2008 OCA District Meetings

Join us at our winter district meetings to learn how OCA is working to strengthen Ohio’s beef industry and address issues that affect beef producers. These meetings will provide you with valuable information to consider for your own operation. All meetings begin at 7 p.m. with dinner followed by an OCA update and educational program.

Meeting attendees in Districts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 will learn from OSU beef nutrition expert Francis Fluharty as he addresses nutrition considerations involving the use of ethanol co-products and their impact on carcass quality. OSU Meat Lab personnel will provide information on carcass quality issues and demonstrate tenderness variations from different muscles. Also hear how beef checkoff funds have helped improve the position of beef in the marketplace with research that produced a new line of beef value cuts including the successful flat iron steak and exciting new opportunities for utilizing the chuck roll.

Meeting attendees in Districts 3, 7, 11, and 12 will hear from OCA and OSU Extension Beef Program Specialist Bill Doig. He will share information on the four stages of cow production. The presentation will discuss cow nutritional needs in each stage of production and how they relate to calf health at calving time. New information on mineral programs will also be presented. Following this summer’s drought many producers are struggling to meet the nutritional needs of their cows and are concerned with insuring their calves are as healthy as possible and that their cows rebreed on time. 

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District 1 - Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Pauling, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams & Wood
Wood County Fairgrounds • 4-H Building
1300 W Poe Rd • Bowling Green, OH 43402

District 2 - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Richland & Wyandot
Crawford County Fairgrounds
610 Whetstone Street • Bucyrus, Ohio 44820

District 3 - Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Ashtabula, Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit & Trumbull
Millcreek Metroparks Farm • McMahon Hall
7574 State Route 46 • Canfield, Oh 44406

District 4 - Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Allen, Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami & Shelby
Newport Sportsman’s Club
Range Line Rd., Between State Rte 66 and 47 • Newport, Ohio

District 5 - Monday, Jan. 28, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Champaign, Delaware, Hardin, Logan, Marion, Morrow & Union
Ohio Cattlemen’s Association Office
10600 U.S. Highway 42 • Marysville, Ohio

District 6 - Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Ashland, Coshocton, Knox, Holmes & Wayne
Knox County Career Center
306 Martinsburg Road • Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050

District 7 - Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Belmont, Carroll, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Noble & Tuscarawas
Buckeye Career Center
545 University Dr. N.E. • New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663

District 8 - Monday, Feb. 25, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Pickaway & Madison
Fayette County Extenion Office
1415 US Rt 22 SW, Suite 100 • Washington C.H., Ohio 43160

District 9 - Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Fairfield, Hocking, Licking, Muskingum & Perry
Fairfield County Extension Office
831 College Ave., Suite D • Lancaster, OH 43130

District 10 - Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Preble & Warren
Collinsville Community Center
5313 Huston Rd. • Collinsville, Ohio

District 11 - Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Ross & Scioto
Southern States Community College - Fincastle
12681 U.S. Rt. 62 • Sardinia, Ohio

District 12 - Monday, Feb. 18, 2008 - 7:00 p.m.
Counties: Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan, Vinton & Washington
Bob Evans Hall • University of Rio Grande Campus
65 Bevo Francis Way • Rio Grande, Ohio 45674