Montana Nutrition Conference & Livestock Forum
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Matthew McQuagge, CattleFax
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Registration and Set-Up
12:30 p.m. | Welcome
- Sam Wyffles, MSU Extension Beef Specialst
- Dawn Schooley, Board President, Montana Feed Association
- Carl Yeoman, Department Head, MSU Animal and Range Sciences
12:45 - 1:30 p.m. |Vaccination protocols for backgrounding cattle/stockers
- Bruce Hoffman, Cattle Consultant at Cattle Care Consulting, Co.
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. | Backgrounding Steers
- John Richeson, Professor of Animal Science at West Texas A&M University
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. BREAK
2:30 - 3:15 p.m. Heifer Development
- Rick Funston, Professor and Extension Beef Reproductive Specialist at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
3:15 - 4 p.m. | Panel Discussion: RFID Mandate: What does this mean for you?
- Justin McPherson, Montana Feed Association (Moderator)
- John Paterson, Montana State University Professor Emeritus
- Andy Kellom: Cattleman's Beef Board
- TBA, Montana State Veterinarian
- TBA, IMI Global Representative
4 - 4:45 p.m. |Nonprofit processing model
- Matt Pierson, CEO at The Producer Partnership
5:15 p.m. | Social / Poster Session / Trade Show
6:30 p.m. | Dinner and Keynote Speaker
- Market Update: Matthew McQuagge, Market Analyst at CattleFax
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
7:00-8:30– Breakfast and Graduate / Undergraduate student poster judging
8:30-9:15 – TBA
9:15-10:00 – Artificial Intelligence and the Latest Agriculture Technology
- Sam Wyffels, MSU Extension Beef Cattle Specialist
10:00-10:30 – Break
10:30-11:15 – Multibreed Database
- Jackie Atkins, Director of Science and IGS Operations at American Simmental and International Genetic Solutions
11:15 – Presentation of graduate student poster awards
- Carl Yeoman, Department Head, MSU Animal & Range Sciences
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