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The Annual Cal Poly Beef Field Day and Trade Show will take
place October 6th and 7th at Cal Poly’s Beef Center. The Field
Day is co-sponsored by Cal Poly, California Beef Cattle
Improvement Association, and the California Cattlemen’s
Association. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. with the
program starting at 8:30 a.m. The theme of this year’s program
will be beef cattle management in tough times. Speakers will
focus attention on market forecasts, cow/calf nutrition during
drought conditions and adding value to calves.
The morning
presentations will discuss how producers can be profitable
during these challenging times. Presenters include Dr. Larry
Corah, Certified Angus Beef; John Nalivka, Sterling Marketing,
Inc.; Dr. Craig Jones, Boehringer Ingelheim; Dr. John Evans,
CDFA. In the afternoon session, participants will be able to
choose from workshops on body condition scoring, vaccination
protocols and proper handling of biologicals and latest advances
in animal ID.
The field day also
includes a commercial trade show, refreshments, lunch and a
“bull session”, which gives buyers and consignors time to
preview bulls up for auction at the Tested Bull Sale Oct. 7th.
On the evening of Oct. 6th, at 7 p.m. the annual barbecue will
be at Cal Poly new Beef Center and an auction benefiting the
Collegiate Cattlemen’s Club and the Cal Poly Livestock Judging
Team.
The 51st Annual Cal
Poly All-Breed Performance Tested Bull Sale is scheduled for 1
p.m. at the new Beef Center.
For details and
registration, contact Mike Hall at (805) 756-2685 or visit the
Cal Poly Bull Test Site at:
http://bulltest.calpoly.edu. |
