8:00 AM - Registration
All day - View exhibits - Hybrid format with our traditional in-person event held at GSL along with the live streamed online webinar
8:15 - 8:25 - Welcome - Kelly Bruns, WCREEC Director and Mitch Stephenson, Panhandle Interim Director
8:25 - Cattle Markets Update (slides)- Dr. Elliot Dennis, University of Nebraska Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist
8.55 - Long Range Weather Forecast (slides)- Don Day, President & Chief Meteorologist, Day Weather
9:30 - Break
9:45 - Reducing Eastern Redcedar Encroachment in Grasslands (slides) - Dillon Fogarty, PhD candidate in the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
10:30 - Post-fire Grazing and Forage Management (slides)- Dr. Laura Goodman, OSU Range Extension Specialist
11:15 - Environmental Footprint of Livestock Production (slides)- Dr. Galen Erickson, University of Nebraska Feedlot Extension Specialist
12:00 - Lunch
1:30 - Yearling Production Systems Research (slides)- Dr. Jim MacDonald, University of Nebraska Ruminant Nutritionist
2:00 - Yearling Systems Producer Panel - Moderated by Dr. MacDonald
2:30 - Breakout Sessions - 30 minutes each
Session 1. GSL Beef Research Update
Travis Mulliniks, University of Nebraska Range Cow Production Specialist
Kacie McCarthy, University of Nebraska Beef Cow-Calf Specialist
Yijie Xiong, University of Nebraska Precision Livestock Management Specialist
Session 2. GSL Range Research Update
Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska Range and Forage Specialist
Jerry Volesky, University of Nebraska Range and Forage Specialist
3:30 Adjourn - Thanks for coming!