Updated Feedlot Monitor Software To Be Introduced At Sac City Workshop

Nov 12, 2014

By Beth Doran, Sherry Hoyer

Cattle producers and agribusiness staff are invited to a workshop featuring the newly updated version of the Feedlot Monitoring Program software. The workshop will be Thursday, Dec. 4, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach office in Sac County. The office address is 620 Park Avenue, Sac City.

ISU Extension and Outreach beef program specialist Beth Doran said the workshop will help both experienced users and those who've never used it to learn more about the software.

“The new program allows individual animal monitoring and projections, which are major changes from older FMP software,” Doran said. "Other new features include the tracking of drug inventories and treatment protocols, and the incorporation of environmental records to help an operation meet current reporting requirements."

The workshop instructor is Garland Dahlke, computer specialist for the Iowa Beef Center and developer of the new software version.

"All participants will use an Iowa State computer and are not required to buy the software in order to attend," said Doran. "However, participants may bring their own computer if they wish to purchase and install the new version and transfer their existing data files into the new version."

Source:iastate.edu

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