NEWS for North Dakotans
Agriculture Communication, North Dakota State University
7 Morrill Hall, Fargo, ND 58105-5665
December 16, 1999
The fifth North Dakota Feedlot School has been scheduled to begin at 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 26, and conclude at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 27. The site of this two-day educational workshop is North Dakota State University's Carrington Research Extension Center, located 3.5 miles north of Carrington.
"North Dakota cattlemen pride themselves on producing some of the very best feeder cattle in the world, but only 25,000 of the 980,000 feeder calves produced in North Dakota are finished in the state," says Kurt Froelich, the livestock systems agent in Foster County for the NDSU Extension Service.
The school will provide participants with in-depth training and hands-on experiences in feeding cattle so producers can take advantage of opportunities in North Dakota. Participants will also receive resource materials for use in making day-to-day management decisions.
Grain and vegetable processing plants in the state offer an opportunity for cattle feeders to feed competitively priced feeds to cattle. These feeds, along with large quantities of forages and grain available here, provide a tremendous opportunity for the cattle feeding industry in North Dakota to grow, Froelich says.
Froelich says data from the Dakota Finishers Project show that cattle feeding in North Dakota is competitive with Kansas because cheaper grains more than offset a slightly reduced rate of gain attributed to a colder climate.
The school will be limited to the first 20 individuals who register. The registration fee is $100 per person, or $150 for two from the same operation. The fee includes all the resource materials, break refreshments and meals.
The registration deadline is Friday, Dec. 31. To register or for more information on the school contact the Foster County Office of the NDSU Extension Service at P.O. Box 80, Carrington, N.D. 58421 or call (701) 652-2581.
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Source: Kurt Froelich (701) 652-2581
Editor: Dean Hulse (701) 231-6136