Plan to attend the 2012 Ohio Beef School
The 2012 Ohio Beef School will be held on four Thursday evenings, from 7-9 p.m., Jan. 26, Feb. 9 and 16 and March 1. The theme of this year’s school, sponsored by the OSU Extension Beef Team, is: The New Normal: Efficient Beef Production in 2012. OSU Extension Wayne County will be a host location for the school, meeting in the Commissioner’s Room of the County Administration Building, located at 428 West Liberty St. in Wooster.
Randy Blach, president of Cattle-Fax, at the recent Kansas Livestock Association annual convention, said 2012 and 2013 should provide excellent profit opportunities because declining inventories of stocker and feeder cattle will continue to support prices and keep cow-calf producers in the driver’s seat. In fact, Cattle-Fax projects average national prices for 550-pound calves to average $1.75 per hundredweight next year, and 750 to 800-pound yearlings to average $1.50 per hundredweight.
If you are in the cattle business and are forage based, have you positioned your business correctly and are you doing the things you need to do so that you can benefit from this new normalscenario described by Randy Blach of Cattle-Fax? This year’s beef school will focus on optimizing efficient beef production in a rapidly changing business and consumer environment. Presenters will explore trends in reproduction, genetics, feeds and feeding, targeted marketing, and the opportunities afforded by backgrounding calves versus finishing them in Ohio feedlots.
The school will utilize the WebEx distance learning technology and be broadcast into Extension offices across the state. Presenters will not be on site, but participants will hear the presenters and view their presentation slides and will have the opportunity to ask questions directly to the presenter.
Specific topics and speakers include these industry respected individuals from across the Midwest.
Jan. 26: Economic Considerations in Beef Cattle Production, Kevin Dhuyvetter, Extension Specialist, Farm Management, Kansas State University.
Feb. 9: Targeted Markets and Marketing Alternatives, Dave O’Diam, Certified Angus Beef; Don Knore, Pineland Farms Natural Beef; and Logan Edenfield, United Producers.
Feb. 16: Reproduction Efficiencies, and Calving Season Alternatives, Dr. Les Anderson, University of Kentucky Beef Extension Specialist and John Grimes, OSU Beef Programs Coordinator on Genetics.
March 1: Beef Outlook, Meat Industry Perspective and Choice/Select Spreads, Nevil Speer, Ph.D, MBA, Western Kentucky University.
There is a fee to attend the entire four-session school. Reservations are not required but are appreciated to help plan the seating and to prepare any handout materials beforehand. To reserve a space, or for more information about the beef school, contact the Wayne County Extension office at 330-264-8722.
Randy Blach, president of Cattle-Fax, at the recent Kansas Livestock Association annual convention, said 2012 and 2013 should provide excellent profit opportunities because declining inventories of stocker and feeder cattle will continue to support prices and keep cow-calf producers in the driver’s seat. In fact, Cattle-Fax projects average national prices for 550-pound calves to average $1.75 per hundredweight next year, and 750 to 800-pound yearlings to average $1.50 per hundredweight.
If you are in the cattle business and are forage based, have you positioned your business correctly and are you doing the things you need to do so that you can benefit from this new normalscenario described by Randy Blach of Cattle-Fax? This year’s beef school will focus on optimizing efficient beef production in a rapidly changing business and consumer environment. Presenters will explore trends in reproduction, genetics, feeds and feeding, targeted marketing, and the opportunities afforded by backgrounding calves versus finishing them in Ohio feedlots.
The school will utilize the WebEx distance learning technology and be broadcast into Extension offices across the state. Presenters will not be on site, but participants will hear the presenters and view their presentation slides and will have the opportunity to ask questions directly to the presenter.
Specific topics and speakers include these industry respected individuals from across the Midwest.
Jan. 26: Economic Considerations in Beef Cattle Production, Kevin Dhuyvetter, Extension Specialist, Farm Management, Kansas State University.
Feb. 9: Targeted Markets and Marketing Alternatives, Dave O’Diam, Certified Angus Beef; Don Knore, Pineland Farms Natural Beef; and Logan Edenfield, United Producers.
Feb. 16: Reproduction Efficiencies, and Calving Season Alternatives, Dr. Les Anderson, University of Kentucky Beef Extension Specialist and John Grimes, OSU Beef Programs Coordinator on Genetics.
March 1: Beef Outlook, Meat Industry Perspective and Choice/Select Spreads, Nevil Speer, Ph.D, MBA, Western Kentucky University.
There is a fee to attend the entire four-session school. Reservations are not required but are appreciated to help plan the seating and to prepare any handout materials beforehand. To reserve a space, or for more information about the beef school, contact the Wayne County Extension office at 330-264-8722.
Published: January 18, 2012
