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 such topics as 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.  

A trade show will be open during the conference, with many of the organizations involved in the region’s beef industry there for participants to meet and learn more about their products and services.

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 25^th and $30 thereafter.

Additional information can be obtained from Dr. Scott Greiner, Extension Beef Specialist, Virginia Tech, 540-231-9159 / sgreiner@vt.edu or through your local Extension office.