Ag & Natural Resources

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To:       Purchase Area Beef Producers

From:   Doug Wilson and Darian Irvan,

Re:       Kentucky Beef Conference & Kentucky Grazing Conference

Attention, we are making plans to take several Purchase Area farmers to the Kentucky Beef Conference on October 27^th at the Fayette County Cooperative Extension Service located between Broadway and Versailles Road at 1140 Red Mile Place, Lexington.  If we have enough interested farmers, PACA will provide free transportation and cover your ($10) registration fee if you pre-register by October 16th.  All other expenses, meals and lodging, will be on your own.  No guarantees if you register after October 16^th.  Those not registering may have to drive their own vehicles and cover their own registration plus meals and lodging. 

 If you are interested in knowing the marketing trends in the beef industry, discussing livestock risk protection, and hearing a presentation from Randy Blach, executive vice president of Cattle-FAX and CF Resources, Inc. then you should pre-register at your local extension office.  See the enclosed brochure for more information about the conference.

 We will gather at the McCracken County Extension Office and take a 15 passenger van at 2 PM on October 26^th.  We will have supper in Lexington.  Breakfast will be continental at the hotel.  All rooms will be double occupancy so budget approximately $50.  Lunch is included with the registration which begins at 9 AM on October 27^th.  We should be home by or before 7 PM so you can have supper with your family. 

 The itinerary follows:

2 PM (CST)                  Leave McCracken County Extension Office, Paducah, KY

 6 PM. (CST)                Stop in Lexington for Supper – on your own; proceed to hotel

 9:00 a.m (EDT)            Meeting begins (see enclosed flyer)

 3:00 p.m. (EDT)           Adjourn

                                                            PLEASE  REGISTER BY OCTOBER 16!

 7:00 p.m. (CST)           Home

 Please register to guarantee transportation!  Registration deadline is noon on Friday, October 16^th. 

If you are interested in any of these events and would like further information, please contact your local County Extension Office.  Also see the enclosed flyer about the 10^th Kentucky Grazing Conference.  We hope to see you there. 

            Ballard             665-9118                                 Calloway          753-1452

            Carlisle            628-5458                                 Fulton              236-2351

            Graves             247-2334                                 Hickman          653-2231

            Marshall          527-3285                                 McCracken      554-9520 

For questions or comments, contact Doug Wilson, UK Cooperative Extension Agent for Agriculture & Natural Resources - McCracken County, dawilson@email.uky.edu or call (270)554-9520

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