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Registration is Open for the Upcoming Southern Plains Beef Symposium
Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:54:00 CDT
Cattle producers seeking ways to better manage their operations in ever more challenging business conditions are invited to the Aug. 11 Southern Plains Beef Symposium in Ardmore.
Celebrating its 22ndyear, the 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. symposium will take place in the Ardmore Convention Center, located at 2401 N. Rockford Rd., just off Exit 33 from Interstate 35. Registration is $25 per participant, which covers the cost of symposium materials, refreshments and the traditional prime rib lunch.
The symposium will include a trade show and full program of speakers talking about trends in the cattle industry.
Speakers will include: Kit Pharo of Pharo Cattle Company, John Hutcheson of Merck Animal Health, Tommy Beall of Beall Consulting Group, Mike Sands from Informa Economics, and Temple Grandin from Colorado State University.
The program also includes a panel discussion with Robert York of the National Livestock Credit Corporation, Butch McComas from Chisholm Trail Farm Credit, and Bill Crutcher of Cattlemen's Branch of FNB of Byers, Texas. The subject of their discussion will be "Financing Cattle Operations in Today's Climate."
More details and egistration forms are available on the 2012 Southern Plains Beef Symposium website by clicking here.
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