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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: MARTY ROPP, NEW ACRES

Bringing New Hands, New Ideas and New Energy into the Agriculture Workforce

Wednesday, April 15 | Cattle size: Past, Present & Future

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | REGISTRATION AND TRADE SHOW SET-UP

12:30 p.m. | Welcome

  • Dr. Sam Wyffles, MSU Extension Beef Specialist
  • Michelle Whiteside, Board President, Montana Feed Association
  • Dr. Tim DelCurto, Department Head, MSU Animal and Range Sciences 

12:45 - 1:30 p.m. |Cow / Calf Efficiency on Limited Nutrition in Western Rangelands

  • Dr. Timothy DelCurto, Montana State University

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. | Opportunities to capitalize on variation in cow size for efficient beef production

  • Dr. Mike MacNeil, Delta G

2:15 - 2:30 p.m. BREAK

2:30 - 3:15 p.m. | Feedyard perspective dealing with the history of increasing carcass weights over time and the implications on performance and economics

  • Dr. Wade Nichols, Merck Animal Health

3:15 - 4 p.m. | A Packer's View on Cattle Size

  • Daniel Genho, M.S., Agri Beef

4 - 4:45 p.m. | Cattle Market Update

  • Dr. Eric Belasco, Montana State University Agricultural Economics and Economics

5:15 p.m. | SOCIAL  / GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER SESSION / TRADE SHOW

6:30 p.m. | Dinner & Keynote: Bringing New Hands, New Ideas and New Energy into the Agriculture Workforce

  • Marty Ropp, M.S., New Acres

Thursday, April 16, 2026

7:00-8:30– Breakfast and Graduate / Undergraduate Student Poster Judging

8:30-9:15 | Coccidiosis Disease in Cattle: Historical Perspectives and Modern Preventions

  • Dr. Sara Linneen, Elanco

9:15 - 10 a.m. |How Precision Livestock Technology can Connect to Animal Nutrition Models 

  • Dr. Jamie Brennan, South Dakota State University Extension

10-10:30 a.m.– BREAK

10:30 - 11:15 a.m. | Feed Ingredient Market Outlook: Supply, Demand and Price Drivers

  • Matt Kadrlik, CHS Animal Nutrition

11:15 a.m. | Presentation of graduate student poster awards 

  • Dr. Tim DelCurto, Department Head, MSU Animal & Range Sciences

APPROVED FOR 6 ARPAS CEUs