December 10, 2002

North Dakota Feedlot School Set for January in Carrington

The eighth North Dakota Feedlot School has been scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 28-29, at the North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center.

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, breaks and meals while the school is conducted. Registration deadline is Friday, Jan. 10.

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.

The center is located 3.5 miles north of Carrington. The school begins at 9:45 am on Tuesday and continues until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday according to Kurt Froelich, North Dakota State University Extension agent in Foster County.

"North Dakota cattlemen pride themselves on producing some of the very best feeder cattle in the world," Froelich says. But only 25,000 of the 980,000 feeder calves produced in North Dakota are finished in the state.

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, he says.

Froelich notes that 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 weather.

The school will provide participants with in-depth training and hands-on experiences in feeding cattle so they can take advantage of opportunities in North Dakota. Participants will also receive resource materials for use in making day-to-day management decisions.

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Source: Kurt Froelich, (701) 652-2581, kfroelic@ndsuext.nodak.edu
Editor: Tom Jirik, (701) 231-9629, tjirik@ndsuext.nodak.edu