy Cumbie, The Noble Foundation
Shan Ingram, The Noble Foundation
Ryan Reuter,The Noble Foundation
Fred Schmedt, The Noble Foundation
Leland McDaniel, Oklahoma Cooperative Extension
Bobby Jones, Stillwater Milling Co., Davis

 

  Trade Show Participants
Agri Products
Allflex USA, Inc.
American Angus Association
Animal Health & Equipment
Billingsley Ford
Bluebonnet Feeds
Camp Cooley Ranch
Chisholm Trail Farm Credit
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef
Elanco Animal Health
Evergreen Mills
Farm Credit Services
Hitch Feedlots
Jimmy's Western Wear
Lawns Alive Inc.
National Livestock & Southern Okla. Livestock
Northwest Vet Supply
Novartis Animal Health
OKC West
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
Pennington Seed Company
Pettit Machinery
Reg Easterling & Associates
Schering Plough Animal Health
Seed Resource
Shawnee Milling Company
Stillwater Milling Company
Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.
Texas Trading Company
Texas Vet Lab
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
The Wax Company
Twin Mountain Fence Company
Y-Tex
   
 
         
       
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