Program

Sarah will present the latest information about agricultural carbon markets for livestock and crop farmers. The presentation will give some background about agricultural carbon markets, discuss the economics of carbon markets, and provide some information about current enrollment rates and opportunities.

With uncertain cattle markets and prices, being in control of the pricing of your product has never been more important! Lillie Beringer-Crock will highlight how she started her Direct-To-Consumer Beef Business in January 2021, how it has grown from then to now, and share some tips/tricks of how you could get started selling direct on your farm.

How returning beef cattle and cover crops to row crop acres can benefit both in a no till system.

We will discuss the principles of cattle handling and introduce the latest facility designs to improve cattle health and production while improving human safety.

Feed costs have reached record levels. The cost price squeeze has reached all sectors of the beef cattle industry. This presentation will look at ways to manage increased feed costs.

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Dr. Smith is wrapping up a multi-state project comparing various forms of corn for cattle feed. He will share the results and discuss the components of corn form for feedlot performance.

Incorporating annual forages into a cattle operation can extend the grazing season and fill the summer slump of perennial cool season pastures. Annual forages are high in feed value, reduce soil erosion, increase soil water infiltration and improve soil health. This breakout session will discuss the advantages, forage potential and economic cost of annual forages for grazing and feed.

Nutrient restriction resulted in pregnant females losing body weight and condition during late gestation while calf birth weight is sometimes affected. Even when dams were fed to meet their nutrient requirements during lactation, milk yield and calf growth were reduced by late gestational nutrient restriction.

This presentation will give an update on research projects at UW investigating the use biometric measurements and 3-D camera imagery at young ages to predict phenotype at market time.

The 7 & 7 Synch protocol and similar protocols involving presynchronization afford a greater degree of control over the bovine estrous cycle, offering improved results among cows receiving fixed-time artificial insemination or embryo transfer. The fundamental physiology involved in these presynchronization approaches will be presented, along with results of large- scale field trials evaluating pregnancy results in commercial herds.

Using outbreak scenarios and endemically affected feed yards, this presentation will provide stepwise approaches towards prevention and a degree of control of hairy heel warts in large groups of feed yard cattle. Systematic footbathing and record keeping after pen walks allow to keep track of the trends of disease dynamics to tailor preventive measures. Awareness of digital dermatitis risk factors and transmission dynamics will improve the effects of preventive measures.

Current cattle market situation and outlook for 2023 and beyond.