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 - Welcome - Kelly Bruns, WCREEC Director
8:30 - Cattle Market Update (slides)- Katelyn McCullock, Director of Livestock Marketing Information Center
9:15 - Long Range Weather Forecast - Don Day, President & Chief Meteorologist, Day Weather
10:00 - Break
10:15 - Flexible Grazing Strategies (slides) - Dr. David Augustine, ARS-USDA Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit
11:00 - Post-fire producer panel (slides) - Moderated by Dr. Mitchell Stephenson, UNL Range Extension Specialist
11:15 - Environmental Footprint of Livestock Production (slides)- Dr. Galen Erickson, University of Nebraska Feedlot Extension Specialist
11:45 - Lunch
1:15 - Young Cow Management to Optimize Reproductive Performance (slides) - Dr. Shelby Rosasco, University of Wyoming Extension Beef Specialist.
2:00 - Retaining ownership as a Cow-Calf Producer (slides) - Dr. Alfredo DiCostanzo, UNL Beef Extension Educator.
2:30 - Research Updates
- Fly Control on Pastured Cattle in 2023 (slides) - Dave Boxler
- Virtual Fence, Rangeland Plant Production, and Grazing Management (slides) - Kaitlyn Dozler and Mitch Stephenson
- Heifer Development (slides) - Josie Crouch
3:30 Adjourn - Thanks for coming!