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2020 Caprock Beef Cattle Conference

September 9, 2020

MUNCY, TX – The 2020 Caprock Beef Cattle Conference, hosted by the Hale and Floyd County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Offices, was held on September 11 at the Floyd County Friends Unity Center.

The event featured four key speakers from the cattle industry:

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Extension Specialist Dr. Sonja Swiger on Cattle Pest Management.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Beef Cattle Specialist Dr. Jason Smith on Protein Supplements for Grazing Cattle.

Purina Animal Nutrition Beef Cattle Consultant Dr. Clay Burson on confined versus conventional cow-calf management systems and their implications for calf health.

Texas Tech University Cargill Endowed Professor of Animal Science Dr. Dale Woerner with an outlook on the beef cattle industry.