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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Matthew McQuagge, CattleFax

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

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
  • Dawn Schooley, Board President, Montana Feed Association
  • Dr. Carl Yeoman, Department Head, MSU Animal and Range Sciences 

12:45 - 1:30 p.m. |There are no secrets in starting calves

  • Bruce Hoffman, DVM, Cattle Consultant at Cattle Care Consulting, Co.

1:30 - 2:15 p.m. | Health and nutritional considerations for newly received feedlot cattle

  • Dr. 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 before and after birth

  • Dr. Rick Funston, Professor and Extension Beef Reproductive Specialist at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

3:15 - 4 p.m. | Panel Discussion: RFID Mandate: What does it mean for you? 

  • Justin McPherson, Montana Feed Association (Moderator)
  • Dr. John Paterson, Montana State University Professor Emeritus
  • Andy Kellom: CEO at JBC Farms
  • Tahnee Szymanski, DVM:Montana State Veterinarian
  • Doug Stanton, IMI Global

4 - 4:45 p.m. |Farmers and ranchers working to end hunger in Montana

  • Matt Pierson, CEO at The Producer Partnership

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

6:30 p.m. | Dinner & Keynote: Cattle market update and strategies

  • 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 | Programming reproductive potential of heifers

  • Dr. Janna Block, Beef Nutritionist at Hubbard Feeds

9:15 - 10 a.m. |Advancing Livestock Production: Harnessing the use of Precision Technology and Artificial Intelligence

  • Dr. Sam Wyffels, MSU Extension Beef Cattle Specialist

10:00-10:30 – BREAK

10:30 - 11:15 a.m. | Effective, efficient, and easy-to-use tools for genetic improvement

  • Dr. Jackie Atkins, Director of Science and IGS Operations at American Simmental and International Genetic Solutions  

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

  • Dr. Carl Yeoman, Department Head, MSU Animal & Range Sciences

APPROVED FOR 6 ARPAS CEUs