2024 Tennessee Beef Heifer Development Program Field Day

Thanks to everyone who attended our Tennessee Beef Heifer Development Program Field Day this past October 2024! We look forward to seeing everyone for our next field day on May 22nd, 2025, and our 2nd Annual Bred Heifer Sale on May 23rd, 2025.

Event Schedule:

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Registration and Vendors

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Opening remarks (Kevin Thompson, Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center Director)

9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

“Incorporating Warm and cool season grazing systems” (Dr. Katie Mason (Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science, and UT Extension Beef Cattle Specialist in Nutrition and Grazing Management)

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

“Management of first calf cows to improve re-breeding”” (Dr. Saulo Zoca, Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science, and UT Extension Beef Cattle Specialist in Reproductive Management)

11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Vendors and Lunch (Provided) – John Houston, Director of Business Services at ProTrition Feed, LLC. and TBHD Coordinators.

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

“Building a Better Cow Herd Through Bull Selection” (Dr. Darrh Bullock, Professor, University of Kentucky, Department of Animal and Food Science and Extension Professor, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist)

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

“Increasing Cattle and people safety though low stress-handling” (Kevin Thompson, Middle Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center Director)

Downloadable Program Schedule available here.

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