Event Details

Date

December 7, 2015

Time

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Location

CCE - Orleans County
12690 State Highway 31
Albion, NY 14411

Cost

This event is free.

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Cathy Wallace
585-343-3040 x138


Raising Your Bull Calves Can Add To Your Dairy Farm Profitability

December 7, 2015

Raising Your Bull Calves Can Add To Your Dairy Farm Profitability

If you would like to learn more about raising dairy beef, Cornell Cooperative Extension and JBS meat packers will be hosting this meeting at the Cooperative Extension Education Center in Albion to discuss the production and marketing of dairy beef.

Cornell University Beef Cattle Specialist, Dr. Mike Baker will discuss the beef cattle cycle, and rations that can be used when raising dairy beef.

CCE Livestock Specialist, Capital Area Agriculture and Horticulture Program, Tom Gallagher, will discuss vaccination programs for  dairy steers and dairy beef quality assurance.

VP for Cattle Procurement at JBS, Larry Rose, from Greely, Colorado, will give an overview of JBS, including information on a feedlot leased by JBS in Nicholville, NY, marketing dairy beef and risk management in regards to raising beef.

There will be
NO CHARGE to attend this educational event.

Timely registration will guarantee a lunch.

Program organized by: Tom Gallagher, CAAPH, CCE-Albany

Dairy Beef Project Mail-In Form (PDF; 1633KB)


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