Article written by Jaymelynn Farney, Kansas State University Southeast Area Research and Extension Center Beef Systems Specialist, and Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Beef Cattle Nutrition Specialist, and published as of the weekly series known as the “Cow Calf Corner,” published electronically by Dr. Derrell Peel, Mark Johnson, and Beck.
This annual event brings together updated research from Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas.
Extension staff from four states – Oklahoma State University, Kansas State University, the University of Missouri, and the University of Arkansas have again joined forces to offer a unique conference that will provide information on beef cattle production, marketing, economics, nutrition and forage utilization. Held last year in Missouri and Oklahoma, this year’s KOMA conference will be held in Parsons, Kansas and Fort Smith, Arkansas.
The KOMA Beef Cattle Conference highlights work being done at Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Missouri and Arkansas and features research presented by new faculty and graduate students studying beef cattle production and management.
The conference will be held in two locations:
- Feb. 18, Parsons, Kansas. 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Southeast Research Extension and Education Center (25092 Ness Road). More information: 620-820-6125, or jkj@ksu.edu.
- Feb. 19, Fort Smith, Arkansas. 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the U.S. Marshalls Museum (789 Riverfront Drive). More information: Maggie Justice, 501-355-6128, mjustice@uada.edu.
The agenda is identical at both locations, so interested producers should plan to attend one or the other. Registration costs $20 and is available online through Feb. 12 at www.komacattleconference.com.
Registration includes lunch and copies of presentations and research reports.
Jaymelynn Farney, Beef Systems Specialist with K-State Research and Extension said “This year’s conference will update the public on recent research from the four universities in cattle feeding, supplementation, reproduction and grazing management. The data is relevant to the four-states area and focuses on cow-calf, stocker, feedlot and pasture production systems on a variety of forage bases.”
Darrell Peel, an agricultural economist at Oklahoma State University, will give a presentation on retaining heifers in today’s economic climate. University graduate students and professors will give other presentations.
Several agriculture-related businesses are helping sponsor this conference and will be on hand to discuss how their products can help producers improve their beef cattle operations.
