Meeting Will Cover Better Management, Selection
Volatility in cattle prices and
the regulatory environment has
motivated many producers to
seek information on ways to im-
prove their operations profit po—
tential through better manage-
ment and selection.
With that in mind, the 2016
K-State Winter Ranch Manage-
ment Seminar Series will focus
on best management practices
for beef producers. The series,
which includes five meetings
throughout Kansas, will feature
the “town-hall style” two-way
verbal exchange between Kan—
sas’ cattle producers and K— State
Research and Extension special-
ists.
The Winter Ranch Manage-
mentrseries will take place in
January and early February. The
series has a history of being a
successful stretch of meetings,
said Bob Weaber, cow-calfspe-
cialist for K-State Research and
Extension and one of the series
presenters. Weaber, along with
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other state, district and local ex-
tension staff, will take part in the
series to help answer producers’
questions about the Food and
Drug Administration’s new Vet-
erinary Feed Directive and anti-
microbial stewardship, tools for
beef sire selection, the effect of
branding on beef product con-
sumer satisfaction, and vitamin
and mineral supplementation for
the beef herd.
“Over the past few months,
we’ve received quite a few ques—
tions from producers regarding
the implementation of the new
Veterinary Feed Directive regu-
lations and selection of beef
sires using genomically-en—
hanced selection tools,” Weaber
said.
“The Winter Ranch Manage-
ment series provides a great op-
portunity for us as state special-
ists to take our expertise out in
the country and do a series of
face-to—face meetings.”
The specialists will be pre—
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pared to answer a wide array of
questions on beef cattle issues
surrounding animal health, nu-
trition, management, genetics
and reproduction, Weaber said,
so producers should come to the
meetings with their questions.
Some of the other hot topics
Weaber foresees discussing in—
clude winter feeding and cow
management, preparation for
calving andbreeding season, as
well as vacination and animal
health issue.
“Early irthe year is always a
great time Dr producers, when
the weathers bad and afier they
get choresdone, to sit back,
think and Ilan for the coming
year, the cams that will be born
in the springind how they might
manage thee,” he said.
“Certainr it is a good time of
year to thik about business
strategy oportunities moving
forward in trms of expansion.”
2016 Witer Ranch Manage-
ment locatins and contacts in-
cludes the ('eensburg Commu-
nity Center: the Kiowa County
Fairgrounc, 720 N. Bay St.
Those planing to attend are
asked to RVP by J an. 28 to
Kiowa Canty Agriculture
Agent Barret Smith at 620-723-
2156, or 62(546-391 8 or e—mail
him at basnth@ksu.edu.
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tion fees vzy by location. All
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meetings will include a dinner
meal.
Participants are asked to
RSVP for a selected location by
the close of business one week
prior to the event. Interested
participants should reach out to
their local host contact for reg—
istration and RSVP details. More
information about the K-State
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