I hope you all haven’t frozen solid with the cold temperatures the past couple of days! I’m excited to provide everyone with more details about our January Beef School which will be held on January 31, 2025. This specific event will have two parts.

 Part 1: We will be starting off with a tour of Oxford Packing in Downey, ID. We are thankful for this facility for welcoming our group to see them in action. There is a limited number of spots available for this tour, so please contact our office early to save your spot. This tour will start at 8:30 in Downey. The address can be found on the flyer attached to this email. This tour will take approximately 2 hours.

 Part 2 will begin at 11:30 with a lunch that has been sponsored by IFA. Following lunch we will have a couple of presentations on using genetic selection to increase carcass quality and a presentation on learning more about beef carcass quality and yield grade. A meat identification activity will also happen during the afternoon.

 Our office is excited for this event and we hope to see lots of you in attendance. RSVP is requested so we can get a head count for lunch, but you are still welcome to come if you forget to RSVP. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office at 208-766-2243.