Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association Summer Beef Tour

Registration is open for the 2015 Minnesota State Cattlemen?s Association Summer Beef Tour and Trade Show! Each year, a community is chosen to showcase experienced cattle producers with a family history of producing high quality beef, raised with integrity; as well as other agricultural highlights of their community. Hutchinson, MN has been chosen as the location for the 2015 MSCA Summer Beef Tour & Trade Show. Registration forms or online registration can be found online at www.mnsca.org/summertour.php, on the MSCA Facebook page or in the April & June edition of the Minnesota Cattleman Newspaper. Roughly 700-900 cattlemen & women, cattle industry professionals and community members from across the state attend this exciting tour and trade show annually! Attendees of the Summer Tour and Trade Show look forward to agriculture related business that feature new products and services available to cattlemen locally and throughout the state at one of the summer?s premier cattle focused trade shows. The Beef Tour and Trade Show will be July 21st. 2015 trade show and tour headquarters will be located in the beautiful and spacious McLeod County Fairgrounds. The event will start on July 20th with a MSCA Quarterly Business Meeting, followed by a networking event and PAC fundraiser. Registration will begin at 6:15 am through 8:30 am, with the first tour bus leaving at 7:00 am and every 15 minutes after that. A continental breakfast will be available before the tour. 2015 tour stops will include Schiefelebein Farms, Kimball; Landwher Dairy, Watkins; Terry & Matt Schaefer, Cokato; Polzin Cattle/Polzin Embryo Center, Litchfield and Cashwise Foods meat department tour, Hutchinson. A cattle stockmanship and BQA live cattle handling demonstration by the world renowned cattle handler, Curt Pate, will take place that afternoon in the McLeod County Fair Grounds show arena. The tour registration fee is $25 before June 15th and $35 after June 15th. The student price is $20. An additional lunch ticket is $10 and an additional dinner ticket is $15. Sent payment to Ashley Kohls, 23722 230th St., Hutchinson, MN 55350. For more information or for sponsorship options, please contact Ashley Kohls: 612-618-6619 or mscasummertour2015@hotmail.com.