Monday, November 10, 2025

• 8:00 a.m. Welcome & Introduction
• 8:15 a.m. Global Market Outlook, Tyler Cozzens, Livestock Marketing Information Center
• 8:45 a.m. Grazing management and Sustainability, Derek Scasta, University of Wyoming
• 9:15 a.m. Genomic Testing in the Commercial Beef Herd, Troy Rowan, University of Tennessee
• 10:00 a.m. Break & Trade Show
• 10:30 a.m. Co-Producing Range Beef Cow Research With Ranchers: Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities, Justin Derner, USDA Agricultural Research Service; Mark Eisele; Kendall Eisele; and Kaycee Eisele, King Ranch
• 11:00a.m. Rebuilding the Cow Herd, JD Hill, Padlock Ranch; James Sewell, Sewell Ranching; Connor Biehler, University of Nebraska; Kiernan Brandt, TransOva
• 12:15 p.m. Lunch & Trade Show
• 1:30 p.m. Production Costs in the Cattle and Beef Industry, Brandon Dodd, Livestock Marketing Information Center
• 2:15p.m. Weather Outlook, Brian Bledsoe, Brian Bledsoe Weather
• 2:45 p.m. Impact of Ranch Decision on Calf Value in the Feedyard, Warren Rusche, South Dakota State University
• 3:15 p.m. Break & Trade Show
• 3:45 p.m. Breakout Session (choose two 30-min sessions – 5 min break between)
  • Carbon Credit Markets, Nicki Nimlos, University of Wyoming, Campbell Room
  • Virtual Fencing, Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska, Dirt Barn
  • Sustainable Beef, Trey Wasserburger, TD Angus, Ross Room
• 4:50 p.m. Bull Pen Sessions, Marketing, Grazing/Range Management and Management, Campbell Room, Ross Room, Keynote Stage

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

• 8:00 a.m. Welcome & Introduction
• 8:15 a.m. Cattle and Beef Market Outlook, Troy Applehans, CattleFax
• 9:00 a.m. Nutritional Management of the Cowherd in Limited Feed Environments, Scott Lake, BioZyme Inc., University of Wyoming
• 9:45 a.m. Break & Trade Show
• 10:30 a.m. Influence of Nutritional Management on Bull Fertility, Pedro Fontes, University of Georgia
• 11:00 a.m. Leveraging Reproductive Technologies, Kacie McCarthy, University of Nebraska
• 11:30 a.m. Impacts of Late Gestational Undernutrition in Beef Heifers on Dam and Offspring Outcomes, Colby Redifer, University of Missouri
• 12:00 p.m. Lunch & Tradeshow
• 1:15 p.m. Pulmonary Hypertension: New Research and Developments, Scott Speidel, Colorado State University; and Chase Markel, University of Wyoming
• 1:45 p.m. Fostering Immune Development: Building Blocks for a Resilient Feeder Calf, Becky Funk, University of Nebraska
• 2:30 p.m. Selection of Replacement Females: Demonstration, Donnell Brown, R.A. Brown Ranch, Dirt Barn
• 3:30 p.m. Break & Trade Show
• 4:00 p.m. Bull Pen Sessions, Health, Nutrition and Reproductive Management, Campbell Room, Ross Room, Keynote Stage