DBL D BAR Events
Thailand Field Trip: February 29th, 2012…
Doyle Sanders and a group of BBU International Committee members will be attending the BPS Show in Thailand during 9-11 March 2012. This show will include judging the first yearling Beefmaster calves born in Thailand. This is only one week after a large group of Thai beef professionals will be attending the Houston Livestock Show Beefmaster events including another International Field Day at the Dbl D Bar Ranch on the 29th of February. Lunch at the ranch will include a Beefmaster Prime Rib meal by Design II Caterers of Brenham, TX. They do great things with prime rib – but this time it won’t be Angus. Thanks to Nolan Ryan.
Dbl D Bar Ranch 2012 Annual Field Day: June 30th, 2012…REGISTER NOW
Beefmaster Friends & Family,
In 2007, Dorothy and I decided that we wanted to make a contribution to BBU by conducting an annual field day near our wedding anniversary and forego gifts to each other for the budget.
In 2008 we had a very well received field day in June and were asked to repeat it. We called it Performance 101 and we have featured CD’s of the talks on our website and Facebook site. It has been a popular request from regular hits we have received from all over the US and as far away as Russia. Since 2009 with my overseas project in Italy and the Beefmaster Symposiums we used our field day budget to sponsor the BBU Symposium and Convention events.
Dorothy and I decided to resurrect the annual program commitment this 2012 year. We think it has value to new, current and potential BBU members. We will also use the event for creating videos for the BBU website as well as our own. I have discussed our plans with Dr. Perkins and he has agreed to help us develop the final program and suggested Dr. Jason Cleere participate. Dr. Cleere has been very helpful to our Thai Initiative and we consider him a very good Beefmaster friend. I have included others on this announcement that we hope will also help with the program and encourage attendance through your satellites and marketing groups.
It will be in Welcome Hall, a historic German dance hall across from our ranch home in Industry near Brenham. With finalization of BBU Board schedules and review of planned BBU sales, we picked Saturday, June 30, 2012 for the Field Day. It will probably start about 9:30 AM and complete by about 3:30 -4:00 PM with lunch and a “wine down sunset review session” followed by a cook out in our OK (Outdoor Kitchen) Corral. We will be advertising the event in the Cowman and in the BBU e-Newsletter.
We developed the following themes and suggested main speakers along with a panel discussion then a live cattle display and classification:
“Simply More Profit” by BBU Staff speaker
Feedlot Performance
Longevity and Feed Efficiency
Breeding for Six Essentials and Why
“Here’s The Beef” by Charlie Bradbury
Beefmaster Trends for Carcass Yield comparisons
Beefmaster trends for quality grade comparisons
Tenderness and taste – Market trends for Beefmasters
“Bull Performance Tests & Why?” by Gary Frenzel & Lorenzo Lasater
Bull Performance Tests
Test data translation and meaning
EPD’s for bull selection
“Minerals in Your Herd Health Equation” by Dr. Jason Cleere- TAMU
ABC’s of Mineral Needs
Needs changes for weather and forage conditions
Marketplace tips and values
“International Beefmaster Markets” – Panel discussion- Lasater/Welkener/Allen
Marketing tips for a one bull herd up to live animal export considerations
Summary of Export Requirements
BBU Progress and Market Potential
Thailand and SE Asia
South Africa and Mexico
South/Central America and Canada
“Live Cattle Classification Discussion”
Critique of Weaned Males and Females
Ranch Bull Display
Ranch Bred Heifer Display
Please visit us on facebook www.facebook.com/dbldbar and let us know if you would be willing to attend and bring some guests. We will provide the meals and refreshments and help locate B&Bs in Industry, Round Top, Shelby, and Bellville. We are sure it will be fun and even help educate some of us old timers. Please feel free to forward this announcement for folks to put on their 2012 Planning Calendar.
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