This fund was organized to recognize the contributions of Dr. Ritchie to the field of beef cattle extension. The money is used to support a symposium on issues important to Beef Cattle Extension at the Midwestern ADSA/ASAS meetings.
Dr. Ritchie is the author or coauthor of 200 scientific or technical articles, 195 Extension papers, 350 trade journal articles and more than 400 newsletter articles. Ritchie has spoken at livestock programs in 38 states, 7 Canadian provinces, 6 Australian states, Argentina, Europe and Mexico.
He has also officiated the national shows of 13 beef cattle breeds and seven swine breeds in the U.S. and Canada. In 1994, Ritchie was inducted into the Saddle and Sirloin Portrait Club, the highest honor awarded in the U.S. livestock industry.
Value of club as of 1/2017: $26,015
2016 Harlan Ritchie Beef Symposium: 2016 Beef NRC
Chair: W.J. Sexten, Certified Angus Beef, LLC
Sponsor: ASAS Foundation, Harlan Ritchie Appreciation Club
Presented Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Alternative cow-calf production systems: Opportunities and challenges
R.J. Rasby, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Implementing the 2016 Beef NRC changes in cow herd nutrition
Ron Lemenager, Purdue University
Implementing the 2016 Beef NRC changes in growing and finishing cattle
Galen Erickson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Transparency in the food system: Communicating science to the consumer
J. Jones, The Center for Food Integrity
2015 Harlan Ritchie Beef Symposium:
Chair: Larry R. Corah, Certified Angus Beef, LLC.
Sponsor: Harlan Ritchie Appreciation Club, ASAS Foundation
Presented Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Trends to watch in cattle nutrition
G. P. Lardy, North Dakota State University, Fargo
Cow herd investment opportunities during a period of prosperity
W. J. Sexten, Division of Animal Sciences, University of
New innovations in how we sell beef
B. E. Wasser, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, Centennial, CO
Tracking beef industry dollars
N. Speer, Bowling Green, KY
2014 Harlan Ritchie Beef Symposium: Today’s And Tomorrow’s Beef Industry
Chair: Maynard Hogberg, Iowa State University
Sponsor: Harlan Ritchie Appreciation Club, ASAS Foundation
Presented Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Today’s and Tomorrow’s Application of DNA Genomics
K. Andersen, Zoetis Animal Genetics
Tomorrow’s Feedlot Industry
T. Brink, formerly of JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding
Future Applications of Reproductive Technologies in the Beef Industry
G. Seidel, Colorado State University
Current State of Distillers Utilization
G. Erickson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2013 Harlan Ritchie Beef Symposium
Presented Tuesday, March 12, 2013
The future of genomic selection in animal agriculture
J. Taylor*, University of Missouri, Columbia. (Abstract O117)
Industry issue or opportunity – Increasing carcass weights?
J. Stika *, C. E. Walenciak, Certified Angus Beef LLC, Wooster, OH. (Abstract O118)
Creating Customer-Centric Beef Production Systems
N. Speer*, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green. (Abstract O119)
Economic rewards of hitting consumer targets for beef
S. Brown*, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Missouri, Columbia. (Abstract O120)
The full abstracts for the symposium can be found here.
