News Release
For Immediate Release — February 23, 2010
Spring Heifer and Bull Sale Scheduled for
UT Plateau AgResearch Center
CROSSVILLE, Tenn. —The University of Tennessee Plateau AgResearch and Education Center will hold its annual spring heifer and bull sale on Friday, March 26, starting at 10:00 a.m. CDT.
The sale will feature high-quality registered open Angus, Gelbvieh, and Balancer heifers as well as registered Angus bulls. All sale animals will come from the existing UT herd. Minimum bids per head will be required. Registration documentation and performance data are available for review. A list of the cattle to be sold is available online at http://plateau.tennessee.edu.
For more information or to make arrangements to preview sale stock, contact the Center at 931-484-0034, or e-mail Glenda Wisdom at gwisdom@utk.edu.
Marcka Auction Services will oversee the sale, with Marcus Davis presiding as auctioneer. The sale will be conducted at the center's headquarters on U.S. Highway 70 North, approximately 8 miles west of Crossville.
The Plateau AgResearch and Education Center is one of 10 field laboratories operated across the state by the AgResearch unit of the UT Institute of Agriculture. At each facility UT researchers work to solve real-world problems faced by producers and industries so businesses can thrive and consumers can enjoy high standards of living.
More information about the Plateau Center, including a map and directions, is available online at http://plateau.tennessee.edu/
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Contact:
Walt Hitch, Director of the Plateau AgResearch and Education Center, 931-484-0034, jhitch@utk.edu
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture provides instruction, research and public service through the UT College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources; the UT College of Veterinary Medicine; UT AgResearch, including its system of 10 research and education centers; and UT Extension with offices in all 95 Tennessee counties.
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