April 6, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information contact:

Jaclyn Clark, director of events and education, at 816-383-5100 or jclark@angus.org

 

ONLINE: Download registration materials.

 

Deadline Extended: Cattlemen’s Boot Camp in Lincoln

Register by April 15 to secure your spot at this premier educational workshop.

 

Cattle producers, mark your calendars! A Cattlemen’s Boot Camp will take place April 27-28 at the Animal Science Complex on the University of Nebraska’s East Campus in Lincoln, Neb.

The educational event will be jointly hosted by the American Angus Association and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL), and will provide purebred and commercial cattle producers with timely information presented by academic and industry professionals. Be sure to register online at angusonline.com, or download and send your application by mail before April 15 to ensure you don’t miss all that this event has to offer.

“The Cattlemen’s Boot Camp workshop is a great event for cattle producers across the country,” says Jaclyn Clark, Association director of events and education. “The workshop offers industry-specific information from speakers, and research that will offer insight into the beef business to both seedstock and commercial producers.”

Generously funded by the Angus Foundation, Cattlemen’s Boot Camp is open to all cattle producers and features two days of educational speakers and workshops, and hands-on activities to help cattlemen and cattlewomen improve their herd operations. Attendees will look forward to hearing from industry professionals on a market outlook, range and crop management tips, updates on carcass trends and information on bull selection, source verification, genetic improvement, and general herd management.

Registration is $75 per person, and includes meals and educational materials. Registration forms are due April 15, and can be submitted online or mailed to Jaclyn Clark at the American Angus Association, 3201 Frederick Ave., Saint Joseph, MO 64506. Late and walk-in registrations will not be accepted. A tentative schedule follows.

 

 

2017 Cattlemen’s Boot Camp

April 27-28 | Lincoln, Neb.

 

Thursday, April 27

12:30-1 p.m. – Registration

1 p.m. – Welcome: Brad Bennett

1:15-1:30 p.m. – Welcome: Ronnie Green

1:30-2:15 p.m. – Market Outlook: Kate Brooks

2:15-3 p.m. – Range Management: Jerry Volesky

3-3:15 p.m. – Break

3:15-4 p.m. – Cover Crops: Mary Drenowski

4-4:45 p.m. – Corn Residue: Rick Rasby

4:45-5:30 p.m. – Value-added Cuts: Gary Sullivan

5:45-6:30 p.m. – Dinner: Pete McClymont, executive vice president of Nebraska Cattlemen

6:30-7:15 p.m. – Beef Tenderness: Chris Calkins

7:15-8 p.m. – Certified Angus Beef: Larry Corah

 

Friday, April 28

East Campus Union

8-8:15 a.m. – Introduction: Brad Bennett

8:15-9 a.m. – AAA Login/Member Services: Jerry Cassady

9-9:45 a.m. – Dry Lot Cows: Karla Jenkins

9:45-10 a.m. – Break

10-10:45 a.m. – Reproduction: Rick Funston

10:45-11:30 a.m. – Bull Selection: Dan Moser

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. – Feedlot: Galen Erickson

12:15-1:15 p.m. – Lunch

1:15-2 p.m. – Source Verification: Ginette Gottswiller

2-2:45 p.m. – Angus Media/I Am Angus

3 p.m. – Closing: Tom Field and ASCI Department Head

 

 

ANGUS MEANS BUSINESS. The American Angus Association® is the nation’s largest beef breed organization, serving more than 25,000 members across the United States, Canada and several other countries. It’s home to an extensive breed registry that grows by nearly 300,000 animals each year. The Association also provides programs and services to farmers, ranchers and others who rely on Angus to produce quality genetics for the beef industry and quality beef for consumers.

For more information about Angus cattle and the American Angus Association, visit www.angus.org.

 

 

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