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Saturday, December 7, 2024

Our morning educational sessions are offered at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., and 11 a.m., with a free lunch at noon. Afternoon sessions start at 1 p.m. with a keynote address; the final session is from 2:30 to 4 p.m. See below for topics in each section.

Friday and Saturday Program

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12-2 pm - Free Governor's Style Luncheon

Hosted by Missouri's finest commodity groups and co-sponsored by your Missouri Department of Agriculture

Saturday Afternoon Keynote Address - 1 to 2:30 pm in the Auditorium

Empowering Families for Passing on Their Missouri Farm with Success

Ron Hanson, Harlan Agribusiness Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

Beef Section Speakers

9 am - Stocker Financial and Production Tracker Tool

11 am - Building Resilience in Your Beef Cattle Operation Through Diversifying Grazing Enterprises

9 am - Stocker Financial and Production Tracker Tool

Rachel Hopkins

MU Extension Field Specialist in Agribusiness, Potosi, MO

10 am - Emerging Issues in Beef Cattle Health

11 am - Building Resilience in Your Beef Cattle Operation Through Diversifying Grazing Enterprises

9 am - Stocker Financial and Production Tracker Tool

Dr. Craig Payne

MU Director of Veterinary Extension, Columbia, MO

11 am - Building Resilience in Your Beef Cattle Operation Through Diversifying Grazing Enterprises

11 am - Building Resilience in Your Beef Cattle Operation Through Diversifying Grazing Enterprises

11 am - Building Resilience in Your Beef Cattle Operation Through Diversifying Grazing Enterprises

Dr. Eric Bailey

MU Extension State Beef Specialist, Columbia, MO

2:30 pm - Genetics for a Better Cow Herd

11 am - Building Resilience in Your Beef Cattle Operation Through Diversifying Grazing Enterprises

11 am - Building Resilience in Your Beef Cattle Operation Through Diversifying Grazing Enterprises

Dr. Jamie Courter

MU Extension State Beef Genetics Specialist, Columbia, MO

Forage Section Speakers

9 am - Milo Grazing

11 am - Creating Excellent Pasture from the Soil Up

10 am - Managing Beef Cow Costs

Rusty Lee

MU Extension Field Specialist in Agronomy, Montgomery City, MO

10 am - Managing Beef Cow Costs

11 am - Creating Excellent Pasture from the Soil Up

10 am - Managing Beef Cow Costs

Jim Gerrish

Grazing expert, Idaho

11 am - Creating Excellent Pasture from the Soil Up

11 am - Creating Excellent Pasture from the Soil Up

11 am - Creating Excellent Pasture from the Soil Up

Jim Gerrish

Grazing expert, Idaho

2:30 pm - Seven Things I Have Learned

11 am - Creating Excellent Pasture from the Soil Up

11 am - Creating Excellent Pasture from the Soil Up

Jim Gerrish

Grazing expert, Idaho

Horse Section Speakers

9 am - Understanding Equine Psychology

2:30 pm - Understanding Herd Dynamics and the Pecking Order

9 am - Understanding Equine Psychology

Richard Winters

Horse trainer and clinician, Poolville, Texas

10 am - How to Buy a Horse

2:30 pm - Understanding Herd Dynamics and the Pecking Order

9 am - Understanding Equine Psychology

Richard Winters

Horse trainer and clinician, Poolville, Texas

11 am - Comprehensive Conversation About Bits

2:30 pm - Understanding Herd Dynamics and the Pecking Order

2:30 pm - Understanding Herd Dynamics and the Pecking Order

Ken McNabb

Host of the award-winning RFD-TV show Discover the Horseman Within 

2:30 pm - Understanding Herd Dynamics and the Pecking Order

2:30 pm - Understanding Herd Dynamics and the Pecking Order

2:30 pm - Understanding Herd Dynamics and the Pecking Order

Ken McNabb

Host of the award-winning RFD-TV show Discover the Horseman Within

Sheep Section Speakers

9 am - Late Gestation: Lambing and Problem Solving

10 am - Selection of Breeding Stock and Flock Management Decisions

10 am - Selection of Breeding Stock and Flock Management Decisions

Mike Harbour (invited)

Lamb and goat producer, Gatesville, Texas

10 am - Selection of Breeding Stock and Flock Management Decisions

10 am - Selection of Breeding Stock and Flock Management Decisions

10 am - Selection of Breeding Stock and Flock Management Decisions

Mike Harbour (invited)

Lamb and goat producer, Gatesville, Texas

11 am - Preventing Internal Parasites: Strategies That Work

10 am - Selection of Breeding Stock and Flock Management Decisions

2:30 pm - Protecting the Flock or Herd: Livestock Guardian Dogs

Linda Coffey

Livestock Specialist, ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas), Fayetteville, Arkansas

2:30 pm - Protecting the Flock or Herd: Livestock Guardian Dogs

10 am - Selection of Breeding Stock and Flock Management Decisions

2:30 pm - Protecting the Flock or Herd: Livestock Guardian Dogs

Linda Coffey

Livestock Specialist, ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas), Fayetteville, Arkansas

