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Test Your Beef IQThe University of Arkansas, Cooperative Extension Service offers its popular Beef IQ program. This program, which has been attended by over 140 cattle producers, is now in its fourth year – and fifth location.For those that are not familiar with the program, it is an in-depth, informal educational activity for cattle producers and managers. The program is completed in six, seven-hour sessions scheduled over the course of the year. Each session highlights a specific management topic: Genetics, Reproduction, Herd Health, Economics, Forage Management, and Nutrition. For more information, contact your local
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Adobe Acrobat Reader loaded on your computer. To Beef IQ Trailer (1 minute) Skip to Script - Embedded video in page Audio/Video Script: Picture of a globe - U A C E S Films Intro music - music continues through entire clip Cattle standing in pen Text "Beef Producers Striving for Something More" Hanging Beef Carcass Text "They Set Out to Discover" Instructor talking to a group Text "A World Full of Knowledge" Person taking blood sample from a cow Instructor talking to a group outside with cattle Instructor demonstrating equipment Producer kneeling next to calf in squeeze chute Instructor explaining forage identification Instructor talking to a group in a pasture Text "Coming to Hope in 2011" Instructor kneeling next to calf in squeeze chute Text "Genetics" Image of a publication Reading the Sire Summary Text "Reproduction" Producer looking into a microscope Text "Health" Instructor talking in classroom Text "Economics" Instructor talking to a group outside Text "Forages" Instructor talking to a group in a pasture Text "Nutrition" Cattle eating out of a bunk Instructor talking to a group Instructor preparing a vaccine Instructor talking to a group next to a squeeze chute with cattle Instructor dehorning a calf Image of Beef IQ UA University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture Beef IQ, Southwest Research and Extension Center, Hope, Arkansas; Session Dates: Genetics - February 21, 2011, Reproduction - March 21, 2011, Economics - April 11, 2011, Forages - September 19, 2011, and Nutrition - October 24, 2011; 2011 Sponsors - Beef Check-Off, Arkansas farm Bureau, Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas, and the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association.
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