Mid-Atlantic Cattle Sales - Video Sale [2/17/26]

From Pasture to Profit

Friday, February 20, 2026 7:30 a.m. .................................................... Board of Directors Breakfast 8:00 a.m. ............................................... Registration & Trade Show Open 8:45 a.m. ................................................................................. Welcome 9:00-9:45 a.m. ............................................................... Opening Session • Efficiency & Genomics in Commercial Cattle 10:00 a.m. ....................................................................... Morning Break • Hay Sampling Demonstration 10:15-11:15 a.m. ......................................................... Breakout Sessions • Animal Health & Production • Nutrition & Pasture Management • Market Outlook & Risk Management 11:45 a.m. ................................................................... Awards Luncheon • Keynote Address 1:30 p.m. .............................................................. Trade Show Continues 2:00 p.m. ...................................... Committee Meetings (Everyone Welcome) • N.C. Forage & Grasslands Council • Stocker & Cattle Feeders • From Pasture to People: Getting Your Farm Ready for the Public 3:00 p.m. ..................................................................... Afternoon Break • Hay Sampling Demonstration 3:00 p.m. ...................... Committee Meetings Continue (Everyone Welcome) • Purebred Breeders Council • N.C. Beef Cattle Improvement Program (NC BCIP) • Joint Legislative & Membership 5:15 p.m. ...................... NCCA Annual Business Meeting (Everyone Welcome) 8:30 p.m. .............................................. Social Ends & Trade Show Closes 6:00-7:00 p.m. ... Poster Presentations of NCCA Funded Research Projects 5:00-8:00 p.m. ........................ Social & NCBA PAC/NCCA Support Auction

(Hickory 3)

(Lobby)

Dr. Todd See, N.C. State University

(Hickory 4)

Lee Leachman, Leachman Cattle

(Hickory 4)

(Hickory 1&2)

Dr. Tomas Gonzalez, N.C. State University CVM (Conover 1) Dr. Maggie Justice, Auburn University (Conover 2) Dr. Charles Martinez, University of Tennessee (Conover 3) (Hickory 3&4) Russ Uselton, Region II Federation

(Hickory 1&2)

(Conover 4) (Conover 3)

Dr. Catherine Harris, NCDA & CS Janice Wright, Rooted in NC

(Yount Meeting Room)

(Hickory 1&2)

(Yount Meeting Room)

Dr. Charles Martinez, University of Tennessee Kent Bacus, NCBA & N.C. Rep. Karl Gillespie

(Conover 3) (Conover 1&2) (Conover 1&2) (Hickory 2&4) (Hickory 1&2)

N.C. Cattle Conference, Presented By

Educational Program, Presented By

EDUCATION SERIES

Saturday, February 21, 2026

9:00-10:00 a.m. .......................................................... Breakout Sessions • Enhancing Beef Efficiency in the Fescue Belt • Estate and Succession Planning • N.C. Tobacco Trust Fund Commission: United in Education 9:00-12:00 noon .................................................... Trade Show Activities • Skillathon Contest • Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Certification 9:00 a.m. ................................................................... Trade Show Opens 7:30 a.m. ................................................... Youth Recognition Breakfast 7:00 a.m. .................................................................. Registration Opens 10:00 a.m. ...................................................................... Morning Break • Hay Sampling Demonstration 10.15-11:15 a.m. ........................................................ Breakout Sessions • Farmland Preservation • From Pasture to Plate: Marketing Strategies from Local Beef Producers (Moderated by N.C. Choices) 12:00 noon ............................................................................... Adjourn

(Hickory 1&2) (Hickory 4) (Lobby)

(NCSU Extension Booth) (Hickory 1&2)

Dr. E. Benjamin Rojo, N.C. State University

(Conover 3) (Conover 4) (Catawba 1)

Stephen Bishop, N.C. Farmlink Dr. Erica Edwards, NCTTFC