K-State Stocker Field Day
19th Annual
Thursday, September 20
K-State Beef Stocker Unit • 4330 Marlatt Ave, Manhattan, Kansas
Schedule
9:30 Registration/Coffee
10:15 Introductions
10:30 Glynn Tonsor, Ph.D. – The Role of Stocker Producer Expectations in Cattle Buying Decisions
11:15: Producer Panel – Why Silage Fits in my Growing Diets
• Frank Harper, Sedgwick, KS
• Gary Burgess, Wamego, KS 785-456-3845
• Gary Bacon, Minneapolis, KS
• Keith Bolsen, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, KSU
Moderator: Mr. Wes Ishmael – Contributing Editor, BEEF magazine
12:15 Barbeque Brisket Lunch – View posters
1:00 Hans Coetzee, DVM - An Update on Pain Management in Cattle
2:00 Justin Sexten, Ph.D. - Certified Angus Beef, Quality Stocker Production Considerations
2:45 – Break
3:00 - Dane Kuper, CEO,Performance Livestock Analytics – The Tech Revolution, Wall Street, Baseball and the Cattle Industry
3:45 - Jason Nickell, DVM, Merck Animal Health – Rethinking BRD Diagnosis
4:15 – Kendal Lothman, Special Agent, Office of the KS Attorney General – Livestock Theft in Kansas
4:45 - AJ Tarpoff, DVM – Treatment Failures That Are Not BRD Related
5:30 – Cutting Bull's Lament 2018
After the program, be our guest for Prairie Oysters and Call Hall Ice Cream and tour the new student housing and observe some of the new products from Moly Manufacturing Inc.
2017 KSU Beef Stocker Day Cover Crop Producer Panel
2017 KSU Beef Stocker Day Beef Outlook
Proceedings
