FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 6, 2007
For more information contact:
 
Scott Keith
Livestock and Forage Program Manager
Wyoming Business Council
Office: 307.237.4696

Vendor and display booths available at Bales and Bovines Conference

CHEYENNE – Cattle producers, farm and ranch equipment makers and commercial firms who market to agribusinesses are encouraged to secure display space at the Bales and Bovines Conference in Douglas at the State Fairgrounds.

Bales and Bovines will kick off the Winter Ag Expo, which is made up of four conferences, on Jan. 7 at 8 a.m. and features cattle displays and a hay show in addition to commercial display space.

Cattle producers interested in exhibiting have the choice of closed-in pens or tie stalls. The cost is $150 for the first pen and $50 for each additional pen. There is a maximum of three head per pen. Last year there were 39 pens of cattle and event organizer Scott Keith of the Wyoming Business Council said he is expecting many more this winter. While there is no traditional cattle show with prizes, the displays allow producers to show off their livestock genetics and breeds to a large audience.

“This offers a great opportunity for producers to exhibit genetics in their cattle herds,” Keith said.

Vendors interested in marketing to cattle and hay producers can sign up for a 10x10 booth space. The first booth is $150 and each additional space is another $50. There are 50 spaces and vendors can sign up on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Ag equipment exhibitors have a separate exhibit area with the first 40x40 exhibit space costing $150 and $50 for each additional 40x40.

Keith added that major sponsorship levels are available for $500 and major sponsorships include booth, pen or equipment space, the opportunity to hang signs or banners, advertising in the event program and recognition over the public address system. He said major sponsors will be recognized in the event program, which goes to press on Dec. 17. Space will be available through the day of the event.

“We’ll see livestock pharmaceuticals, feed companies, livestock service companies and veterinarians, as well as some service industries and financial institutions,” Keith said. “Basically everyone who touches the industry will be exhibiting.”

Bales and Bovines is one of four conferences which make up the Winter Ag Expo. Roping the Wind, which will also start on Jan. 7, is a conference which focuses on myths versus the realities of energy opportunities for landowners in Wyoming. The Ag-based Innovative Marketing Expo features sessions and speakers who have found unique ways to market or diversify their agricultural trades on Jan. 8. The Farmers’ Market Conference will wind down the Winter Ag Expo on Jan. 9 at the Best Western Douglas Inn. For more information on any of these conferences see www.wyoagexpo.com.

The mission of the Wyoming Business Council is to facilitate the economic growth of Wyoming. For more information, please visit the Web site at www.wyomingbusiness.org.

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