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 ProgramCathy Wallace
585-343-3040 x138
email Cathy Wallace
Raising Your Bull Calves Can Add To Your Dairy Farm Profitability
December 7, 2015
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)
