Missouri Livestock Symposium

Friday Program

This is our 2012 Friday evening schedule. Please check back closer to event for our 2013 Friday evening program.

4:00 p.m.	Trade Show Doors Open
6:00 p.m.	FREE Co-sponsored Beef Dinner
7:00 p.m.	Welcome - Andy Jackson, committee member and MC and Mr. Pat Williams, Superintendent, Kirksville RIII School District
7:05 p.m.	Patriotic Tribute by Audra Jackson
7:10 p.m.	Special Guest Welcomes Michael Ouart, Vice Provost and Director of Cooperative Extension, University of Missouri Dr. Tom McFadden, Director, Division of Animal Science, University of Missouri J. R. Flores, State Conservationist, Natural Resource Conservation Service Mike Deering, Executive Vice President, Missouri Cattlemens Association Dr. Jo Britt Rankin, Associate Dean, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri Edward Avalos, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, United States Department of Agriculture (recorded message)
7:35 p.m.	Recognition of Important Guests and Sponsors
7:40 p.m.	Classic Tractor Contest Winners Announced
7:50 p.m.	Musical entertainment by Sydney Lambert
7:55 p.m.	Agriculture Educators Lifetime Achievement Awards
8:00 p.m.	Presentation of Northeast Missouri Livestock Person of the Year
8:15 p.m.	Keynote Speaker: Mr. Tony Clayton Clayton Agri-Marketing, Inc Livestock Exports and the Effect on U. S. Agriculture