Beef and Forage Management Webinars
2014
- Perennial Forages for Irrigated Pasture (December 2014)
- Cow Depreciation (November 6, 2014)
- Cornstalk Grazing Recommendations (October 2014)
- Tax Planning for High Income (October 7, 2014)
- Feeding Distillers Grains on the Ground or in a Bunk (October 2014)
- Forages Following Irrigated Wheat (July 3, 2014)
- Cattle Handling During High Heat Index (June 24, 2014)
- Monitor Range & Pastures: Why and How (June 5, 2014)
- Livestock Forage Disaster Program (May 15, 2014)
- Pasture Lease Agreements (March 10, 2014)
- Balancing the Ranch for Protein and Energy with Forages (March 3, 2014)
- Care of the Newborn Calf: Colostrum Management (February 18, 2014)
- Prevention and Care for Pinkeye Webinar (February 1, 2014)
- Genetic Considerations for the Cowherd (January 21, 2014)
2013
- Receiving Feedlot Cattle (November 20, 2013)
- Using the Grazing Records Spreadsheet (November 5, 2013)
- Feeding Cattle Forage Using Electric Fence as a Management Tool (September 17, 2013)
- Pasture and Range Weeds (September 3, 2013)
- Using Elevated Levels of Silage in Finishing Diets and Addressing Shrink (August 20, 2013)
- Silage Pricing and Nutrition - Economics of Use in Forage Fed Cattle (August 13, 2013)
- Early Pregnancy Diagnosis (July 23, 2013)
- Keys for Harvesting and Storing Quality Silage (July 16, 2013)
- Alkaline Treatment of Residue in Growing and Finishing Diets for Cattle (June 18, 2013)
- Understand what an Animal Unit Month (AUM) is and its use in range management (June 4, 2013)
- Livestock Risk Protection Insurance for Calves and Feeder Cattle (May 21, 2013)
- Making Small Grain Silage (April 23, 2013)
- Site Selection Considerations for Confined Feeding of Dry Cows or Cow-Calf Pairs (March 19, 2013)
- Current State of Genomic Selection Tools for Beef Cattle (February 20, 2013)
- Cow Costs and Unit Cost of Production (February 5, 2013)
- Caring for Cattle in Cold Weather (January 15, 2013)
2012
- Cost Effective Replacement Heifer Development (December 18, 2012)
- Managing Feed Shrink in Feedlots (November 20, 2012)
- Using By-Products and Crop Residues to Feed Beef Cows in Confinement (July 3, 2012)
- Estrus Synchronization in Heifers and Cows Webinar (March 13, 2012)
Feedlot Management and Marketing
- 2014 Beef Feedlot Roundtable (February 2014)
- 2013 Beef Feedlot Roundtable (February 2013)
- 2012 Beef Feedlot Roundtable (February 2012)
- Opportunities to Add Value to Your Calf Crop (April 20, 2010)
2013 Dr. Kenneth & Caroline McDonald Eng Foundation Symposium
- Research and Methods to Improve Cow-calf Efficiency (Sept 12-13, 2013)
Sustainable Use of Crop Residues on Cow/Calf and Yearling Operations Conference
June 10, 2013
View recorded sessions from program.
- Residue use and subsequent crop production
- Grazing cornstalks: performance, stocking rate, and supplementation
- Increasing quality and palatability of residue with by-products
- Storing by-products mixed with residues
- Ammoniating cornstalks and wheat straw
- Alkaline treatment of cornstalks and wheat straw
- Confinement and limit feeding cows and pairs using crop residues
- Annual forages, cover crops/double crop options
Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch
January - May 2013
Webinar Series offered by The National Drought Mitigation Center
The information, strategies and resources on this site are designed to provide livestock producers in the Great Plains region with information on how to incorporate management strategies to reduce the threat drought poses to livestock and forage operations.
Use of Corn and Residues in the Future for Beef Cattle
June 20, 2012
View recorded sessions from program.
- Fat removal from distillers
- Harvesting corn stalks –composition and mechanics and fertilizer value
- Stalk plant parts, agronomic issues for consultants to consider, and grazing stalks impact
- Utilization of corn silage instead of corn grain and dry stalks, and why now?
- Alkaline treatment of forages as a grain replacement option in feedlots and growing cattle–History, Performance and Economics
- Commercial application of treating stalks: How to, costs, equipment