Mid-Missouri Grazing Conference

A Mid–Missouri Grazing Conference will take place on Thursday, February 28^th at the Capital Plaza Hotel, 415 W. McCarty St, Jefferson City, MO.  The keynote speaker will be Teddy Gentry of the legendary country music band Alabama & Bent Tree Farms “My Experiences in the Beef Cattle Industry: Grazing Systems, Breeding Systems and Composite Breed Development.”  There will also be a Central Missouri Producer Panel on “How We Managed Our Grazing Systems During the 2012 Drought and What We’ll Change for 2013.”  The Trade Show will begin at 8:00 a.m.

Agenda

Registration – 8:00 am

Session 1—9:00 to 9:50 a.m.

Room 1—Pasture Renovation—Dr. Rob Kallenbach, MU Extension Forage Specialist
Room 2—Genetics for Feed Efficiency—Ken Abele, Green Springs Bull Test
Room 3—Native Grasses 101—Dr. Pat Keyser, Coordinator, Center of Native Grasslands Manage-ment, University of Tennessee
Room 4—Re-Stocking Economics—Wesley Tucker, MU Extension Ag Business Specialist

Session 2— 10:10 to 11:00 a.m.

Room 1—Management Intensive Grazing 101— Mark Kennedy, NRCS State Grassland Conserva-tionist
Room 2—Pasture Weed and Brush Control—Dr. Kevin Bradley, MU Extension Weed Specialist
Room 3—Alternative Forages—Gene Schmitz, MU Extension Livestock Specialist
Room 4—Cover Crops—Doug Peterson, State NRCS Soil Health Conservationist

Session 3—11:20 to 12:10 p.m.

Repeat Session 1 Presentations
Room 1— Pasture Renovation—Dr. Rob Kallenbach
Room 2— Genetics for Feed Efficiency—Ken Abele
Room 3—Native Grasses 101—Dr. Pat Keyser
Room 4—Re-Stocking Economics—Wesley Tucker
 
12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Lunch and Keynote Sessions
Teddy Gentry—Bent Tree Farms—”My Experiences in the Beef Cattle Industry: Grazing Systems, Breeding Systems, and Composite Breed Development”

Producer Panel—“How We Managed Our Grazing Systems During the 2012 Drought and What We’ll Change for 2013”

Harry Cope— Truxton, MO

Matt Boatright—Sedalia, MO
Doug Peterson - Gallatin, MO

Advanced registration is due by Feb. 22nd: $50.00 individual, $85 couple or $25 student.  Late/Door Registration: $85 individual, $120 couple or $35 student.  Registration includes: Meal, Refreshments & Proceedings.  Make checks payable to Cole County SWCD and mail to Cole County SWCD, 1911 Boggs Creek Rd, Jefferson City, MO 65101.  For more information call Ed Gillmore or Peggy Lemons at 573-893-5188 ext. 3