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Certified Angus Beef Meetings Set for April in Oklahoma
Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:38:18 CST
Quality beef production is on everyone's mind today. Consumers want the best and most consistent beef for their money. Maybe that's why strong exports and premium U.S. markets for upper Choice and Prime beef brands have helped lead cattle to record high prices.
A series of meetings in Oklahoma will help Sooner State ranchers capitalize on this premium market, according to a news release from Certified Angus Beef LLC (CAB). Purina Land O'Lakes, Pfizer, Oklahoma State University (OSU) and the Oklahoma Angus Association will join in to present "Best Management Practices for Quality Beef Production" sessions in three locations. We talk about these meetings on today's Beef Buzz with Gary Fike of the CAB Program. Click on the LISTEN BAR below to hear our conversation with Fike.
Haines Land and Cattle, Lexington, Okla., will host the first event on April 5; the next day moves to the Kiamichi Technology Center in McAlester, Okla.; and the April 7 seminar is set for the Rogers County Building in Claremore, Okla. All meetings begin with registration at 8:45 a.m., include a Certified Angus Beef lunch and adjourn at 2 p.m.
"This program is designed to aid cow-calf producers in the quest to build a resume for their cattle," says Gary Fike, CAB beef cattle specialist. "They will discover how practices on the farm and ranch affect final beef product quality, and what that means to their wallets."
Fike invites people to zero in on genetic selection of sires using expected progeny differences (EPDs), and find out how DNA tools are making EPDs more reliable earlier. There will be presentations on how body condition scores of cows in late gestation affect calf performance, and on health programs that ensure calves get off to the right start, too.
Speakers include CAB's Larry Corah, Mark Johnson and Chris Richards with OSU, Kevin Milliner and Mike Nichols of Pfizer, and Steven Myers or N.T. Cosby of Purina Land O'Lakes. In addition, CAB-licensed Oklahoma cattle feeder Dale Moore, Cattlemen's Choice Feedyard, will explain what he looks for when buying or partnering on cattle.
"Beef is the protein of choice among consumers," Fike says. "They would rather eat beef, and the reason is because of the taste." Noting that consumers are the only source of new dollars in the beef industry, he adds, "That's why it's important to keep the demand for beef strong by providing what they will be happy with."
Click on the PDF File Link Below for a brochure that can tell you more about how you can attend one of these workshops.
The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the state on the Radio Oklahoma Network- but is also a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the listen bar below for today's show- and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.
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