Beginning stocker cattle operators can learn how to improve profits during a free online event at 7 p.m. on February 16 and 18.
A news release says University of Missouri Extension, the Missouri Small Business Development Center for Agriculture, Food and Forestry; and the NRCS+MU Grasslands Project sponsor the two-night workshop.
Topics scheduled to be covered at the Online Southwest Missouri MU Extension Beef Cattle Conference include:
• Stocker cattle nutritional and health management;
• Low-input heifer development system to produce profitable open feeder heifers; and
• Business management, COVID-19 considerations and economics of a stocker operation.
Participants will receive a link to the Zoom sessions. Register by February 15 at <https://extension.missouri.edu/events/online-southwest-missouri-mu-extension-beef-cattle-conference>.
For more information, call (417) 955-0287.