OTTUMWA, IOWA -- The 42nd Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference is just a few days away. The Bridge View Center’s doors will open at 8 a.m. Saturday for what is to be an informative day for those interested in the cow-calf industry.

Starting at 9:30 a.m. there will be a speaking program; several speakers will be covering such topics as what alternative feeds there are because of the drought.

Andy Hanson, Plant Manager of John Deere Ottumwa Works, will be discussing the plant’s outlook on cattle economics and there will be a panel discussion on cover crops.

There will also be a trade show that runs all day.

“The trade show consists of a lot of different people. We will have breed associations; we will have equipment people that have different equipment for the farm, the cow-calf man. We'll have the different service agencies and just a wide variety of exhibitors and I think we're going to have somewhere around 65 different people in the trade show,” said Dale Uehling, Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference Committee member.

Tickets are $15 which includes a noon-time meal and a copy of the proceedings. The conference is from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.