Sustainable Beef Cattle Production: Ranch to Ribeye

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Commodities

• Animals: bovine
• Animal Products: meat

Practices

• Animal Production: animal protection and health, feed/forage, feed additives, feed formulation, feed management, feed rations, genetics, grazing management, livestock breeding, meat processing, meat processing facilities, meat product quality/safety, mineral supplements, rangeland/pasture management, stocking rate, watering systems, winter forage
• Education and Training: demonstration, extension, workshop

Principal Investigator Van Emon and several program collaborators, Extension Agents, Callie Cooley (former), Molly Hammond (former), Colleen Buck, and Kari Lewis, conducted web-based educational sessions and a professional development conference, Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum.  The aim is to promote sustainable beef cattle production practices and aid Extension Agents in developing new programming information.  The specific objectives for the project:

• Record web-based education sessions for Extension Agents to utilize in local livestock producer meetings. These were recorded and uploaded to YouTube for ease of distribution livestock producers and Extension Agents. 
• Educate Extension Agents in sustainable beef cattle production so they may conduct meetings in their respective counties.
• Due to COVID and the departure of three of the Extension agents, we conducted education through the Montana Nutrition Conference each year of the grant.

With the funds, we will conduct web-based educational sessions and hold the Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum to improve the knowledge of Extension Agents on sustainable beef cattle production in Montana and the region.  The specific goals for the project are

• Record web-based education sessions for Extension Agents to utilize in local, livestock producer meetings.
  • Timetable: Sessions are available for use by Extension Agents in April 2020. Five of the videos are available for public viewing on YouTube.

• Educate Extension Agents in sustainable beef cattle production so they may conduct meetings in their respective counties.
  • Timetable: This was conducted through the Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum each year.
• Due to COVID and the departure of three of the Extension agents, we utilized the Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum to educate the Extension agents in attendance on Sustainable Beef Cattle Production.
  • 2020 Theme: Feeding the Future
  • 2021 Theme: Herd Nutrition and Health
  • 2022 Theme: Technology in Livestock Production