January 7, 2008
| 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. | - Vendor check in and set up |
| 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. | - Participant registration and visit with exhibitors (silent auction) |
| 6:00 p.m. | - Dinner, Welcome and Invocation, Dr. Fred Martz, Emeritus Professor of Animal Science, University of Missouri |
| 7:00 - 7:30 p.m. | - The Future of Grassland Agriculture, Matt Boatright, Deputy Director, Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) |
| 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. | - Opportunities in Grazing, Greg Judy, Missouri grazier and author |
January 8, 2008
| 7:00 - 8:15 a.m. | - Registration and visit with exhibitors |
| 8:15 - 8:30 a.m. | - Welcome and Introductions, Mark Kennedy, state grassland conservationist, NRCS |
| 8:30 - 10:00 a.m. | - From Production to Profit in Ranching, Kit Pharo, rancher, Cheyenne Wells, Colorado |
| 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | - Break and Silent Auction, visit with exhibitors |
| 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. | - Phosphorous Fertilization Effects on Cattle Gains, Dale Blevins, Professor of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri |
| 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. | - Future of Energy from Celluosic Products, Steve Flick, CEO, Flick Seed Company, Kingsville, Missouri |
| 11:30 a.m. - Noon | - Use of Co-Products in Livestock Nutrition, Justin Sexten, Livestock Specialist, University of Missouri Extension |
| Noon - 1:30 p.m. | - Lunch
Grazing for Ecological and Economic Sustainability, Bob Budd, Executive Director, Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust, Lander, Wyoming |
| 1:45 - 2:45 p.m. | - Breakout Sessions |
| 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. | - Break and Silent Auction Winner Announcements |
| 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. | - Breakout Sessions |
| 4:15 p.m. | - Adjourn - please turn in evaluations |
Breakout Sessions
Breakout Session A
Why We Do What We Do, Producer Panel:
Allen and Tauna Powell, beef; Greg Judy,
multi-species; Charles Fletcher, dairy
Breakout Session B
Fence and Water Demonstration, Ian Kurtz
retired NRCS grassland specialist; Jamie Kurtz,
NRCS resource conservationist/grasslands
Breakout Session C
Managing Mud in a Grazing System, Dave
Davis; Grazing Economics, Wesley Tucker,
Agriculture Business Specialist, University
of Missouri Extension
Breakout Session D
Legumes - Nitrogen Fertilizer Alternatives,
Dr. Garry Lacefield, State Forage Extension
Specialist, University of Kentucky; Alternative
Nitrogen Fertilizers, Dr. Rob Kallenbach,
Associate Professor of Agronomy, University
of Missouri
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