For Immediate Release – Lawton, OK, Nov. 11, 2005
Cameron’s beef cattle improvement conference
will feature renowned local, national speakers
The Cameron University Department of Agriculture’s 19th Annual Beef Cattle Improvement Conference will
take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Animal Science Arena, located at CU’s Agriculture Complex
at 901 38th Street half way between Gore and Lee Boulevards.
The event is free and open to the public. The conference will kick off with a free meal for all attendees.
Organized by the Cameron agriculture department’s faculty and staff, the conference usually draws 200
participants from around the state.
The event is sponsored by the Cameron University Joseph H. Mullin Endowed Chair, Comanche County
Cooperative Extension Service, Comanche County Cattleman’s Association and numerous SW Oklahoma
businesses associated with the beef industry.
This year’s program will include four local and regional speakers. The leadoff speaker will be Frankie
White, Ph.D., an assistant professor of animal science at Cameron.
Bob Welling, who will travel from his Montana home to speak, will be the second speaker and is an expert
on the use of range blocks in improving grazing distribution.
Fred Schmidt is a nationally recognized agricultural economist from the Noble Foundation and will talk
about the US beef industry and how it is impacted by global events.
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The final speaker is Bill Phillips, who is from the USDA/ARS Grazing Lands Research Center in El Reno.
Phillips is one of the country’s leading scientists on stocker calf production and will speak about forage and
stocker calf production systems.
“We are excited to bring such an elite group of speakers to Cameron University,” said Jerry Dodd, Chair of
the Department of Agriculture. “This year’s conference will provide anyone interested in beef cattle
improvement with a wealth of information.”
Additional information about the conference is available by calling 580.581.2283.
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Editors and Broadcasters: For more information, contact CU Government & Community Relations at
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