Schedule of Events
*Times and Presentations are subject to change.
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Friday, October 25, 2019
Policy Review Meetings
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
(This section restricted to KCA Members and expert guests)
Join us as we review current KCA policy and draft potential policy pertaining to: Animal Health & Welfare, Rural Rights & Economic Development, Marketing & Trade, Country of Origin Labeling, Kansas Cattlemen’s Beef Cooperative, Beef Checkoff, and more.
Non-voting attendees will not be allowed into the meeting, but are welcome in other areas of the facility during the meeting. For information on becoming a member, please visit the "Join" section of our website or call 785-238-1483.
Guest Registration Open
Doors open to the public at 11:00 am for the opening of the trade show. Preregistration is encouraged online or by calling KCA at 785-238-1483. Registration is Free. Meals are an extra fee.
Opening Session
1:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Join us as we open the Convention! We will hear from KCA leadership, explore options for making the most of your convention experience, and learn about what the Newton Community has to offer during your visit.
Animal Health & Herd Management
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Dr. Dan Thomson, KSU Profession, Veterinarian, Host of DocTalk will discuss relevant Animal Health & Welfare information.
Trade Show/Break
2:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Throughout the Presentation Series of the Convention, there will provide time for visiting with Trade Show Representatives, refreshing beverages, and time for networking.
Annual Membership Meeting
3:00 pm
(This section restricted to KCA Members ONLY)
During this time, KCA Membership will conduct their annual membership and business meeting. Non-voting attendees will not be allowed into the meeting, but are welcome in other areas of the facility during the meeting. For information on becoming a member, please visit the "Join" section of our website or call 785-238-1483.
KCA Cattlemen's Supper
7:00 pm
The Cattlemen's Supper will include Country Fried Steak, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Veggies, Rolls, Cookies, and a Cash Bar. Free entertainment will also be provided during the evening.
Saturday, October 25, 2019
Trade Show Opens
8:00 am
Doors open to the public at 8:00 am for the opening of the trade show. Preregistration is encouraged online or by calling KCA at 785-238-1483. Registration is Free. Meals are an extra fee.
Beef Up! America!
8:15 am to 9:15 am
With Robert "Bob" Baker
Bob Baker is an economics policy consultant, specializing in agriculture research. Over the past 30 years, Bob has been a correspondent for the Executive Intelligence Review, which has published a 70-page weekly journal for over 40 years. Bob’s mission has been to restore and promote a pricing/production policy that would perpetuate and increase the number of U.S. family farms, and provide food security. He has written many articles about the financial and political forces that have steered U.S. agriculture into the hands of global mega-monopolistic forces that are destroying the historic institution called the American family farm.
Bob received his Bachelor of Science degree from Iowa State University, and also served in the U.S. Army. Bob farmed, with his two brothers, in Keokuk County, Iowa, raising cattle, hogs, and grain. Bob contributes the ‘Hey America, Beef-Up!’ articles to KCA News. He speaks to agricultural groups across the country and does policy work with the international Schiller Institute in development economics. He currently resides in the Northern Virginia/Washington D.C. area with his wife.
Bovine Respiratory Disease
9:15 am to 10:15 am
With Dr. Jacob Hagenmaier, Production Animal Consultation
Dr. Jacob received his bachelor’s degree in Animal Science at Kansas State University, and then remained at Kansas State to pursue a concurrent DVM/PhD program in the College of Veterinary Medicine. His research program focused on the mobility and stress physiology of fed cattle at the time of shipment for harvest. Upon completion of his doctoral programs in the summer 2016, Jacob accepted a position with Elanco Animal Health where he held roles in ruminant research and development and technical consulting over a three-year period. Hagenmaier is currently a member of Production Animal Consultation, where his primary responsibilities include conducting post-approval research, feedyard consultation, and providing analytical services to feedyard clients.
Trade Show/Break
10:15 am to 10:45 am
Throughout the Presentation Series of the Convention, there will provide time for visiting with Trade Show Representatives, refreshing beverages, and time for networking.
Live Slaughter Cattle prices and the Role Livestock, Poultry and Grains Market News Plays in the Market
10:45 am to 11:45 pm
Meet the Team from the United State's Agriculture Administration
With Mr. Taylor Cox, Field Chief, Oversees the Livestock Mandatory Report (LMR) Program within LPGMN
With Bill Worlie, Assistant Field Chief. Oversees the Cattle and Boxed Beef reporting within LMR.
