Business : Beef Feedlot Roundtable Sessions Offered at Five Iowa Locations

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and the University of Nebraska are teaming up to offer a Feedlot Roundtable session at five Iowa locations on Thursday, Feb. 13 from 9:00 am until 12:00 noon. Iowa State Extension beef program specialist Russ Euken said the feedlot roundtable sessions are offered annually in Nebraska for feedlot operators and interested agribusiness people.

“As part of a cooperative agreement between Iowa State Extension and UNL Extension that provides sharing of livestock educational resources and programs, and through available technology, the roundtables also will be offered via Internet connection for Iowans in selected locations,” he said. “The speakers and subject matter are sure to draw interest from our state’s beef community.

Dee Griffin from the UNL vet education center in Clay Center will discuss the Food and Drug Administration’s policy on eliminating use of antimicrobials for growth promotion and feed efficiency. This presentation is prerecorded for the program Also Dustin Loy with the Vet Diagnostic Lab at UNL will discuss BRD and antimicrobial resistance. Galen Erickson will also have a presentation on using fiber for cattle or ethanol and there will be an update on ISU beef research provided locally.

More information, including a registration form, is available on the Iowa Beef Center website iowabeefcenter.org

The $10 fee covers proceedings, meeting costs and refreshments, and is payable at the door. However, you’re asked to preregister no later than Tuesday Feb. 11 at the location you will attend to ensure adequate materials and refreshments.

Iowa Roundtable locations and preregistration contact information for each are:

Benton County Extension office, 501 1st Ave, Vinton, Denise Schwab, call 319-472-4739 or email dschwab@iastate.edu

Delaware County Extension office, 1417 N Franklin St., Manchester. Denise Schwab, call 319-472-4739 or email dschwab@iastate.edu

Borlaug Learning Center NE research farm 3327 290th Street Nashua, Iowa

Russ Euken Call 641-923-2856 or email reuken@iastate.edu

Wallace Learning Center Armstrong Farm, 53020 Hitchcock Ave, Lewis Chris Clark, call 712-769-2600 or email cclark@iastate.edu

Marion County Extension 210 N. Iowa Street, Knoxville

Pat Wall call 641-842-2014 or email patwall@iastate.edu

Pocahontas County Extension 305 North Main, Pocahontas

Dianne Dirks call 712-335-3103 or email dianned@iastate.edu

For more information please contact your local county extension office or Iowa State Extension beef program specialist.