The seventeenth Annual Tri-State Beef Cattle conference will be held at the Ron Ramsey Regional Ag Center in Blountville, Tennessee on August 5th. This year’s conference will address topics of interest to both stocker and cow-calf producers. The conference will be a one-day event and will include educational sessions covering the feedlot perspective, cow-calf and stocker cattle health, genomics and genetic testing, NCBA update, beef cattle outlook, and current research and extension work happening in the region. There will also be an extensive trade show during the conference with vendors from the region sharing the products and services they have available to assist producers with their cattle production needs. This is a great opportunity for cattle producers to network with industry leaders, university Extension, and with each other.

The conference will begin with registration at 8:00 a.m. and the program beginning at 9:00 a.m. The trade show will open at 8:00 a.m.

The meeting is being sponsored by the University of Tennessee Extension, Virginia Cooperative Extension, and North Carolina Cooperative Extension. Registration information and complete details will be available through your county Extension Office. Registration for the conference is $25 through July 25th and $30 thereafter. This includes a steak lunch for those who like to eat a good lunch. Additional information can be obtained through your local Extension office.