Jodie Pitcock, Assistant Field Chief. Voluntary Report, New Market Analysis & Reporting Service (MARS), My Market News (MMN) and feeder cattle reporting.
The Science of Genomics
11:45 am to 12:00 pm
With Mark Tague
Genomics is a branch of molecular biology that's concerned with the structure, function, evolution and mapping of genomes (a genome being the whole compliment of genes in an organism).
Cattlemen's Luncheon
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
The Cattlemen's Luncheon will include a Fiesta Buffet of delicious Tacos, Beef Enchiladas, Refried Beans, Mexican Rice, Chips, Salsa, and beverage service.
The Green New Fraud & Big Money's Role in the Climate Change Phenomenon
1:15 pm to 2:15 pm
With Marcia Merry Baker
Agriculture is under attack from Environmental activists, politicians, and more! What is the Green New Deal, and what is Big Money's Role in this Climate Change Phenomenon? We will dig in and discover the truth, while arming agriculturalists with a defense when this activism comes knocking.
Cattle Market Update
2:15 pm to 3:00 pm
Annual Cattle Market Update with Schwieterman, Inc.
Trade Show/Break
3:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Throughout the Presentation Series of the Convention, there will provide time for visiting with Trade Show Representatives, refreshing beverages, and time for networking.
Revolutionizing the Range
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
With Dusty Turner
Dusty Turner is the owner of MasterHand Milling, a manufacturer of dried distillers grain feed products based in Lexington, Nebraska. Turner grew up on a ranch in the Oklahoma panhandle running a cake and grass cattle operation. After college, Turner took his first job with Hitch Feeders II and started down a road that would eventually, with a little divine intervention, lead him to develop an entirely new way of feeding cattle.
In his early career, Turner worked for other well-known feedyards including Golden Belt Feeders and Supreme Cattle Feeders, where he managed the 75,000 head custom cattle operation in southwest Kansas. In early 2006, the ethanol industry began to see substantial growth, and Turner, along with many others in the beef industry, soon realized the distillers grain co-products out of the ethanol plants could serve as a beneficial feed product. After learning some of the best practices for feeding distillers, Turner began implementing them into his feedyard program.
In an effort to reduce the freight costs of shipping product from distant plants, Turner approached the city of Liberal, Kansas about building a local ethanol plant that would benefit both the feedyards and area farmers. A team was assembled and Turner co-founded Conestoga Energy Partners, LLC, building a 55-million-gallon ethanol plant in Garden City, Kansas. A short time later, a 110-million-gallon plant was added in Liberal.
After spending some time selling co-products of the Conestoga plants to area feedyards, Turner realized an opportunity existed to apply the same theories about feeding cattle in the yard to cattle on grass. Distillers was now the leading protein supplement used in feedlots, but the loose product was not conducive for feeding on the ground. Again, Turner assembled a team and said a few prayers, and found himself and his wife Amy, at the helm of a new feed company – MasterHand Milling.
“We put the Master in our company’s name because we knew if we were going to do this, we would need the Master’s hand in it,” Turner says.
Today, MasterHand Milling uses unique extrusion machines to compress dried distillers grains into consistent, compact cubes and pellets that offer a superior standard of protein and energy. The Turners are passionate about working hand in hand with cattle producers and feeders to implement this product into their operations.
Discovering Lab-Grown Meat
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm
with Dr. Michael Chao, Kansas State University
We will explore the origins, status, and intent of the Lab Grown Meat Industry. We will learn the capabilities of these companies, how they compare with other alternative proteins, and enjoy a better understanding of how this will affect cattle production.
Social & Benefit Auction
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Join us for snacks, refreshments, and time to have great conversations. Following, we will have the annual KCA Benefit Auction with Guest Auctioneer Corbitt Wall.
Banquet with Corbitt Wall
7:30 pm
The annual banquet includes a delicious Steak Dinner, Fresh Garden Salad, Baked Potato, Green Bean Almondine, Rolls, and Layered Cake. In addition to the beverage service, a cash bar.
Keynote Speaker, Corbitt Wall, will close out the convention as he addresses the attendees and provides his valuable insight on the cattle industry.