Meat Goat Section Speakers

9 am - Goat Pneumonia

10 am - Preventing Internal Parasites: Strategies That Work

10 am - Preventing Internal Parasites: Strategies That Work

Luis Rivero, DVM (invited)

Assistant Teaching Professor, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri

10 am - Preventing Internal Parasites: Strategies That Work

10 am - Preventing Internal Parasites: Strategies That Work

10 am - Preventing Internal Parasites: Strategies That Work

Linda Coffey

Livestock Specialist, ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas), Fayetteville, Arkansas

11 am - All About Kidding

10 am - Preventing Internal Parasites: Strategies That Work

11 am - All About Kidding

Mike Harbour (invited)

Lamb and goat producer, Gatesville, Texas

2:30 pm - Herd Management

10 am - Preventing Internal Parasites: Strategies That Work

11 am - All About Kidding

Mike Harbour (invited)

Lamb and goat producer, Gatesville, Texas

Health Section Speakers

9 am - Stop the Bleed

10 am - Agricultural Equipment Emergencies and Related Trauma

10 am - Agricultural Equipment Emergencies and Related Trauma

Riley Witte

MU School of Medicine Shelden Clinical Simulation Center Staff

10 am - Agricultural Equipment Emergencies and Related Trauma

10 am - Agricultural Equipment Emergencies and Related Trauma

10 am - Agricultural Equipment Emergencies and Related Trauma

Dan Lund

MU School of Medicine Shelden Clinical Simulation Center Staff

11 am - Beef Up the Holiday

10 am - Agricultural Equipment Emergencies and Related Trauma

11 am - Beef Up the Holiday

Missouri Beef Industry Council

Cooking demonstration

Stock Dog Section Speakers

1-2:30 pm - I Could Really Use Some Help

2:30-4 pm - Developing Your New Hired Hand

2:30-4 pm - Developing Your New Hired Hand

John Holman

Stock dog trainer, Clay Center, NE

2:30-4 pm - Developing Your New Hired Hand

2:30-4 pm - Developing Your New Hired Hand

2:30-4 pm - Developing Your New Hired Hand

John Holman

Stock dog trainer, Clay Center, NE

Around the Farm & Home Section Speakers

9 am - Pollinator Seedings

10 am - Pollinators and Native Plants

10 am - Pollinators and Native Plants

John Pinkowski (invited)

Private Lands Conservationist, Missouri Department of Conservation

10 am - Pollinators and Native Plants

10 am - Pollinators and Native Plants

10 am - Pollinators and Native Plants

Dan Getman

Master Gardener, Kirksville, MO

11 am - Outdoor Mushroom Production

10 am - Pollinators and Native Plants

11 am - Outdoor Mushroom Production

Dr. Bob Johnson

Ag Science Instructor, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO

1 - 2:30 p.m. - Quilt Trunk Show

2:30-4 pm - Holiday Floral Arrangement

11 am - Outdoor Mushroom Production

Alice Allinson

Keep the Piece Quilts, Kirksville, MO

2:30-4 pm - Holiday Floral Arrangement

2:30-4 pm - Holiday Floral Arrangement

2:30-4 pm - Holiday Floral Arrangement

Jill Stidham

Titus Creek Flowers and Lavender, LaPlata, MO

Farm Management Section Speakers

9 am - Livestock Risk Protection (LRP)

10 am - Transforming Tough Family Conversations Into Positive Succession Planning Outcomes

10 am - Transforming Tough Family Conversations Into Positive Succession Planning Outcomes

Brittany Kelsey

Sales agent, Brawner Insurance, Kirksville, MO

10 am - Transforming Tough Family Conversations Into Positive Succession Planning Outcomes

10 am - Transforming Tough Family Conversations Into Positive Succession Planning Outcomes

10 am - Transforming Tough Family Conversations Into Positive Succession Planning Outcomes

Ron Hanson

Harlan Agribusiness Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln 

Youth In Ag Section Speakers

11 a.m. - The Fundamentals of Showing Cattle

11 a.m. - The Fundamentals of Showing Cattle

11 a.m. - The Fundamentals of Showing Cattle

Caroline Sicht (invited)

Cattle Visions

1:00 p.m. - Ag Education on the Move

11 a.m. - The Fundamentals of Showing Cattle

11 a.m. - The Fundamentals of Showing Cattle

Karson Calvin, Ag Education on the Move outreach specialist and former state FFA officer, and Jaron VanHouden, Missouri Farmers Care Outreach Specialist and Teach Ag Ambassador 


2:30 p.m. - Dance With Opportunity

11 a.m. - The Fundamentals of Showing Cattle

2:30 p.m. - Dance With Opportunity

Andi Belt

President, Missouri FFA; North Shelby FFA

2:30 p.m. - Dance With Opportunity

11 a.m. - The Fundamentals of Showing Cattle

2:30 p.m. - Dance With Opportunity

Mikaela Rojas

1st Vice President, Missouri FFA; Linn County FFA

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