Released: March 13, 2007

King Ranch Exec to Highlight Kansas Cattle $en$e Meeting

WAKEENEY, Kan. – Presentations by the executive director of one of the most well- known ranches in the United States and another by a chef will highlight a March 22 meeting on successful beef production and ranching.

Barry Dunn, executive director of the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management and Chef Victor Matthews of Colorado’s Black Bear Restaurant will be featured speakers at the Cattle $en$e meeting, scheduled for 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The meeting, sponsored by Kansas State University Research and Extension and supported by several co-sponsors, will be held at the Trego County Fairgrounds in Wakeeney. It will include several presentations on a balanced approach to ranching:

• Key Indicators of Successful Ranching: A Balanced Approach – Barry Dunn, King Ranch;

• Wastewater Runoff Demon – Stacie Edgett-Minson, K-State Research and Extension;

• Pasture Rental Rates and Cost-Returns for the Breeding Season – Kevin Dhuyvetter, K-State;

• Getting Cows Ready for the Breeding Season – Twig Marston, K-State;

• Cattle Market Outlook – Jim Mintert, K-State; and

• What’s the Beef: A Chef’s Perspective – Victor Matthews, Black Bear Restaurant.

The registration fee, which includes a steak supper, is $10, if paid by March 16, and $15, if paid after that date or at the door.

More information is available by calling the K-State Research and Extension Trego County office at 785-743-6361.

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K-State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service, a program designed to generate and distribute useful knowledge for the well-being of Kansans. Supported by county, state, federal and private funds, the program has county Extension offices, experiment fields, area Extension offices and regional research centers statewide. Its headquarters is on the K-State campus, Manhattan.

Story by:
Mary Lou Peter-Blecha
mlpeter@oznet.ksu.edu
K-State Research& Extension News