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2008

July 8-9 – Eastern Red Cedar: From Peril To Profit, Moore-Norman Technology Center, Oklahoma City, OK; www.highplainsrcd.com.

July 14-16 – Animal Welfare & Epidemiology Conference, Gateway Hotel & Conference Center, Ames, IA; www.ucs.iastate.edu/mnet/welfare/home.html.

July 15 – Beef Production Field Day, 9 a.m. to noon, North Dakota State University’s Carrington Research Extension Center, Carrington, ND; 701-652-2951 or www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/carringt/.

July 15-19 – Cattle Industry Summer Conference, Denver, CO; 303-694-0305.

July 18 – Triennial Research Field Day, New Mexico State University, Corona Range & Livestock Research Center, Corona; 575-849-1015 or http://cahe.nmsu.edu/aes/corona/.

July 19-22 –American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists Annual Meeting, Loews New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, LA; 816-676-6151 or www.avp.org.

July 29 – South Dakota SRM Tour, 10 a.m., White Thunder Organics, Mellette County, SD.

July 30 – Southwest Iowa Feedlot Shortcourse, 10 a.m., ISU Armstrong Research farm, Lewis, IA; 712-769-2600 or www.iowabeefcenter.org.

July 31 – 2008 Day County Conservation Grazing Event, Gene Ausland’s farm, Webster, SD; 605-345-4661.

Aug. 1 – Cattle Buyers Summit, Kearney, NE; 406-994-4323, mharbac@montana.edu or www.mtbqa.org

Aug. 4-6 – Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course, College Station, TX; 979-845-6931 or http://beef.tamu.edu.

Aug. 6-7 – Tri-State Stocker Conference, Washington County Fairgrounds, Abingdon, VA; sgreiner@vt.edu or 540-231-9163.

Aug. 6-7 – Ranch Estate Planning Seminar, Texas A&M University, College Station; 979-845-2226 or s-wehring@tamu.edu.

Aug. 7-8 – Managing Annual Cow Costs, Kansas State University Extension conference, Manhattan; lhollis@ksu.edu or 787-532-1246.

Aug. 9 – Joplin Regional Stockyards Calf Roping 2008 & Cattle Industry College, Missouri Entertainment & Event Center, Springfield, MO; 417-548-2333 or www.joplinstockyards.com.

Aug. 11 – Livestock Handling Seminar, Farmers Union Headquarters, Jamestown, ND; 701-883-4304 or www.npsas.org/events.html#livestock.

Aug. 14-15 K-State Ag Rick & Profit Conference, Manhattan, KS; http://wwwagmanager.info, 785-532-1504 or rvl@ksu.edu.

Aug. 15 – Triennial Stocker Conference, Auburn University, Auburn, AL; prevajw@auburn.edu.

Aug. 20-21 – Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle, Stoney Creek Inn, Moline, IL. 217-244-1561 or www.cvm.uiuc.edu/ope/beefrepro.

Aug. 22 – South Dakota Beef Bucks Golf Challenge, Dells Rocky Run golf Course, Dell Rapids, SD; 888-640-MEAT.

Aug. 27 – Southwest Iowa Feedlot Shortcourse, 10 a.m., ISU Armstrong Research farm, Lewis, IA; 712-769-2600 or www.iowabeefcenter.org.

Sept. 23 – 2008 Beef Bash Field Day, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center, Princeton, KY; http://ces.ca.uky.edu/beefirm/bash.

Sept. 25-27 – American Association of Bovine Practitioners annual convention, Charlotte, NC; 1-800-COW-AABP or www.aabp.org.

Oct. 2 – Kansas State University Stocker Conference, KSU Stocker Unit, Manhattan, KS.

Oct. 7-9 – 2008 National Angus Conference & Tour, Clarion Meridian Hotel & Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK; 816-383-5100 or www.angus.org.

Oct. 30-31 – 5th Annual HOLT CAT Symposium On Excellence In Ranch Management, “Transitioning Ranch Ownership & Management To The Next Generation,” Texas A&M Universkity-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX; 361-593-5401 or krirm@tamuk.edu.

Nov. 6-7 – “Quality – A Solution To Rising Costs,” 2008 BEEF Quality Summit, Antlers Hilton, Colorado Springs, CO; www.beefconference.com.

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