News Release
Stacy Campbell
K-State Research and Extension

FREE BQA WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED

     The Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University and the Kansas Beef Council (KBC) are partnering to host Advanced Beef Cattle Care and Health Training sessions throughout Kansas during August and September. The beef checkoff-funded sessions will provide beef producers and veterinarians up-to-date standards and technologies to improve animal welfare, beef quality and food safety. The training sessions will be led by veterinarian Dan Thomson, Assistant Dean, Jones professor of production medicine and epidemiology and director of the Beef Cattle Institute.

     Meeting dates and locations include:

• August 27 – 6:00 p.m. – La Crosse Livestock Market – La Crosse
• September 6 – 12:00 p.m. – Southwest Area Research and Extension Center – Garden City
• September 12 – 6:00 p.m. – Farmers and Ranchers Livestock Commission Co. – Salina
• September 13 – 6:00 p.m. – Rezac Livestock Commission Co. – St. Marys
• September 19 – 6:00 p.m. – Hill City Livestock Market – Hill City
• September 27 – 6:00 p.m. – Parsons Livestock Market – Parsons

     Producers and veterinarians will receive Beef Quality Assurance  (BQA) training and information relevant to the cow-calf, stocker and feedlot industry segments, animal husbandry best management practices and downed animal care and humane euthanasia training. Additionally, disease detection training and a cattle necropsy demonstration will take place to provide an in-depth look at critical factors pertaining to cattle health. All producers and veterinarians who attend a regional training meeting will earn BQA certification.

     Each workshop is free of charge and includes a complimentary meal. Pre-register by calling the KBC office at (785) 273-5225 or email [email protected].