Program

DRAFT AGENDA

Tue

Jul 29

12:30 PM Registration and check-in

ISU Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center

1:00 PM Welcome and introductions

Erika Lundy-Woolfolk

1:15 PM Nutrition basics and introduction to feed bunk management

Robbi Pritchard

2:00 PM Ice breaker: Diet formulation task

Robbi Pritchard, Dan Loy, Garland Dahlke, & Erika Lundy-Woolfolk

2:45 PM Break

3:15 PM Depart for Iowa State University Beef Nutrition Farm

3405 North Dakota Ave, Ames

3:30 PM Mixing demonstration and evaluation

Robbi Pritchard, Dan Loy, & Garland Dahlke

ISU research update and facility tour

Dathan Smerchek, Emily Dahlback, & Erika Lundy-Woolfolk

5:00 PM Depart Beef Nutrition Farm for hotel

6:00 PM Dinner and Social

Wed

Jul 30

7:10 AM Depart Hotel

7:30 AM The Rumen Roundtable: Nutritionist vs. veterinarian take on hot topics

Robbi Pritchard, Dan Loy, AJ Tarpoff & Terry Engelken

9:30 AM Break

10:00 AM Beef X Dairy Research Update or Continued Rumen Roundtable discussion

10:45 AM Why do we do what we do?

Robbi Pritchard

11:30 AM Lunch

12:30 PM Depart for Provision Cattle Company

12:45 PM Introduction to Provision Cattle Company

Drew & Morgan Johnston & Shane Jurgensen

1:00 PM Bunk scoring, yard sheets, and facility walk and talk

Robbi Pritchard, Dan Loy, & Garland Dahlke

Managing foot health and lameness in the feedlot

Terry Engelken &/or AJ Tarpoff

2:30 PM Break

3:00 PM Managing chronic pen care: When to treat and when to let go

AJ Tarpoff

Realizer steer demonstration

Terry Engelken

5:30 PM Dinner

Provision Cattle Company

Thu

Jul 31

7:10 AM Depart Hansen Center for ISU Beef Nutrition Farm

7:30 AM Chute side management tips

AJ Tarpoff

Bunk scoring demonstration

Robbi Pritchard

9:30 AM Depart for Hansen Learning Center

9:45 AM Break

10:15 AM Marketing Outlook/Risk Management

Chad Hart

11:30 AM Final discussion and evaluations