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| Tuesday, December 3 |
| 7:00 a.m. |
Registration |
| 8:45 a.m. |
Welcome, Barry Dunn, dean, College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, South Dakota State University |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Current Policy Issues Affecting the Cattle Industry, Roger Bernard, policy analyst, Informa Economics |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Current Trade Issues Affecting the Cattle Industry, Gregg Doud, president, Commodity Markets Council |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Current Economic Picture for the Cow-calf Producer, Jim Robb, director, Livestock Marketing Information Center |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Perspective from a Marketer of Beef, to be announced |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Limit-feeding Cows in Confinement Using Crop Residues or Low-quality Forages and High-energy Byproducts, Karla Jenkins, range management cow-calf specialist, University of Nebraska Panhandle Research & Extension Center, Scottsbluff, Neb. |
| Noon |
Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Pregnant Cow Nutrition: Lifetime Effect on Replacement Heifer Progeny, Rick Funston, beef reproductive physiologist, University of Nebraska West Central Research & Extension Center, North Platte, Neb. |
| 2:00 p.m. |
Pregnant Cow Nutrition: Effect on Progeny Carcass and Meat Characteristics, Amanda Blair, meat scientist, South Dakota State University |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Effect of Post-AI Nutrition on Reproduction, Scott Lake, livestock specialist, University of Wyoming |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:30 p.m. |
How Might Sexed Semen be Used Profitably in Commercial Beef Herds? John Hall, beef specialist, University of Idaho |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Managing Annual Cow Costs, Julie Walker, beef specialist, South Dakota State University |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Producer Panel: Increasing Profitability by Managing Cow Costs
- Chip Ramsay, Rex Ranches, Nebraska
- Ed Blair, Blair Bros., South Dakota
- James Sewell, TA Ranch, Wyoming
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| 6:00 p.m. |
Optional Dinner — prepaid ticket holders only |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Bull Pen Sessions |
| 7:30 p.m. |
New Electronic Tools for Cattle Management, facilitated by Adele Harty and Robin Salverson, cow-calf field specialists, South Dakota State University |
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| 7:30 a.m. |
Registration |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Adding Value to Beef Production through the Use of Livestock Technology, Steve Paisley, beef specialist, University of Wyoming |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Inspired Questions for Transitioning the Family Ranch, Dave Specht, Advising Generations LLC |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Adding Value to the Home Operation to “Make Room” for Future Generations, Don Schiefelbein, Shiefelbein Farms, Minnesota |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Getting Into the Beef Cattle Business from Scratch, Juan Reyes, M.R. Angus Ranch, Wyoming |
| 10:00 am. |
Break |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Sorting Through the Science, Marketing and Realities of DNA Tools for Genetic Prediction, Milt Thomas, beef geneticist, Colorado State University |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Understanding and Applying Economically Relevant Traits and Indices for the Commercial Cattle Rancher, Mark Enns, beef geneticist, Colorado State University |
| 11:30 a.m. |
From Imagination to Reality: Using DNA From an Exceptional Carcass to Produce a Sire or Donor Cow, Dean Hawkins, reproductive physiologist, West Texas A&M |
| Noon |
Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Ignore the Impossible, Dane Rauschenberg, beef spokesrunner |
| 2:00 p.m. |
A Cattle Feeders Perspective of How Ranchers Can Supply Cattle that Work in All Industry Segments, Tom Brink, Five Rivers Cattle Feeders |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Economic Value of Managing Genetics, Lisa Elliott, commodity marketing Specialist, South Dakota State University |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Balancing Animal Performance with Rangeland Management, Ken Olson, beef specialist, South Dakota State University |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Range Weed Control During and After Drought, Darrell Deneke, IPM coordinator, South Dakota State University |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Panel: Benefits of Integrating Conservation Programs into Rangeland Management, Al and Simone Wind, Wind Ranch, and Conservation Agency partners |
| 6:00 p.m. |
Optional Dinner — prepaid ticket holders only |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Bull Pen Sessions |
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| 8:00 a.m. |
Road to Miss America and the Opportunities it Provided to Advocate for the AG Community, Teresa Scanlan, former Miss America |
| 8:40 a.m. |
Redefining Preconditioning: The Past, Present and Future, Craig Uden, Darr Feedlot, Nebraska |
| 9:20 a.m. |
Evolution of Missouri Show Me Program, “Quality by the Numbers,” Mike Kasten, QB Program Director, Missouri |
| 9:45 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Opportunities and Obstacles for Breeding Cattle Exports, Tony Clayton, Clayton AgriMarketing Inc. |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Market Outlook, Chad Spearman, CattleFax |
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