Beef Species II: Growing and Finishing Systems

Chair(s)

• BH

  Ben Holland, PhD, MBA, PAS

  Director of Business Development and Operations Analysis
  Cactus Feeders
  Canyon, Texas

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM EST

  Presentation of the Animal Growth and Development Award
  

  Presenting Author: Meghan Wulster-Radcliffe
• 1:35 PM – 2:00 PM EST

  Awardee Talk: Novel Management Strategies to Enhance Growth and Development of Feedlot Receiving Cattle
  

  Presenting Author: Reinaldo F. Cooke, PhD – Texas A&M University
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EST

  Effects of Three Implant Programs on Growth Performance, Carcass Outcomes, and Weekly Activity Minutes of Finishing Steers Fed Different Days on Feed
  

  Presenting Author: Socorro L. Martinez, Masters Student – West Texas A&M University

  Author: Alyssa B. Word, PhD – Cactus Feeders

  Author: Ben P. Holland, PhD, MBA, PAS – Cactus Feeders

  Author: Kendall Karr – Cactus Feeders

  Author: John P. Hutcheson – Merck Animal Health

  Author: Lee-Anne J. Walter – Merck Animal Health

  Author: John Richeson, n/a – West Texas A&M University

  Author: Ty E. Lawrence – West Texas A&M University

  Author: Kendall L. Samuelson, n/a – West Texas A&M University
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EST

  The Effects of Weather, Body Weight, and Dry Matter Intake on Total Daily Water Intake in Beef Steers
  

  Presenting Author: Zach S. McDaniel – South Dakota State University

  Author: Zachary K. Smith, n/a – South Dakota State University

  Author: Cody Wright – South Dakota State University

  Author: Michael Gonda – South Dakota State University

  Author: Himali Wickremasinghe – South Dakota State University

  Author: Gemechis Djira – South Dakota State University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EST

  Equivalent Effects of Growing Phase ADG and DOF at Various Placement Weights on Finishing Beef Cattle Performance Using Meta-analysis Approach
  

  Presenting Author: Haley E. Larson, PhD – Kansas State University

  Author: Fredric N. Owens – Oklahoma State University

  Author: Alfredo DiCostanzo – University of Minnesota
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EST

  Assessing the Sustainability of Multiple Grass-fed and Grain-fed Beef Production Systems
  

  Presenting Author: Sarah C. Klopatek – University of California, Davis

  Author: Elias Marvinney – University of California, Davis

  Author: Xiang Yang, Ph.D. – University of California, Davis

  Author: Alissa Kendall – University of California, Davis

  Author: James W. Oltjen, PhD, PAS – University of California, Davis