A day and half High Plains Pasture to Profit Conference featuring stockmanship, stewardship, and sustainability.

A day and half High Plains Pasture to Profit Conference featuring stockmanship, stewardship, and sustainability. This event will provide regional beef producers with an educational opportunity surrounding practical cattle care, handling and facility design, Beef Quality Assurance, as well as topics pertaining to animal health, antibiotic stewardship, and environmental responsibility.

Registration fee:
Attendee: $75
Student: $50
*Includes banquet meal and lunch.

High Plains Pasture to Profit Agenda

August 19, 2022 
Speaker Sessions
 
12:00 p.m. – Registration Opens 
 
1:00 p.m. – Welcome and Introductions  
 
1:15 p.m. – Panel Discussion: Economic Value of Stewardship
 
2:15 p.m. – Ranch Biosecurity: Standardizing Practices throughout the Beef Supply Chain 
  • Dr. Ragan Adams, CSU Extension Veterinarian
 
3:15 p.m. – Break and visit vendors
 
3:30 p.m. – Sustainable Solutions for Animal Agriculture
 
4:30 p.m. – Panel Discussion: Cattle Buyer Perspective - Keys to Making Calves Competitive on Sale Day
 
6:00 p.m. – Steak Taste Panel Demonstration Social Hour 
  • CSU Animal Sciences Faculty- Dr. Jennifer Martin, CSU Animal Sciences- Meat Sciences and Dr. Jason Ahola, CSU Animal Sciences – Beef Management Systems 
 
7:00 p.m. – Banquet Dinner - Keynote Address: Animal Welfare in the 21st Century  
  • Dr. Temple Grandin, CSU Animal Sciences 
Dr. Temple Grandin is an internationally renowned livestock behaviorist and autism advocate. Throughout her career, Dr. Grandin has contributed vastly to research regarding welfare and humane treatment of cattle and other livestock, specifically during the slaughter process. Her years of expertise and accreditation has led to additional research and consultation beyond meat packing businesses into general cattle behavior, facilities and handling at the feedlot and ranch level. In her keynote address, Dr. Grandin will discuss the impacts of how animal welfare improvements have altered the cattle and livestock industries throughout the world, and will provide her perspective on how the industry can continue to improve in the 21st century. Be sure to submit your questions for Dr. Grandin at the registration desk when you check in – questions will be randomly selected!  
August 20, 2022
Hand’s-On Demonstrations  
 
7:30 a.m. – Doors open, coffee and pastries available
 
8:00 a.m. – Classroom Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Training  
  • Libby Bigler, CSU Animal Sciences, Colorado BQA State Coordinator 
 
9:00 a.m. – Live Cattle Stockmanship Demonstrations 
  • Dr. Dean Fish, Ranch Manager, Santa Fe Ranch Foundation - Arizona
 
Spend the morning with renowned stockmanship clinician Dean Fish as he shares and demonstrates a variety of cattle handling methods. In this live cattle handling demonstration, the clinician will teach techniques surrounding how to read cattle behavior, how to teach cattle to respond to different types of pressure and will provide tips and tools surrounding “Low Stress Handling,” better known as effective stockmanship. Whether you work cattle on foot or horseback, if you have state of the art facilities or a basic wooden system, this session is sure to spark ideas to take home and practice on your operation.
 
11:00 a.m. – Break and visit vendors
 
11:15 a.m. – Transportation Demonstrations – Trailer Safety and Loading and Unloading Cattle
  • Dr. Dean Fish, Ranch Manager, Santa Fe Ranch Foundation – Arizona and Dr. Jason Ahola, Beef Management Systems, CSU Animal Sciences
 
12:30 p.m. – Lunch and visit vendors (Sponsor Presentation)
 
2:00 – 4:30 p.m. – Hands-on Rotations (30 minutes each) 
 
Attendees will break into small groups and rotate through each of the below sessions to gain more extensive insight to Beef Quality Assurance principles and their application.

4:30 p.m. – BQA Quiz  ​

5:00 p.m. – Closing remarks and adjourn