Day 1 @ ARDEC- May 18th

12:30pm: Onsite registration opens

1:30pm: Welcome to CSU: Dean Carolyn Lawrence-Dill and Dr. Patrick Doyle

1:45pm: Principles of Live Animal Evaluation in the Classroom 

2:45pm: Break and Move to Cattle Pens

3:00pm: Live Animal Evaluation 

4:00pm: Chute-side Demonstrations of New Technologies—new product demonstrations 

5:00pm: Panel: Use of Technology in Cattle Production

5:45pm: Industry sponsored Happy Hour & Steak Dinner

7:00pm: Adjourn

Day 2 @ GFIC- May 19th

7:30am: Registration Opens & Breakfast Available

• • Harvest Demonstration—Available to first 25 to sign-up

8:30am: Day 2 Kickoff

8:45am: Genetics & Selection—Trends 

9:45am: Genetics & Selection—Improvements 

10:30am: Break

11:00am: Advances in Animal Nutrition 

11:45am: Lunch catered by Ram Country Meats

12:30pm: Beef Quality Assurance Training (Speaker: Libby Bigler)

2:45pm: Break

3:15pm: Beef Industry Outlook

4:00pm: Hot Topics Happy Hour: New World Screw Worm and Other Biosecurity Threats

5:30pm: Adjourn and Dinner on Own

Day 3 @ GFIC- May 20th

7:30am: Breakfast Available

8:00am: Recap Day 2

8:30am: Cattle Marketing: Feedlot Economics 

9:15am: Growth & Development: From the Cell to Rail

10:00am: Break

10:30am: Carcass Evaluation & Fabrication Demonstration

12:45pm: Wrap-Up & Adjourn (Boxed Lunch Available)

1:30pm: Wrap-up & Adjourn

Registration available here.