Value-Added Beef Workshop:

Production and Cost Considerations for

Finishing Animals for Direct Marketing

Workshop Locations

Alcoa – September 30, 2013

Clarksville – October 7, 2013

Cookeville – October 14, 2013

Spring Hill – October 21, 2013

Greeneville – November 14, 2013

Jackson – December 10, 2013 A meal will be served at each workshop but seating is limited so please pre-register soon to reserve a seat. There is no cost to attend the workshops but PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED for meal count no later than one-week prior to the workshop.

These workshops are conducted as part of the Tennessee Value-Added Beef Program and made possible in part by funding from the sale of agricultural specialty license plates (the “Ag Tag”). Funds received from Ag Tag sales are returned to the agricultural community in the form of grants for youth programs, marketing development projects and other agricultural activities. The Tennessee Value-Added Beef Program is also funded in part by funding from the USDA, Federal-State Market Improvement Program.

Programs in agriculture and natural resources, 4-H youth development, family and consumer sciences, and resource development, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture and county governments cooperating. UT Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.

This workshop qualifies as a “half-credit” toward the educational requirements for 50% TAEP cost share for agriculture diversification programs. For a full credit, the “half-credit” from this workshop must be combined with the “half-credit” available by participating in the “What You Should Know About Beef Quality and Meat Cuts” workshop. Both “half-credit” workshops must be completed by December 31, 2013. For additional information regarding educational programs for TAEP credit, please contact Erica Alexander or Wendy Sneed at the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, 615-837-5160.

Alcoa — September 30, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pmRJ’s Courtyard Grille3749 Airport Road, Alcoa, TN 37701

(Pre-registration Deadline is 4:00 pm on September 23)Register by contacting: John Wilson at the Blount County Extension Office, jawilson@tennessee.edu, 865-982-6430 Clarksville — October 7, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pmMontgomery County Extension Office1030 Cumberland Heights Road, Clarksville, TN 37040-6901

(Pre-registration Deadline 4:00 pm on September 30)Register by contacting: Rusty Evans at the Montgomery County Extension Office, jevans1@utk.edu, 931-648-5725 Cookeville — October 14, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pmTennessee Tech University Hyder-Burks Pavilion2390 Gainesboro Grade, Cookeville, TN 38501

(Pre-registration Deadline is 4:00 pm on October 7)Register by contacting: Scott Chadwell at the Putnam County Extension Office, jchadwe2@tennessee.edu, 931-526-4561

The workshops are for producers that are interested in creating more value from their animals by finishing them with the goal of providing consumers the products they are willing to buy. The emphasis in these workshops will be on production practices and developing budgets for various production systems. Topics will include:

ρ Production considerations for grain-finished beef

ρ Production considerations for grass-fed beef

ρ Production considerations for grain-on-grass beef

ρ Cost of production factors ρ Production budgets for grain-finished, grass-finished and grain-on-grass beef

Instructors for the workshops will vary depending on location. Presenters include:

Dr. Justin RhinehartAssistant ProfessorUT Extension Animal Science

Hal PepperExtension SpecialistUT Extension Center for Profitable Agriculture

Kevin Ferguson, Alice Rhea and David BilderbackExtension Area SpecialistsUT Extension, Agricultural Economics MANAGE

Spring Hill — October 21, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pmMiddle Tennessee Research and Education Center2683 Station Loop, Columbia, TN 38401

(Pre-registration Deadline is 4:00 pm on October 14)Register by contacting: Richard Groce at the Maury County Extension Office, rgroce1@tennessee.edu, 931-375-5301 Greeneville — November 14, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pmClyde Austin 4-H Center214 4-H Lane, Greeneville, TN 37743-9255

(Pre-registration Deadline is 4:00 pm November 7)Register by contacting: Milton Orr at the Greene County Extension Office, morr3@tennessee.edu, 423-798-1710 Jackson — December 10, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pmWest Tennessee Research and Education Center605 Airways Blvd., Jackson, Tennessee 38301-3201

(Pre-registration Deadline is 4:00 pm on December 3)Register by contacting: Jake Mallard at the Madison County Extension Office, dmallard@tennessee.edu, 731-668-8543

Production and Cost Considerations for Finishing Animals for Direct Marketing

WORKSHOPS WILL BE CANCELLED IF A MINIMUM NUMBER OF PRE-REGISTRATIONS IS NOT MET.