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ProBeef 07: A Global View of the Ethanol Industry and Beef Cattle Production
September 5 - 7, 2007
Conference Overview
Conference Sponsors:
Sponsors

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The ProBeef 07 Conference will bring agricultural scientists from around the world to discuss the global influence the ethanol industry has on agriculture today and in the future. The conference will be held in Ames, Iowa, at the Scheman Building at Iowa State University.

Vigortone Ag Products, which has been on the leading edge of helping producers for decades, is the main sponsor of this event. Iowa State University Extension and the Iowa Beef Center are contributing sponsors. Vigortone Ag Products is a division North American Nutrition Companies, Provimi.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007
1:15pm - Registration/Welcome

Speakers:

    Global & Domestic Ethanol Industry
6:00pm - Banquet featuring Mike Johanns, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

Thursday, September 6, 2007
8:15am - Morning Welcome

Speakers:
    Corn and feed grain outlook
    Economic outlook for the U.S. beef industry
    Review of ruminant digestion & metabolism
    Feeding corn co-products
    Kinetics of marbling in cattle
    Effects of corn byproducts, new technologies in corn hybrids
7:00pm - Beef Cookout by Iowa Cattleman's Association.

Friday, September 7, 2007
8:00am - Beef/Ethanol Tours

12:00pm - Conference Concludes

Download a registration brochure!

   
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