Webinar to focus on economics of breeding for more dairy replacements
The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team monthly webinar series continues on Friday, March 21, from 12 noon to 1:00 p.m. This program will be presented by Dr. Victor Cabrera and will focus on the economics of creating more dairy replacements vs crossbred beef feedlot animals.
Dr. Cabrera, Extension Dairy Specialist at UW-Madison, combines applied research, interdisciplinary approaches, and participatory methods to deliver practical, data-driven, user-friendly, and scientific decision support tools for dairy farm management. His workgroup have developed 50 decision support tools that are available at: https://DairyMGT.info
Producers, dairy consultants and industry reps are encouraged to attend the free webinar live from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 21 by registering at least one hour before the webinar at:https://go.iastate.edu/BREEDINGECONOMICS
For more information contact the ISU Extension and Outreach Dairy Field Specialist in your area: in Northwest Iowa, Fred M. Hall, 712-737-4230 or fredhall@iastate.edu; in Northeast Iowa, Jennifer Bentley, 563-382-2949 or jbentley@iastate.edu; in East Central Iowa, Larry Tranel, 563-583-6496 or tranel@iastate.edu.
