Livestock Information

Local News

4-H Market Beef Weigh-in
(Posted on 10/30/2009)
Market beef weigh-in will take place on SUNDAY, December 20 from 1-4:30 pm at the Greene County Fairgrounds. This is a NEW day and time. Any youth who are considering showing beef at the 2010 Greene County Fair, Iowa State Fair or Ak-Sar-Ben need to attend and weigh-in their cattle. Follow this link for more specific information.

News from Iowa State University Extension

SowBridge Educational Series Continues to Offer Distance Learning Flexibility and Convenience
(Posted on 11/5/2009)
Registration for the successful SowBridge distance education program is now open.

Feeding Forages to Livestock Is Focus of November Conference
(Posted on 10/20/2009)
Forage producers will hear about alternative uses, as well as issues related to storing and feeding forages at the Nov. 23-24 conference in Des Moines featuring speakers from ISU Extension and the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center..

New ISU Extension Marketing Resource Helps Livestock Producers Face Volatile Prices
(Posted on 10/20/2009)
This new resource emphasizes the importance of establishing a profitable gross margin rather than focusing only on maximized revenues.

Conference Highlights New Technology’s Role in Beef Seedstock Production
(Posted on 10/20/2009)
Bull breeders can learn how to apply new technology to long-standing practices by attending the Dec. 10 Iowa Beef Center conference.

Iowa State Swine Nutrition Program Welcomes New Graduate Students
(Posted on 10/16/2009)
With five new graduate students and a lab manager, Iowa State University’s (ISU) applied swine nutrition program is focused squarely on the future.

Iowa Pork Industry Center to Offer PQA Plus™ Advisor Training Program
(Posted on 10/14/2009)
Application deadline for this PQA Plus™ Advisor Training session is Nov. 5.

Grazing Management for Water Quality Is Focus of Oct. 16 Webcast
(Posted on 10/9/2009)
Convenience of webcast brings grazing management training -- specifically maximizing production and adequately managing environmental risks to the pasture -- to producers, crop advisers and professional animal scientists.

Livestock Producers Facing Explosion Hazards with Manure Pumping
(Posted on 10/9/2009)
Flash fires and explosions have been reported from methane and hydrogen sulfide buildup in liquid manure pits that are part of confinement feeding buildings.

Staff

Jerry Weiss-Swine Field Specialist
Phone: 712-335-3103
Fax: 712-335-3104
Email: weissj@iastate.edu

Dennis Dewitt-Beef Field Specialist
Phone: 712-336-3488
Fax: 712-336-3498
Email: dewitt@iastate.edu