Cooperative Extension Service

Southeast Wyoming Western Nebraska

Beef Production Convention

November 21, 2006 Torrington Wyoming

A Western SARE sponsored program   

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For more information please contact one of the following:

Wayne Tatman          Southeast Area Extension Educator                      (307) 532-2436

Dallas Mount             Southeast Area Extension Educator                      (307) 322-3667

Aaron Berger             Kimball/Banner/Cheyenne

County Extension Educator                                     (308) 235-3122

 

Tentative Agenda:

Time Title Speaker Room Description
9:30 –10:00 Registration   Foyer  
10:00 – 10:50 Beef’s Quality Revolution: How to Participate and Profit Gary Smith – Colorado State University Rendezvous Main  
11:00 – 11:45 Block 1      
  Crossbreeding – Is it a Forgotten Tool Mark Enns – Colorado State University Brand Room  
  Windrow Grazing Annual Forages Aaron Berger – UNL Extension Educator 4-H West With increasing costs to harvest forage, windrow grazing can reduce expenses.
  Producer Panel on Late Douglas Olsen, Harrisberg Nebraska Producer 4-H East Producer perspectives on moving calving date.
 Spring & Summer Calving Tom West, Chugwater  Wyoming Producer
  Avoiding Insidious Effects of Errant Grazing on Rangeland Pat Reece  UNL Extension Rangeland Ecologist Rendezvous Main Miss-management on rangeland can significantly affect the health and production for years to come. Monitoring and planning can help avoid these effects.
11:45 – 12:30 Lunch   Rendezvous Main  
12:30 – 1:30 Natural and Organic Beef Taylor Haynes and Industry Representative Rendezvous Main Producer and industry perspective – fad or opportunity
1:45 – 2:30 Block 2      
  Practical application of feeding by-product feeds Steve Paisley – UW Beef Extension Specialist Brand Room  
  Wyoming Cow-Calf  Record Management System Dallas Mount – UW Extension Educator 4-H West Overview of a free software for cow-calf producers to manage production data
  Animal Handling (2 sessions) Randy Hunter DVM  4-H East Overview of principles and affect on livestock performance
  Using a Systems Approach to Don Adams West Central Nebraska Research and Extension Center Director Rendezvous Main Understanding these effects is important in being able to make decisions effectively.
 Ranch Management Decisions
2:45 – 3:30 Block 3      
   Animal ID Program Up Date Representative for NE Department of Ag Brand Room Update on National Animal Identification System how each state is implementing the program and the current timeline.
Lee Romsa, WY Livestock Board
  Animal Behavior – Affects on diet selection and grazing Wayne Tatman –UW Extension Educator 4-H West Discussion on how animals can learn to change their grazing habits and diet selection to even include those nasty weeds
  Animal Handling continued Randy Hunter DVM 4-H East Continuation of program from previous block
  Embryonic Loss & Fetal Programming Rick Funston – UNL Beef Extension Specialist Rendezvous Main The nutritional environment a calf is being developed under within the cow, influences subsequent animal performance.
3:45 – 4:30 The Past 30 Years: Things that have made an impact, things which have come and gone. Ivan Rush – UNL Beef Extension Specialist Rendezvous Main Dr. Ivan Rush has seen many things come and many things go throughout his career.  His perspectives will provide valuable insights into the current state of the industry.
4:30 – 5:15 Wrap up, Hors D’ Oeuvres – Draw for Door Prizes   Rendezvous Main Informal time to visit with speakers

 

 

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