The 56th annual Lancaster County Cattle Feeders Day will be conducted on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster.

Organizers have lined up an agriculture economist; a veterinarian; a cattle producer well versed in risk management; and Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), to speak this year, along with other experts in the cattle industry.

A session at 9 a.m. will be "Beef Market Outlook" by Charley Martinez, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Tennessee. This program will be followed by "Risk Management Considerations in a Volatile Market," presented by Brandon Reeves, executive director of the Cattlemen's Insurance Agency.

Penn State beef specialist Tara Felix will give a Penn State research update before Dr. Lowell Midla, a veterinarian employed at Merck Animal Health, delivers "Please ... Not Another Biosecurity Talk."

Woodall, who is an annual presenter at Cattle Feeders Day, will share his ideas on the 2024 election's impact on cattle producers.

For biosecurity, attendees are asked to wear clothing and boots that have not been in their barn.

The fee includes lunch. Organizers appreciate preregistration but will accept day-of registrations. To preregister, visit http://extension.psu.edu/cattle-feeders-day or call 877-345-0691. Participants may also walk in and pay by check or cash the day of the workshop. The registration deadline is Monday, Jan. 27, at 3 p.m.

Hosted by Penn State Extension and sponsored by the PA Beef Producers Working Group, the meeting also serves as a beef quality assurance recertification opportunity.