Winter Meeting
Get updates from the Dudley Smith Research Farm, including cattle production and profitability, cattle market outlook, and soil health.
Register online or call 217-287-7246. Register by February 5.
Schedule
9 AM: Registration
9:50: Welcome
10: Examining Annual Cow Costs and Drivers of Profitability, Travis Meteer, Extension Commercial Agriculture Educator, University of Illinois Extension
10:30: Cattle Market Outlook, Luke Frantz, Director of Business Development, Kapco Futures
11:15: Dudley Smith Initiative Research Updates: The Impact of Cover Crops and Fertility Treatments on Water Quality and Nutrient Loss, Kristin Greer, Senior Research Specialist, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois
11:15: Drainage Water Recycling for Crop Resilience and Water Quality Improvement in Illinois, Luciano Alves de Oliveira, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois
11:15: Grazing or Harvesting Cereal Rye in Corn-Soybean Rotation: Understanding Impacts in an Integrated Crop-Beef cattle Operation, Grady Gullickson, Graduate Student, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois
11:30: Building a Soil Health Legacy Producer Panel, Travis Meteer, Extension Commercial Agriculture Educator, University of Illinois Extension
12:15 PM: Lunch