January 2007

Feedlot managers, owners, employees and allied industry will learn more about beef quality, demand, animal health and the environment at the 2007 Beef Feedlot Roundtable Feb. 6-8.

The roundtable will be offered at three locations:

Feb. 6 at the Lifelong Learning Center in Norfolk,

Feb. 7 at the Holiday Inn Express in Lexington and

Feb. 8 at the Prairie Winds Community Center in Bridgeport.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the first program starts at 8:45 a.m. Morning topics and speakers include: grading trends and challenges, Dennis Burson, UNL meat specialist; implant effect on quality, Court Campbell, animal health specialist; calf-feds vs. yearlings and impact of feeding byproducts, Terry Klopfenstein, UNL animal scientist, and Galen Erickson, UNL beef feedlot nutrition specialist; genetic impact on quality and industry trends, Merlyn Nielsen, UNL animal scientist; and health benefits of beef, close look at beef fat, Tim Carr, UNL nutrition scientist .

Afternoon sessions and speakers include: beef demand and new products, Ann Marie Bosshamer, Nebraska Beef Council; multi-drug resistant Salmonella and implications for beef industry, Bernadette Hartman, Center for Disease Control and Prevention; disease risk management tools for beef feedlot producers, David Smith, UNL dairy/beef veterinarian; update on CAFO regulations, Rick Koelsch, UNL livestock bioenvironmental engineer; vegetative treatment systems as a waste control facility, Chris Henry, UNL engineer, and Jason Gross, UNL livestock assistant; and research update on recent UNL feedlot work by Erickson.

Registration is $20 by Feb. 1 or $30 at the door and includes proceedings. Lunch will be sponsored by the Nebraska Beef Council. For more information or to register, contact Erickson at C220 Animal Science, P.O. Box 830908, Lincoln, NE 68583-0908, call (402) 472-6402, fax (402) 472-6362 or e-mail geericks@unlnotes.unl.edu.

The Nebraska Beef Feedlot Roundtable is sponsored by UNL Extension in the university's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Nebraska Cattlemen and the Nebraska Beef Council.

IANR News Release