posted on January 02, 2012 15:33
Beef 706- Beef Quality Management at Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
A Hands-On Seminar about Beef Quality Excellence in Texas
January 11-12, 2012
Kleberg Center & Rosenthal Center
Registration- Please email Jill Hodgkins at jhodgkins@TXBeef.org or register online at www.Texasbeef.info/706. You may call us at 800-846-4113.
Hotel- Ramada BCS, 506 Earl Rudder Fwy South, College Station, Tx 77840. Call 979-846-0300. Ask for the "Beef 706" room block. Price is $59 per night (plus tax). Reservations must be placed by Dec. 19, 2011.
Day 1:
7:45 AM - Bus leaves for TAMU
8:00 AM -
- Introduction and Purpose
- Evaluation Beef Carcasses & Live Cattle
-Review Video of the Market Finished Steers & Heifers
- Beef Carcass Quality and Yield Grading
10:00 AM-
- Break
- Review the Beef Harvest Procedure
- Plant Tours: Sam Kane & Cargill/Plainview via Video
- Introduction to Meat Cutting
NOON- Lunch
12:45 PM - Suit Up Beef Fabrication & Fabricate the Forequarter
1:30 PM- Fabricate the Hindquarter & Value Added Cuts
5:30 PM - Buses leave for dinner
6:00 PM- Dinner
Day 2:
7:45 AM- Bus leaves for TAMU
8:00 AM-
- Genetic Selection Programs & Tools for Beef Cattle Quality
- Managing Feeder Calves for Beef Cattle Quality
10:00 AM-
- Break
- Evaluating Market Cattle Grid Buying & Branding Programs
- Evaluating the Eating Appeal of the Beef Market Products
Noon- Lunch
1:00 PM- Review- Market Value Finished Cattle to Boxed Beef
2:30 PM- Program Adjourn