Feed Lot Magazine Online, National Angus Conference and Tour Set, Web site Introduced

Angus breeders and commercial cattle producers from across the United States are welcome to attend the 2000 National Angus Conference and Tour, set for September 25-17, in Lexington, Kentucky.

"Angus -- Setting the Pace for the Beef Industry," is the theme for the three day event, which includes a one-and-a-half day tour and one-day conference program.

Marty Schurr receives his award
for the Champion Net Return.

Some of the speakers include a keynote address by Dr. Gary Smith of Colorado State University. Smith will address "Where Angus Genetics Fit the Beef Industry," and challenge both registered and commercial producers to produce consistent, high-quality beef products for consumers. In addition to Smith, speakers on the conference program will focus on Angus genetics in crossbreeding and the option for straight-bred commercial herds, the business of commercial beef production and increasing profit through industry coordination.

Registration for both the conference and the tour is $50 per person before September 1. For registration information, contact Linda Campbell at (816) 383-5100 or go to www.angus.org.

Hotel reservations can be made at the Holiday Inn Lexington-North at (606) 233-0512.

Angus Productions, Inc. publisher of the Angus Journal, has created a Web site for agriculturists coping with a nationwide drought.

"Dealing with Drought: A resource for cattle producers" is a Web site designed to combine resources across the Internet on one site - www.angusjournal.com/ drought. It offers links to research, forecasts, news releases, articles and livestock production information.

"We've tried to provide a central site to which producers can go to find the drought-related information they need to make management decisions this summer and fall," says Shauna Hermel, editor of the Angus Journal.