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Meeting Your Production Goals: Records for Animal Health and Performance – Webinar January 13th

Missed this Webinar? Watch the recording here.

Keeping track of your animal health treatments and performance indicators throughout the year can be useful information to have when evaluating your production goals. Having readily accessible records can also be handy when marketing cattle to prospective buyers. This webinar will discuss the records for animal health and performance to support your production goals.

Registering on your smartphone? After you click ‘I am not a robot’, scroll up until you find the task to complete.

When
Wednesday, January 13th at 7:00 pm MT

  • 6:00pm in BC
  • 7:00pm in AB
  • 8:00pm in SK and MB
  • 9:00pm in ON and QC
  • 10:00pm in NS, NB and PEI

Interested but aren’t available that evening?
This webinar will be recorded and posted online at a later date. All registrants will receive a link to the recording and additional learning resources. By attending the live broadcast, you’ll have the opportunity to interact and ask questions too.

Duration
Approximately 1 hour.

Cost
BCRC webinars are available and free of charge thanks to guest speakers who volunteer their time and expertise to support advancements in the Canadian beef industry, and through the Technology Transfer project funded by the Canadian Beef Cattle Check-Off and Canada’s Beef Science Cluster.

Speakers:

Kathy Larson is a Professional Research Associate in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to joining the UofS in 2018 she was the Beef Economist for the Western Beef Development Centre for 8 years. Her current research and extension interests include cost of production, adoption of recommended management practices, the value of record keeping and the economic impact of leafy spurge. She also provides economic analysis for research conducted by faculty and graduate students at the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence. Originally from a beef and grain farm near Francis in southeastern Saskatchewan, she now calls Prince Albert home.

Tyler Fulton owns and operates Tyton Farm, a 650 head cow/calf/backgrounding operation in Birtle, Manitoba. After receiving an Agribusiness Degree from the University of Manitoba and working in the field of livestock risk management, he returned to the family farm in 2007. Over the last 13 years, the operation has doubled its herd and adopted a corn based winter grazing system and has diversified its marketing to include EU certification, VBP+ and Antibiotic/Growth Promotant free programs. Tyler farms with his wife Dorelle and their children Evan and Mae.

What is a webinar?

Webinars are just like attending a workshop or conference, but from the comfort of your own home or office. We bring the presentation right to you. They’re easy to join and participate in. A reliable, high-speed internet connection is required.

All you need to do is register beforehand, and about 5-10 minutes before the webinar is scheduled to begin, click the link you were provided when you registered. Then turn up your computer speakers or call the phone number provided. That’s it! Sit back and enjoy.

As a participant, you can anonymously answer polls and surveys, and will have the opportunity to ask questions near the end of the webinar.

You can find more beef research-related webinars hosted by other organizations on our events calendar.

Visit our Webinars page to find other upcoming BCRC webinars and the recordings of our past sessions.

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