Event Details

Date

February 7 - February 9, 2020

Location

Embassy Suites Syracuse - Destiny USA
311 Hiawatha Blvd.
Syracuse, NY 13204

Host

New York Beef Producers' Association

www.nybpa.org/conference.html


NYS Beef Winter Conference

February 7 - February 9, 2020



The theme this year is "Optimizing Your Goals"

Sessions:

BVD- What Is It and Why Do We Test For It?

Healthy Guts, Healthy Cattle-Supporting Normal

Record Keeping For Financial Success

Social Media - Creating Facebook, Instagram, etc.

Experiences With Marketing Dairy x Beef Calves

Heterosis in Beef Cattle

Strategies For Silage Success

Understanding My Feed, What the numbers mean.


Panel Discussion-

What Do You Expect From My Cattle I Sell To You?


2 Con-Current Hands On Sessions:

Building a Baby Calf Warming Hut

Balancing Your Own Feed Rations
(You MUST bring your feed sample reports)

Trade Show

NYBPA Council Meeting


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