Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum set for Billings

MSU News Service

The annual Montana Nutrition Conference and Livestock Forum is set for April 17-18 at the GranTree Inn in Bozeman. It is co-hosted by the College of Agriculture’s Department of Animal and Range Sciences of Montana State University and the Montana Feed Association.

This year’s conference will focus on drought resource management. Speakers from MSU, University of Wyoming, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agriculture Research Service Fort Keogh and elsewhere will cover a wide variety of topics, including a 2018 weather outlook, alternative forages and economics, forage sampling and analysis, beef cattle supplementation strategies, water quality and geological indicators, post-fire grazing management, cost of cow production and insurance programs during drought, and forage storage techniques and impacts on quality.

Presentations include “Madison Food Park Development,” Todd Hanson, Norsman Group Consulting; “Post-Fire Grazing Management,” Lance Vermeire, USDA-ARS Fort Keogh, and “Beef Cattle Supplementation Strategies,” Darrin Boss, superintendent, Northern Agriculture Research Center, Montana State University. 

Tuesday evening’s keynote speaker will be Amberley Snyder, who will present “There is No Future in Giving Up.”

The cost to attend both days of the conference is $155. Registration is available online at https://www.montana.edu/nutrition/. For more information and a detailed conference schedule, visit http://animalrange.montana.edu/conferences.html/.