ROXBORO, N.C. — Join us online as the Piedmont Regional Beef Conference planning committee brings you an exciting series throughout the month of March! If you have ever wanted to attend the Piedmont Regional Beef Conference and haven’t been able to in the past, this is your year!
We have taken four sessions and spanned them across March to bring you one a week for FREE via Zoom starting at 7:00 pm. Topics this year include reproductive strategies, finishing beef cattle on forages, evaluation of carcass quality in live cattle, and warm-season forage options and research update. We have a great lineup of speakers ready to take your learning to the next level, check out their bios below. While the sessions are free, registration is required to receive the Zoom link information.
March 4: Reproductive Strategies
March 11: Finishing Beef Cattle on Forages
March 18: Evaluation of Carcass Quality in Live Cattle
March 25: Warm-Season Forage Options & Research Update
Register online here:Â https://go.ncsu.edu/
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