OCA Roundup - August 27, 2011
Roundup Information & Registration (805 KB)
Schedule of Events
8:30 a.m. - Registration - Coffee & donuts at the Buckeye Hills Career Center
(351 Buckeye Hills Road, Thurman, Ohio 45685)
9 a.m. - Dr. Francis Fluharty - The Ohio State University - Most cattlemen would agree that Ohio’s 2011 hay making season has been the most challenging in recent history. Forage analysis from around the state suggests that much of Ohio’s hay crop will not support a brood cow even beyond the second trimester of gestation. Making acceptable feed for cows during late gestation and early lactation from low quality forage will be a focus of this presentation. OSU Extension Beef Team members will share information on what might be added to the ration, and also demonstrate the equipment it takes to effectively process low quality forages into more digestible feed.
10 a.m. - Tour of Champion Hill - (11503 State Route 554, Bidwell, Ohio 45614) Champion Hill includes more than 4,000 acres of land stretching throughout Gallia County. The farm has over 1,000 cows that include 200 breeding-age registered Angus females and 800 commercial cows, mostly half-blood Angus, which are used as recipients. Champion Hill markets over 300 females each year in two production sales held in April and October in Bidwell and 200 bulls through a genetic partnership with Schaff Angus Valley in North Dakota.
12:30 p.m. - Smoked Brisket Lunch - PAC Auction - Buckeye Hills Career Center
1:30 p.m. - Tom Brink - JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding - This session will focus on developing the kind of calves that feedlots are seeking. Today’s realities have had a dramatic impact on cattle feeding. Higher feed costs and other changes have impacted the type of calves coming into feedlots. Cow-calf producers who want to sell their calves for top dollar will learn more about utilizing genetics that have good growth and end-weight potential from Tom Brink of Five Rivers Cattle Feeding. Five Rivers, based in Greeley, Colorado, has a combined feeding capacity of more than 900,000 head of cattle with locations in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Idaho.
2:30 p.m. - Industry Update - Bill Donald - NCBA President - Bill is a third generation rancher from Melville, Montana. Along with his family he owns and operates Cayuse Livestock Company, a cow/calf/yearling operation with headquarters located in the foothills of the Crazy Mountains in South Central Montana. He and his wife, Betsy, have two sons, Josh and Wyatt, who are actively involved on the ranch.
3:30 p.m. - Adjourn
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Roundup Information & Registration (805 KB)
