Stocker

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• Dale Blasi, Beef Cattle Specialist at Kansas State University, weighs in on how you can optimize your supplement program for your stockers or cow/calf pairs on Spring and Summer pastures.

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• This year's National Stocker of the Year Award Winner, Leo Hollinger of Hollinger Cattle Co. in Camden, Alabama, provides his perspective of finding success in the stocker segment.

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• Laura Nelson, Certified Angus Beef, talks with Dale Blasi, Kansas State, on the new Best Practices Manual for Stockers & Backgrounders. 
• To request your free copy of the new Best Practices Manual for Stockers & Backgrounders e-mail Marilyn Conley at

BeefCast 0409 Show Notes:

• Preventing and hopefully eradicating BRD, Bovine Respiratory Disease, is the topic of a recent presentation by Dr. Dan Thompson, Kansas State University.

BeefCast 0335 Show Notes:

• A walk through Pendergrass Cattle Company, National Stocker Award Winner, with John Frank and John Paul Pendergrass
• Click here for more information on the National Stocker Award

BeefCast 0289 Show Notes:

• Register today for the BEEF Quality Summit 
• Earning the benefits of increased efficiencies of compensatory gain through limit feeding your stocker calves. Dale Blasi explains.

BeefCast 0283 Show Notes:

• Wes Ishamel, Contributing Editor for BEEF Magazine, highlights the results of an extensive survey of the stocker industry that included 11 land-grant universities.
• Resource: Beef Stocker USA
• Register now for the BEEF Quality Summit

BeefCast 0259 Show Notes:

• Making more with less. In this time of high input costs, optimizing forage utilization is extremely important. KC Olsen, Kansas State University, offers his thoughts.

BeefCast 0243 Show Notes:

• Transitioning ownership in your operation may be the most important aspect of your legacy. Tips on doing it correctly are offered by Mike Fassler, Vice President of Consulting for Salisbury Management Services.
• Can your preconditioning program be shortened without impacting the health of calves entering the feedlot? New research suggests yes.
  

BeefCast 0228 Show Notes:

• Is anyone making a profit in the beef business today? No matter what segment you are in, these have been tough times with higher input costs. Is relief in sight? Rod Jones, Research and Extension Agriculture Economist, predicts what the next few months may hold.