News release issued July, 1998, effective immediately.
For media inquiries, contact Caroline Booth Lara, Communications Specialist, (580) 224-6379.
  email: cblara@noble.org

Note: This event occurred in 1998. Please see our news releases section for upcoming events.

1998 Southern Plains Beef Symposium Set

The annual Southern Plains Beef Symposium for Oklahoma and Texas cattle producers, with this year's theme, "Keeping Ahead of the Crowd," will be held Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Southern Oklahoma Technology Center in Ardmore, Okla.

This year's symposium consists of programs on veterinary products and practices, year-round cattle management and nutrition, feed alternatives — costs and value, competing demand from the pork and poultry industry for feed grain, and profitable beef production in the new millenium. The symposium ends with a panel discussion by area cattle producers, "Tips from Our Opertions." Also included during the day is a trade show.

Panel speakers will include Jack and Jacky Cunningham, cattle producers from Springer; Jim Howard, Howard Cattle Company, Ringling; James Palmer, Koch Beef, Eureka, Kan.; and Dan Tolleson, Mahard Egg Farm, Prosper, Texas. The title of this year's panel is: "Tips from Our Operation."

Registration is $15 in advance or at the door. Participants are encouraged to call Tracy Cumbie at the Noble Foundation at (405) 223-5810 before the event to make lunch reservations. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with programs beginning at 9.

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(FYI — The Noble Foundation is a privately funded, nonprofit organization headquartered in Ardmore, Okla. The Foundation conducts agricultural and plant biology research; provides grants to numerous other charitable and educational organizations; and assists farmers and ranchers through educational and consultative programs.)