MSGA 2013 Convention Highlights – Thursday
Have you registered for the 2013 Montana Stockgrowers Convention and Trade show? Registering and quick and easy through the MSGA Events page!
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting each day of the convention and introducing the featured speakers. A full agenda and schedule is also available on the MSGA Events page.
The 2013 MSGA Convention kicks off on Thursday, December 12 with Registration beginning at 7:00 a.m. and the Trade Show opens at 11:00 a.m. Many committee meetings fill Thursday’s schedule:
- 8:00 a.m. MSGA Board of Directors Meeting
- 9:00 a.m. Montana Public Lands Council Annual Meeting
- 10:00 a.m. Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Training Workshop
- 10:00 a.m. MT Red Angus Commercial Cattlemen’s Symposium
- 10:00 a.m. Steer of Merit Committee Meeting
- 1:00 p.m. Land Use & Environment Committee Meeting
- 1:00 p.m. Membership Development & Services Committee Meeting
- 1:00 p.m. Silent Auction Opens
Beginning at 4:00, we have a few great speakers as part of the Zoetis Cattlemen’s College.
Rebuilding the U.S. Beef Industry: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Darrell Peel
Derrell Peel is the Charles Breedlove Professor of Agribusiness in the Oklahoma State University Department of Agricultural Economics. He has served as the Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist since arriving at OSU in 1989. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees from Montana State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. He previously served as the Superintendent of the Southeastern Colorado Range Research Station in Springfield, Colorado. His main program areas at Oklahoma State University include livestock market outlook and marketing/risk management education for livestock producers.
Derrell also works in the area of international livestock and meat trade with particular focus on Mexico and Canada and the North American livestock and meat industry. He lived in Mexico on sabbatical in 2001 and has developed an extensive knowledge of the Mexican cattle and beef industry and the economics of cattle and beef trade between the U.S. and Mexico.
ZOETIS RANCH- An Interactive Cow Calf Game Designed to Explore Profit Opportunity From EPDs and HD50K Genetic Tests
Dan Ellis was raised on a purebred Hereford Ranch in Columbus, Montana and received an Animal Science degree from Montana State University. Dan is a Genetics Consultant at Zoetis Animal Health and Administrator of GenomeXchange.com. Ellis’ accomplishments include serving as C.O.O. and Angus Division Manager at Beartooth International and Livestock Manager for Northern International Livestock Show until 1997. In 1992, Dan served as President and founded Western Management, renamed Ellis Management Group (EMG) in 2002 to accommodate commercial feeder cattle brokerage. EMG provides consulting services for management, genetics, and marketing for purebred clients.
Larry Gran, Regional Manager for Zoetis Animal Genetics, covering South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, grew up on a cow/calf yearling operation in Western Nebraska. Larry currently still has an interest in the family’s Registered Red Angus Operation. Larry Gran started with Bovigen, which is now Zoetis in July of 2007. Previously he was the General Manager, Editor and Sales consultant for Tri-state Livestock News and Graduated from University of Wyoming with a BS in Ag Business. Larry has also managed and owned a back grounding feedlot along with his own Red Angus cows.
Thursday’s schedule wraps up with a Young Stockgrowers meeting and social, the Leaders & Legends Dinner at 5:00 p.m. and the Trade Show Opening, Dinner and NFR viewing starts at 6:30.
Many more events are planned for the week at the 2013 MSGA Convention. Be sure to get your registration sent in. Stay tuned on the blog next week for meeting details for Friday and Saturday’s events! View the full agenda on the Montana Stockgrowers Website.