The goal of Cattle Feeders Camp is to optimize participant learning by exposing them to new technology, research, and best management practices that they can take home and implement in their feedlots to improve how they do business.

The best way to achieve this is a small group setting, with a mix of hands-on and classroom instruction. Experts in the feedlot industry will provide in-depth information on nutrition basics, data management, feed bunk management and health issues. The program includes sessions at the cattle feeding unit on the Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm and the J.W. Freund Farms feedlot near Lewis, IA.

Learning objectives

• Better identify, understand and manage animal health issues in the feedlot
• Increase management skills of basic nutrition, feed mixing and bunk management
• Understand how management practices can impact profitability
• Facilitate peer networking and learning

Audience

• Feedlot managers
• Feedlot employees
• Feedlot industry consultants

Topics

• Bunk management and the basics of starting cattle on feed
• Feed mixing demonstration and evaluation
• Managing and identifying cattle health issues in the feedlot

Sponsors

Program

When

Thursday, November 30, 2023 – Friday, December 1, 2023

Registration check-in 9:30 aM, Thursday, November 30.
Program begins at 10:00 aM and concludes at 2:30 pm on Friday, December 1.

Where

Wallace Learning Center, Armstrong Research and Demonstration Farm
53020 Hitchcock Avenue
Lewis, Iowa 51544

Contact

Erika Woolfolk
extension beef field specialist
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
641-745-5902
ellundy@iastate.edu