Athens Beef Cattle Short Course
Event Date: February 8th, 2022
Location: UGA Livestock Instructional Arena, Athens
Agenda
8:30 a.m. Registration Opens (Visit with Sponsors)
9:00 a.m. Welcome
9:10 a.m. Beef Cattle Market Outlook
Tommie Shepherd, UGA Applied and Ag Economics
9:45 a.m. Direct Marketing of Locally Produced Beef
Zach McCann, UGA Cooperative Extension
10:15 a.m. Break (Visit with Sponsors)
10:45 a.m. Genomic Testing for the Commercial Herd
Francine Henry, UGA Animal and Dairy Science
11:15 a.m. Panel Discussion: Working with your local harvest and processing facility
Panel to be announced at a later date
12:00 noon Lunch (Visit with Sponsors)
1:00 p.m. Afternoon Rotation:
1. Reproductive Physiology and Synchronization for Smaller Herds
Pedro Fontes, UGA Animal and Dairy Science
2. Rumen Anatomy and Physiology: Knowing the inside of the digestive system, its function,
and how it impacts animal performance
Francis Fluharty, UGA Animal and Dairy Science
3. Getting Through this winter: Do I have the right forage quality or minerals?
Robyn Stewart and Nathan Eason, UGA Cooperative Extension
Lawton Stewart, UGA Animal and Dairy Science
4. Controlling Flies this Year
Nancy Hinkle, UGA Entomology
Greg Pittman and Raymond Fitzpatrick, UGA Cooperative Extension
4:00 p.m. Wrap Up and Door Prizes