Iowa Cattle feeders are encouraged to attend the upcoming Cyclone Cattle Feeder Day, scheduled for Thursday, August 27 in the lower level of the ISU Extension and Outreach Sioux County Office, 400 Central Avenue NW, Suite 700, Orange City. Important topics in feedlot production, research updates, new technologies and a market outlook with be featured.
“With the high cost of cattle placements, it is important to use data to drive decisions regarding the feedlot enterprise,” said Aimee Wertz-Lutz, director of the Iowa Beef Center, associate professor and extension feedlot specialist at Iowa State University. “We are excited to bring Cyclone Cattle Feeder Days to multiple regions of Iowa and meet cattle feeders where they are. This program is intended to look at a strategic approach to integrating technology and electronic data capture into feedlot production.”
The program will begin at 10 a.m. and conclude at 3 p.m. Topics and presenters for the event are:
- Market outlook and risk management, Balance4Ward
- Optimizing manure value across systems, Dan Andersen, associate professor and extension agriculture engineering specialist at Iowa State
- Opportunities to incorporate new and current technologies, Wertz-Lutz
- Research update: Dietary and management strategies to help feedlot cattle be more resilient to stress, feedlot researchers from the animal science department at Iowa State
- Incorporating new technologies into the feedyard, David Trowbridge with Gregory Feedyards
Registration is $20 per person and is due by August 17. Register at go.iastate.edu/SIOUXCYCLONECATTLE. There will be a complimentary meal and time to interact with speakers and program sponsors: Balance4Ward, C-Lock, Elanco Animal Health, Iowa Beef Checkoff, Performance Livestock Analytics and the Carroll, Jones, Mitchell and Sioux County Cattlemen’s Associations.
For more information contact Aimee Wertz-Lutz at aimeewl@iastate.edu, Russ Euken at reuken@iastate.edu or Denise Schwab at dschwab@iastate.edu.
Source : iastate.edu