Virtual Beef Cattle Conference

Online two-night beef cattle conference to discuss various aspects of a stocker cattle operation

University of Missouri Extension, the Missouri Small Business Development Center for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, and NRCS+MU Grasslands Project are working together to provide a two-night online workshop that will educate current or beginning stocker cattle operators on management strategies for optimum profitability of their operation.

“A properly managed stocker cattle operation can be a very profitable cattle enterprise,” says MU Extension Regional Livestock Field Specialist, Patrick Davis.

The Online Southwest Missouri MU Extension Beef Cattle Conference will be held on Feb. 16 and 18 beginning at 7:00 p.m. both evenings. The following topics will be covered by MU Extension agricultural expertise:

• stocker cattle nutritional and health management 
• low-input heifer development system that produces profitable open feeder heifers
• business management, COVID-19 considerations, and economics of a stocker operation      

The workshop will be provided at no-cost to you and it will be held online via ZOOM. A link to the session will be emailed to you after registering online. Please register online by Feb. 15 at https://extension.missouri.edu/events/online-southwest-missouri-mu-extension-beef-cattle-conference.

Online two-night beef cattle conference to discuss various aspects of a stocker cattle operation

University of Missouri Extension, the Missouri Small Business Development Center for Agriculture, Food and Forestry, and NRCS+MU Grasslands Project are working together to provide a two-night online workshop that will educate current or beginning stocker cattle operators on management strategies for optimum profitability of their operation.

“A properly managed stocker cattle operation can be a very profitable cattle enterprise,” says MU Extension Regional Livestock Field Specialist, Patrick Davis.

The Online Southwest Missouri MU Extension Beef Cattle Conference will be held on Feb. 16 and 18 beginning at 7:00 p.m. both evenings. The following topics will be covered by MU Extension agricultural expertise:

• stocker cattle nutritional and health management 
• low-input heifer development system that produces profitable open feeder heifers
• business management, COVID-19 considerations, and economics of a stocker operation      

The workshop will be provided at no-cost to you and it will be held online via ZOOM. A link to the session will be emailed to you after registering online. Please register online by Feb. 15 at https://extension.missouri.edu/events/online-southwest-missouri-mu-extension-beef-cattle-conference.