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Beef Symposium Webinar
Tuesday, June 24, 2008


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Addressing High Input Costs in the Beef Cattle Industry:
Striving for Greater Efficiency

AGENDA
9:30 am

Welcome and Introduction.
Kenneth C. Olson, Department of Animal & Range Sciences, South Dakota State University, WSASAS President, Douglas Hixon, Department Head, Department of Animal Science, University of Wyoming; J. Benton Glaze, Jr., Department of Animal & Veterinary Sciences, University of Idaho, WSASAS Symposium Chair.
9:40 am

The Beef Industry in Transition. Tom Field, Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University.
10:30 am

Matching Genetics with Feedstuffs in an Era When Feed Costs are Increasing.
Michael D. MacNeil, USDA - Research Service, Miles City, Montana.
11:15 am

Fitting Feed Efficiency Into the Beef Profit Equation.
Gordon Carstens, Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University.
12:00 pm

Lunch
1:30 pm

The Effect of High Input Costs on the Cattle Feeding Industry.
Tom Brink, Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding LLC, Loveland, Colorado.
2:15 pm

Break
2:30 pm

The Effect of High Input Costs on Cow-Calf Producers.
Chip Ramsay, Rex Ranch, Ashby, Nebraska.
3:15 pm
 Questions, Answers, and Discussion.
Speaker Panel.