KSU Beef Stocker Field Day To Be Held Virtually

Beef Stocker Unit entrance
Beef Stocker Unit entrance
(KSU)

The 21st KSU Beef Stocker Field Day will be held virtually on October 1, 2020, according to Dale Blasi, manager and director of the KSU Beef Stocker Unit and Animal Identification Knowledge Laboratory.

The tentative schedule is below:

9:30 am Welcome and Overview of the KSU Beef Stocker Unit – Mike Day, ASI Department Head, and Dale Blasi, KSU Extension Beef Specialist

Moderator – Wes Ishmael, Cattle Current

9:45 am Beef Cattle Market Outlook - Glynn Tonsor, KSU Agricultural Economist

10:15 am Making Alternative Ration Ingredient Changes Work – Justin Waggoner, KSU Extension Beef

Specialist

10:45 am Nutrition and Management – Limit Feeding – Dale Blasi, KSU Extension Beef Specialist

11:15 am Economic Aspects-Limit Feeding – Glynn Tonsor, KSU Agricultural Economist

11:45 am Closing Remarks and questions

For more information and to register: https://www.asi.k-state.edu/events/stocker-conference.html

 

 

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