Escanaba – The Michigan State University Beef Team will be conduct a two session Cow-calf Management Seminar on Tuesday, February 14 and Tuesday, February 28 at Bay College in Escanaba. Each session will start with sign-in at 6:30 p.m. with the programs starting at 7 p.m. and ending at 9:15 p.m.
During the first session, guest speaker, Brenda Boetel, Professor and Department Chair of Ag Economics, University of Wisconsin Riverfalls will be present by webinar to discuss “Riding through the Ups and Downs of the Beef Industry.” Beef cattle prices have seen a great rise and fall over the past few years. She will discuss the factors creating the price changes and offer suggestions to ride out the pricing challenges while maintaining a plan for the future. Two other presentations will cover approaches to “Improve Profits by Increasing Revenue” and “Improve Profits by Decreasing Cost of Production.”
In the second session topics will include: Beef Cattle Selection-Select Bulls and Keep Heifers to Increase Income/Decrease Cost of Production, Culling Beef Cows-How and when should you make that decision, Calf Shelter and Care, Impacts of the MAEAP Program on Michigan Beef Farms.
The cost of the program is $10 per session. Participants can register on-line at https://events.anr.msu.edu/2017beefcowcalfworkshop/ or registration can be mailed to MSUE, 725 Greenland Rd, Ontonagon, MI 49953. Checks should be made out to Michigan State University. For more information, contact Frank Wardynski 906-884-4386, wardynsk@anr.msu.edu.
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