K-State Winter Ranch Management Seminar set for Jan. 11 in four locations

MANHATTAN -- The K-State Winter Ranch Management Seminar will be available at four locations Jan. 11, 2010, starting at 2:30 p.m.

The seminar will run simultaneously at Ashland, Manhattan, Parsons and Phillipsburg. It will offer a variety of speakers focusing on such topics as cow herd economics, practical genetics, calving management and bull management. An evening meal will be served at each location.

Featured speakers will be Harlan Hughes, professor emeritus of North Dakota State University, speaking on Cow Herd Economics, and Kent Andersen with Pfizer Genetics, speaking on Practical Genetics.  These speakers will address the audiences at all four locations simultaneously by webinar.  Local speakers will address calving management and bull management at each of the four locations.

Each seminar will begin with registration at 2:30 p.m. and the program starting at 3 p.m., including: 3:00  Calving Management 4:00  Practical Genetics (Kent Andersen webinar) 5:00  Dinner 6:00  Cow Herd Economics (Harlan Hughes webinar) 7:00  Bull Management

More information is available by contacting K-State Research and Extension veterinarian Larry Hollis at 785-532-1246 or lhollis@ksu.edu