2025 Event Program

7:30 AM     Trade Show Setup

8:30 AM     Trade Show Opens

9:00 AM     Welcome & Florida Cattlemen’s Association Update –  

                   Dale Carlton, FCA President

                   IFAS Update - Dr. Andra Johnson, IF/IFAS Dean for  

                   Extension

9:15 AM     Chute Challenge and Chute Side Manners (15 min each)

10:45 AM   Trade Show Break

11:15 AM   Biosecurity Talk - Dr. Todd Thrift

11:45 PM   Awards, Lunch (sponsored by Farm Credit of Florida), and 

                    Trade Show

                    FDACS Update - Wilton Simpson, Florida Commissioner of 

                    Agriculture (Tentative)

12:45 PM    Performance Records and Managing Input 

                    Costs – Summary of Economics of the Program - Hannah 

                    Baker, UF/IFAS State Specialist Agent - Beef & Forage 

                    Economics

1:15 PM     Disinfectant Demonstration - Ryan Pusey, East Region 

                   Manager, Neogen, and Dr. Ashby Green, Veterinary 

                   Consultant, Neogen

1:45 PM     Trade Show & Ice Cream Break 

                   sponsored by Everglades Equipment Group

2:15 PM     Vaccine Gun Handling & Cleaning - Tentative speakers: Dr. 

                   Todd Thrift 

2:45 PM      The How To's of Implant Techniques - Dr. Harold Newcomb, 

                    Technical Veterinary Specialist, Merck Animal Health 

3:15 PM     Evaluations

3:30 PM     Adjourn

Feel free to contact your UF Livestock Extension Agent should you have any questions or UF/IFAS Regional Livestock Agent Lindsey Crum at 

863-674-4092.