A new winter workshop series in Union County will focus on a different beef-related area per session with participant questions for presenters expected. The four workshops are intended for beef producers of all interests and experience levels, according to Chris Clark, beef specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. The series dates are Nov. 13, Dec. 5, Jan. 9, 2024, and Feb. 5, 2024, and all will run from 6-7:30 p.m.
Weaned calves in a feedlot.Clark, Jodi Hitz of the ISU Extension and Outreach Union County office, and Dawn Dugan, of the Ringgold County office, worked together to plan, organize and host these workshops to meet the needs and interests of area producers.
"Each session will be held at the Afton Community Center in Afton, and there will be no charge for the program," Clark said. "We are asking people to preregister for each session they would like to attend. We are planning to provide a light supper and preregistration helps with our preparation.”
The first session of All Things Beef will cover current financial conditions and information for producers to consider in making the best marketing decisions for their operations. Clark will be joined by ISU Extension and Outreach farm management specialist Tim Christensen, covering topics including backgrounding and preconditioning calves, cost of gain versus value of gain, factors in marketing calves this fall and winter, and the basics of Livestock Risk Protection, otherwise known as LRP, which is a risk management program to insure against declining livestock market prices. LRP is available from USDA's Risk Management Agency.
Source: iastate.edu
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