This was a four week long program and only on Tuesdays in the month of November. We had different specialists come and speak each week. For this program, Katie Hughes and I partnered together. The first two weeks were at the Union County Extension Office and the last two were at my office. 

For the first class, Dr. Lehmkuhler discussed growth promoting applications and made it a hands on lesson. Dr. Bullock also discussed EPds this night. 

For the second class, Dr. Teutsch came to discuss Bale Grazing. Dr. Burdine also discussed Cattle Marketing. 

For the third class, Dr. Vanvalin discussed Cattle Nutrition. 

For the last class, Dr. Anderson discussed Repro Management. This was also a hands on session. 

We had good attendance and participation/discussion for all of these nights. The hands on sessions really helped producers to get a visual on what the specialists were teaching. They had the opportunity to practice injecting a growth hormone into a calf ear so if they decide to do it on their own farm, they have been shown how to do it the correct way. The other hands on lesson was over repro management. The participants had the opportunity to practice A.I. in case they wanted to consider doing that on their own farm also. Both types of learning for this program went well- whether they were hands on or not. The producers asked a lot of questions during the sessions and stayed engaged. This had an impact on participants whether they implement something new on their farm or not. Either way, they learned about updated information and had plenty of opportunities to think about ways to possibly improve their own cattle production.