SUNY Cobleskill Announces Openings for 2022 Beef Processing Class

March 25, 2022
SUNY Cobleskill Announces Openings for 2022 Beef Processing Class

BEEF PROCESSING for PRODUCERS


This comprehensive multiday workshop will include both live animal and carcass evaluations. Designed for a beef producer to manage the complexity of regulations and maximize marketing yield from their animals. Participants will have a hand in fabricating finished cuts from a whole beef carcass within a federally inspected processing facility.


THREE DAY COURSE
MAY 18 - 20
The course runs 8 am - 4 pm Wednesday through Friday.
Limit 15 paid-in-full registrants (cost per registrant is $960)
For more information: cobleskill.edu/workshops: 518.255.5537 or pernatdg@cobleskill.edu


TOPICS INCLUDE
Live Animal Evaluation - Humane Handling- Carcass Traits, Quality & Yield - Processing Regulations - Marketing - Management

ABOUT SUNY COBLESKILL
With an emphasis on applied learning and experiential, interdisciplinary education, SUNY Cobleskill prepares students for successful careers, advanced studies, and engaged citizenship. An accredited, baccalaureate, residential college, SUNY Cobleskill fosters a rich academic tradition that spans more than 100 years. Today, students are enrolled in 55 baccalaureate and associate degree programs offered through two schools - The School of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and The School of Business and Liberal Arts and Sciences.


A contiguous farm, with an equestrian center and 200-cow dairy facility is housed on the modern, 902-acre campus, that features outstanding educational facilities including cold and warm water fish hatcheries, specialized classrooms and laboratories, two state-of-the-art culinary arts teaching kitchens, a student-run restaurant, child development and child care centers, and an art gallery and graphic design center. More information about SUNY Cobleskill can be found
at Cobleskill.edu.




Program Announcement (pdf; 436KB)


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