{"id":10975,"date":"2025-10-24T08:50:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T12:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=10975"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:12:19","slug":"2025-maine-cattlemens-college","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/event\/2025-maine-cattlemens-college\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Maine Cattlemen\u2019s College"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8527\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/cow-1-Colt-Knight-Cattlemens-College-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"two cows and a calf in a field\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/cow-1-Colt-Knight-Cattlemens-College-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/cow-1-Colt-Knight-Cattlemens-College-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/cow-1-Colt-Knight-Cattlemens-College-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/cow-1-Colt-Knight-Cattlemens-College-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/cow-1-Colt-Knight-Cattlemens-College-317x211.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/cow-1-Colt-Knight-Cattlemens-College-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/cow-1-Colt-Knight-Cattlemens-College-634x423.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/cow-1-Colt-Knight-Cattlemens-College-846x564.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/cow-1-Colt-Knight-Cattlemens-College-951x634.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/livestock\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/36\/2023\/07\/cow-1-Colt-Knight-Cattlemens-College.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<h3><strong>Department of Conservation of Agriculture and Forestry Building\/Deering Building<br \/>90 Blossom Lane, Augusta, Maine\u00a004330<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<h3><strong>Cost:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Registration Fee: $75<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Maine Beef Producers Association Members: $50<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Select Sires Artificial Insemination Manual: <strong>$50<\/strong> (Highly recommended)\u00a0<br \/>You can pay for the manual when you register and pick it up at the event.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine-extension.formtitan.com\/ftproject\/events?eventid=a1cUy000004BqKL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"button\">Registration Online <\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Registration closes on December 4, 2025<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Number of participants: 35<\/li>\r\n<li>Lunch will be provided.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Join the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the Maine Beef Producers Association, and the Maine Department of Conservation, Agriculture, and Forestry for a day-long training session on Cattle Reproduction. Course will cover male and female reproductive anatomy\/physiology, semen handling, liquid nitrogen tank basics, heat detection and synchronization, AI technique, basics of palpation, and hands-on learning with our sophisticated Bovine Breeder AI Simulator and reproductive tracts. Our instructors will guide you through everything you need to know to get started in cattle artificial insemination.<\/p>\r\n<p>Are you interested in learning more about Artificial Insemination (AI) and in vitro fertilization in cattle? Have you considered utilizing AI on your farm? Would you like to have some hands-on experience with AI in cattle? This condensed, day-long AI training course is a combination of classroom learning and hands-on AI training. We will cover topics concerning reproductive anatomy\/physiology, heat detection\/synchronization, in vitro fertilization, and more. In addition, participants in this class will engage in hands-on learning with semen handling, utilizing an actual liquid nitrogen tank, cattle palpation simulators, and actual female reproductive tracts, as well as all equipment associated with artificially inseminating cattle on your farm. Our <a href=\"#instructors\">instructors<\/a> will guide you through each step of the process, allow you to practice the techniques, and finally compete for prizes to see who can go through the process from start to finish in the most efficient manner.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who should attend:<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Beef producers interested in learning more about Cattle Reproduction Technologies like Artificial Insemination, In Vitro Fertilization, Synchronization Strategies, \u00a0and Heat Detection.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"instructors\"><\/a>Instructors<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Dr. Colt W. Knight<\/strong>, Associate Extension Professor and State Livestock Specialist, University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Dr. Glenda Pereira<\/strong>, Assistant Extension Professor, Assistant Professor of Animal Science, Dairy Specialist for the University of Maine<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Dr. Jessica C. Lemos Motta, DVM, Ph.D<\/strong>., Assistant Professor of Animal Reproductive Physiology for the School of Food and Agriculture<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sponsors<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For the last decade, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions<\/a>\u00a0has been a leader in launching and supporting partnerships in which interdisciplinary teams of students and faculty from universities and colleges throughout the state collaborate with diverse stakeholders to tackle and help find solutions to a wide range of urgent sustainability challenges that directly benefit Maine and other regions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Maine Beef Producers Association<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainebeefproducersassociation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maine Beef Producers Association<\/a>\u00a0is a nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining a viable beef cattle industry in the State of Maine through producer education, cooperative marketing, and the development and support of youth.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Maine Department of Conservation, Agriculture, and Forestry (Maine DCAF)<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dacf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maine DCAF<\/a>\u00a0Is\u00a0Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) is Maine&#8217;s support center for many land-based natural resource interests, including farms and forestry-related businesses, outdoor recreation, and public access to parks and public lands.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>For more information or a reasonable accommodation<\/strong>, please contact <strong>Melissa Libby Babcock<\/strong>, Administrative Specialist CL2, UMaine Extension Livestock Office, Food Process Authority, at 207.581.2788, or <a href=\"mailto:melissa.libby1@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">melissa.libby1@maine.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><em>In complying with the letter and spirit of applicable laws and pursuing its own goals of diversity, the University of Maine System does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, familial status, ancestry, age, disability physical or mental, genetic information, or veterans or military status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. 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