Beef Cattle Co-Products Conference scheduled

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SPRINGFIELD — With hay in short supply and high priced grain, beef cattle producers are evaluating their feeding operation and looking at co-products to fill the void for their cow-calf and feeding operations. To answer some of their questions, a Beef Cattle Co-Products Conference is set for Nov. 28 in Springfield at the University of Illinois Extension building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

Headlining the conference will be Rick Rasby, Extension beef cattle specialist from the University of Nebraska who will present two topics including, “Storage, Handling Issues and Timely Buying of Co-Products,” along with “Using Co-Products in Growing and Backgrounding Diets.” In addition, Daryl Strohbehn, beef cattle specialist from Iowa State University will make presentations on “Cow and Heifers Rations Using Co-Products — Winter, Summer Supplementation,” and “Ruminant Digestion and Metabolism with Emphasis on Co-Products.”

The conference will also draw from two Illinois Universities with beef cattle Professor Paul Walker from Illinois State University covering “Mineral Concerns, Balancing and Supplementation when using Co-Products.” Also, Ken Nimrick, the 2006 BIF Commercial Producer of the Year and Beef Cattle professor from Western Illinois University, will share his experiences with “Standing Corn and Co-Products for Wintering Beef Cattle.”

Rounding out the conference will be representatives from the University of Illinois that include Larry Berger, Beef Cattle professor and researcher who has worked with co-products for over 20 years covering “Utilizing Co-Products in Finishing Diets (feeding Levels and carcass quality)” and Dan Faulkner, beef cattle Extension specialist discussing “Early Weaning and Feeding Co-Products.” Also, Vijay Singh, professor from the Department of Agriculture & Biological Engineering, will cover “New Coproducts from Corn Dry Grind Ethanol Production.” In addition, Dave Seibert out of the East Peoria Extension Center will open the program with a discussion of “Co-Products Plants and Availability.”

Co-sponsors of the conference include the University of Illinois Extension, Illinois Corn Marketing Board, Illinois Beef Association and the Senator Simon E. Lantz Memorial Lecture Fund.

The conference will begin with registration at 8:45 a.m. and conclude at 4:45 p.m. Registration for the seminar is $18, which covers the meal along with a bound copy of the proceedings.

Late and at door registration will be $25.

On-line credit card registrations can be made up to Wednesday at web.extension. uiuc.edu/eastpeoriacenter.

Credit cards will not be accepted the day of the program.

Checks can be sent to the East Peoria Extension Center, 727 Sabrina Drive, East Peoria, IL 61611. The deadline for reservations is Wednesday.

Producers unable to attend the conference but wanting a copy of the proceedings can secure one for $10 following the conference.

For additional information on the program or to be mailed a copy of the program, contact Dave Seibert, animal systems educator at the East Peoria Extension Center, 727 Sabrina Drive, E. Peoria, IL 61611 or by calling (309) 694-7501, ext. 224. Questions regarding the conference can also be sent to Dave Seibert at dseibert@uiuc.edu.