Range Beef Cow Symposium

2023 Range Beef Cow Symposium XXVIII

Dec. 12-14, 2023

The Ranch, Loveland, Colorado
Register at www.rangebeefcowsymposium.com

Range Beef Cow Symposium XXVIII

December 12-14, 2023

1:00 PM          BQA Certification Workshop- BQA Coordinators

4:00 PM          BQA Program Wrap-Up

8:00 AM         Introduction and Welcome

8:15 AM         Marketing Feeder Calves for Increased Value- Darrell Peel 

8:45 AM         Consumer Drivers of Sustainability- Kim Stackhouse-Lawson 

9:15 AM         Ionophores for Cows and Replacement Heifers- Travis Mullinix

9:45 AM         Vitamin A Needs and Feeding Beef Cows- Mary Drewnoski 

10:15 AM       BREAK & TRADE SHOW

11:00 AM       Carrying Capacity Enhancement/Intensified Grazing- Justin Derner 

11:30 AM       Benchmarking Herd Performance- Ryan Rhoades/Dan Mooney 

12:00 PM        LUNCH

1:30 PM          Cattle Market Outlook- CattleFax

2:15 PM          Weather Outlook- Brian Bledsoe

3:00 PM          Panel-Breakout Sessions (Round 1)

• The Business of Direct Beef Marketing 
• Public Land Grazing: Dealing with the Public 

4:00 PM          BREAK & TRADE SHOW

4:30 PM          Panel-Breakout Sessions (Round 2)

• Wolf Reintroduction 
• Using Selection Indices to Simplify Bull Selection 

5:30 PM          ADJOURN

6:00 PM          Dinner/Taste Panel/Featured Speaker

7:30 PM          Bull Pen Sessions

8:00 AM         Welcome and Introduction

8:15 AM         Cattle Market Import/Export Balance- LMIC 

9:00 AM         Beef Quality Audit- Keith Belk 

9:45 AM         BREAK & TRADE SHOW

10:30 AM       Herd Health Planning-Protecting Your Cowherd- Russ Daly 

11:00 AM       Reproductive Vaccine Effects on Reproduction- George Perry 

11:30 AM       Managing Reproductive Efficiency-Systems Approach- Shelby Rosasco

12:00 PM        LUNCH

1:30 PM          Demonstrations

• Managing for Rangeland Health 
• High Altitude Disease/PAP Scoring 
• Understanding Breeding Soundness Exams 

3:00 PM          Bull Pen Sessions

5:00 PM          ADJOURN