Licking County is hosting 2 statewide beef programs starting in January

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Program 1:

The Ohio Beef Cattle Nutrition and Management School is targeting anyone raising, feeding, or marketing any class of beef cattle on a small or large scale.   Session 1 (6-9:00 p.m. January 30^th at the OSU Newark/COTC Campus  in Licking County) will feature former OSU research nutritionist and current University of Georgia Department of Animal Sciences Chair, Dr. Francis Fluharty discussing the use of small grains, by-product feeds, and cover crop forages in both feedlot and beef cow diets.  Session 2 ( 6-9:00 p.m. February 13^th at the OSU Newark/COTC Campus in Licking County) will feature talks by OSU Extension Educators on marketing strategies, feeding and managing for carcass quality, forage testing, and managing annual forages for grazing and hay.  Click this link for flyer and registration information. Ohio Beef Cattle Nutrition

Program 2:

The Ohio State University Extension Beef Team also is holding a hands-on, Ohio Beef Cow/Calf workshop at the Claylick Run Farm Sale Facility outside of Newark, in Licking County.  This workshop will be held from 10 a.m – 2:00 p.m., including lunch, with 2 different sessions, January 30^th, and February 13^th.  Session 1 will focus on alternative feeds and forages, and managing beef  brood cow nutrition, with discussion led by Dr. Francis Fluharty.  Session 2 will focus on herd health and reproduction with Dr. Les Anderson from the University of Kentucky and Dr. Foster Anderson with Bailey Veterinary Clinic, and will include live demonstrations from OSU Extension Beef Team members on body condition scoring, bull breeding soundness evaluation, and semen handling.  Click this link for flyer and registration information.  Ohio Beef CowCalf Workshop

I encourage you to make it a day and attend both meetings.  Hang out with fellow cattlemen in between sessions or go home and do chores in between the afternoon and evening meetings.

For more details and information, or to register, contact  Dean Kreager in Licking County at 740-670-5315 or Kreager.5@osu.edu, or Allen Gahler in Sandusky County at 419-334-6340 or gahler.2@osu.edu.