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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 2:29 pm By BRUCE STEELMAN Advanced Master Beef and Cow College Thursday, January 8th - Dr. Andrew Griffith: "Trends, issues, and emerging issues affecting the beef market". Dr. Griffith is the latest addition to the UT Extension Department of Agricultural Economics. If you have never heard him speak, you are in for a treat. This meeting will be in conjunction with the Mid State Producers Annual Meeting and will be held at the Woodbury Lions Club Building in Woodbury. Thursday, January 15th - Mr. Larry Moorehead: "Forages, and the importance of Hay Storage." Mr. Moorehead is the popular Extension Agent in Lynchburg. He has focused his career around improving forages and conducted the first research project dealing with hay loss and storage in Tennessee. Thursday, January 22nd - Dr. Neal Schrick: "Reproduction Made Simple". Professor and Department Head, Animal Science; UTK, Spend an evening with one of the world's best known Animal Science researchers. Dr. Schrick will break down the reproductive process, explain the role of hormones and how that physiology can help the cow/calf producer as well as discuss economical methods of estrus synchronization and timed insemination. Many of you will know Dr. Schrick from his work with Millie, the first Jersey cloned from an adult cell. Thursday, January 29th - Dr. Lew Strickland: "Overall herd health for the cow/calf producer" Dr. Lew is our new Extension Veterinarian. He comes to us with a world of knowledge from years of private practice and with Auburn University College of Medicine. Dr. Strickland will offer unique insight to venereal diseases of cattle and how to prevent them. Dr. Lew is one of the most knowledgeable presenters that I have ever heard possessing an uncanny ability to take a tough subject and make it much more understandable. Thursday, February 5th - Bruce Steelman and Lt. Billy Prater. "Working Facilities and Transportation Issues" Come and learn first - hand some of the "tricks of the trade" regarding working facilities and Transportation issues. Mr. Steelman is an Extension Agent with 30 years of experience in the beef cattle field having worked with hundreds of farmers over the course of his career. He has first-hand working knowledge of what works and what doesn't. Lt. Prater is a veteran of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, and has seen it all. In addition to serving to make our roads safe, he is one of us, a cattleman himself and can provide a unique look at what we can do to improve our methods when it comes to safe transportation. Frost Brings The Probability of Prussic Acid Poisoning
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