January 09, 2008
Farmers & Ranchers Cow/Calf College Jan. 22 at Clay Center
LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension's Farmers and Ranchers College Jan. 22 at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center will feature speakers discussing issues and management strategies that affect all beef producers.
Partners in Progress – Beef Seminar is the theme for the college that begins with registration, coffee and donuts from 8:15-8:50 a.m. The program will run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. There is no cost to attend.
The Cow/Calf College will start with a 9 a.m. welcome and overview of the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center by Mohammad Koohmaraie, director of USMARC. This will be followed by educational sessions on feed efficiency, disease resistance, germ plasm evaluation and food safety technologies presented by USMARC scientists doing the work in these areas.
Darrell Mark, UNL ag economist, will then give a presentation on the "QSAs and PVPs of International Beef Marketing: COOL!" He will be followed by Duane Gangwish, vice president of environmental affairs for the Nebraska Cattlemen, who will do a presentation on "LB 677 and Other Issues Facing Cattlemen," followed by a question and answer period for the morning speakers.
Lunch will be provided and rotated in during herd management mini-session rotations. Speakers during these sessions include: Roger Wilson, UNL economist from the West Central Research and Extension Center at North Platte, who will present information on a new software tool for cattle producers during his presentation on "Corn Stalk Grazing Calculator and other Resources for the Cattleman," and Bruce Anderson, UNL forage specialist, who will address problems and solutions in grazing with his presentation on "Annual Forages to Fill Grazing Gaps."
Following lunch and the herd management rotations, the afternoon session will feature a double session on corn ethanol co-products with Galen Erickson, UNL beef feedlot specialist, who will speak on "Ethanol Co-Products – Feeder Cattle Applications." He will be followed by Rick Rasby, UNL beef specialist, who will talk on "Ethanol Co-Products – Cow/Calf Operation Applications."
The highlight of each Cow/Calf College is the coffee-shop style panel discussion when cattlemen can ask questions and get answers on topic questions that came to them during the day’s sessions. Rasby, Erickson, Wilson, Gangwish, Anderson and others will be on the stage and will react and interact with producers as the conference comes to an end. The panel will be moderated by Gary Rupp, director of UNL's Great Plains Veterinary Education Center.
Early registration is required for meal counts. Producers and other interested individuals should pre-register by Jan. 18 at the UNL Extension Offices in Webster County at (402) 746-3417, Clay County at (402) 762-3644 or Fillmore County at (402) 759-3712. Registrations also can be e-mailed to Dewey Lienemann at dlienemann2@unl.edu.
1/9/08-SK Dewey Lienemann
Cooperative Extension Extension Educator (402) 746-3417
 
Sandi Alswager Karstens IANR News and Photography (402) 472-3030
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Cooperative Extension
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