As a service to its membership, the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA) in partnership with the OCA Allied Industry Council and Ohio Soybean Council is holding a series of district meetings located across Ohio during the months of February and March. Anyone with an interest in the cattle industry is invited and encouraged to attend. The meetings will begin at 6:30 or 7:00 p.m. with a complimentary dinner followed by educational speakers. 

Meeting locations and topics for 2011 include:

Districts 1 & 2 - Tuesday, March 8 - 6:30 p.m.
Shell Shuckers Restaurant
1927 South State Route 53 • Tiffin, Ohio 44883
Speaker: Sam Roberts, United Producers Inc.
Topic: Marketing fat cattle and buying feeder calves

District 3 - Thursday, March 10 - 6:30 p.m.
Millcreek Metroparks Farm • McMahon Hall
7574 Columbiana Canfield Road • Canfield, Ohio 44406
Speaker: Jeff McCutcheon, OSU Extension
Topic: What does it cost to keep a cow

Districts 5 & 8 - Thursday, March 24 - 6:00 p.m.
Champaign County Community Center
1512 S. U.S. 68 • Urbana, Ohio 43078
Speaker: John Grimes, OSU Extension
Topics: Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board Update and Cattle Price Outlook

District 7 - Wednesday, March 30 - 6:30 p.m.
Mr. Lee’s Restaurant
2000 East Wheeling Ave. • Cambridge, Ohio 43725
Speaker: Cliff Little and John Grimes, OSU Extension
Topic: Spotted knap weed and cattle price outlook

District 7 - Thursday, February 24 - 7:00 p.m.
Jefferson County Joint Vocational School
1509 County Road 22A • Bloomingdale, Ohio 43910
Speakers: Dr. Mike Day, OSU Dept. of Animal Sciences; and Dr. Keith Burgett, Carrollton Animal Hospital
Topics: Eastern Ohio Beef Management School: Making artificial insemination work using CIDR’s and Preventing calf scours in your beef operation

District 9 - Monday, March 28 - 7:00 p.m.
Muskingum Livestock Company
944 Malinda Street • Zanesville, Ohio 43701
Speaker: Stacey Atherton, Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board Committee Member
Topics: Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board Update

District 10 - Thursday, March 3 - 6:30 p.m.
Butler County Extension Office
1802 Princeton Road • Hamilton, Ohio 45011
Speakers: Dan Frobose, OSU Extension; & Dr. Henry Zerby, OSU Dept. of Animal Sciences
Topics: Special ways of marking your cattle and Ways in which you could get audited

District 11 - Wednesday, March 30 - 7:00 p.m.
Southern States Community College - Fincastle
12681 U.S. Rt. 62 • Sardinia, Ohio 45171
Speaker: Bill Moody, Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board Committee Member
Topic: Ohio Livestock Care Standards Board update and discussion

Cattlemen will also learn how they can participate and make a grass roots impact in Columbus and Washington D.C. on the issues that can impact their everyday businesses; and learn more about what OCA can do for them.