Kentucky Cattlemens Assocation Annual Convention in Lexington Kentucky
Posted by: Malok in Fayette County, Lexington Kentucky Horse Farms
The Kentucky Cattlemens Assocation annual convention will be held in Lexington Kentucky January 10 - 12, 2008 at the Lexington Convention Center.
The theme/name for this year’s convention is: Special times, Extraordinary People
A variety of topics will be included for this farms convention which include: risk management all the way to beef value cuts
There are expected to be over 70 vendors that have booths set up for the convention and will be hocking their wares and services for things like pharmaceuticals to feed for livestock. Additionally there is expected to be between 2000-3000 head of cattle which will be sold at the event.
Some noted speakers include as follows:
John Queen III - president of the National Cattlemens Beef Association - he will be giving a talk at the morning breakfast for closing of the event at 7:00 am on Saturday January 12
Andy Gottschalk - owner of Hedgers Edge (an online website firm) - he will be giving a talk at the opening general session on Friday January 11 at 8:30 regarding a general Market Report
Dr. Tony Mata - a meat industry consultant - he will be giving a talk regarding adding value to beef at two different venues. Both are on Friday January 11. The first is at 1:00 pm and the 2nd is at 3:00 pm.
Dr Garry Lacefield - professor of agronomy at the University of Kentucky - he will be discussing the forages program. This topic may of particular importance given the lack of sufficient hay for many Kentucky farms this winter due to the unusually strong drought conditions the summer of 2007 that led many farms to only getting 1 cutting of hay (and of inferior quality) where they normally may have gotten as many as 3 cuttings in the year’s prior.
It should be an exciting convention for many non-beef farmers as well. A lot of technology and tips can see cross lateralization for many types of livestock including horses, sheep, pigs, etc. Its always good to expose yourself to others way of doing things - because thats how many new ideas come into existence. Seeing how someone else is doing something sparks ideas of using your own existing techniques on your Kentucky farms - and then you end up with an entirely new way of doing things that may appear on the surface to be a very simple adjustment and yielding much greater and far more superior results for your farms production yields.
Having the convention for Lexington Ky farms and cattlemens certainly should spark a decent attendance given the central proximity of its location for the state of Kentucky. Hopefully most farmers will pull themselves away from their chores this winter for at least a couple days, and make their appearance at the convention. It could be well worth their time and who knows, it could drastically improve their yields on their farms in Ky.
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