Released Sept. 11, 2007
LINCOLN, Neb. — Registrations are being accepted for the 2007-08 Integrated Beef-Forage Systems shortcourse from University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.
The three-session, four-day course offers hands-on education designed to improve the management of beef production and forage resources in southern Nebraska. It integrates management of grassland, crop residues, irrigated pastures and harvested forages into a year-round grazing system.
Sessions are scheduled Nov. 19-20 in North Platte; Jan. 23, 2008, in Lexington, or Jan. 24 in Grant; and April 2 in Kearney or April 3 in Ogallala.
Topics to be covered during the shortcourse include: integrating forage resources and livestock nutrient needs, body condition score, heifer management, cull cow options, economics of winter management systems, marketing update, planning for next year's grazing, management factors when grazing cornstalks, nutrient value of cornstalks, diet formulation for calving season, irrigated grass establishment and management, using winter annuals in a grazing system, challenges and opportunities of ethanol co-products, strategies for year-round grazing, alternative forages in a grazing system, reproductive management and cull cow update.
Registration deadline is Nov. 1. Fee for the shortcourse is $250, which includes all materials and meals. Forms are available at Integrated Beef-Forage Systems shortcourse or from Doug Anderson, (308) 352-4340, dlanders@unlnotes.unl.edu; Kent Been, (308) 345-3390, (877) 674-6947, kbeend@unlnotes.unl.edu; or Brent Plugge, (308) 236-1235, bplugge@unlnotes.unl.edu.
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Contacts: Brent Plugge, (308) 236-1235
Dan Moser, (402) 472-3007
