Backgrounding Short Course
Day 1 15-Dec
7:30-8:00 Registration
8:00-8:30 Welcome & Bunk Management Overview
8:30-9:15 Health Risk Management / Vaccination Protocols Newly Arrived Calves
9:15-9:30 Break
First Block Rotation
9:30-12:30 Processing Cattle / Implanting Demo / BQA Review Rotation 1
In Vitro Digestibility / Gas Production Lab Rotation 2
Cattle Health Diagnostic Tools Rotation 3
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-2:00 Budget Considerations for Backgrounding Operations
Second Block Rotation
2:00-4:30 Ruminant Digestive Tract & Digestive Physiology Rotation 1
Technology Tools (Implants, Ionophores, Feed Additives) Rotation 2
Disposition Impact on Performance Rotation 3
4:30-5:00 Read Bunks/health checks
5:00-6:00 Hotel/Message Checks
6:00-7:00 Supper
7:00-8:30 Develop a Feeding Program / Ration Balancing Exercise
Adjourn
Day 2 16-Dec
7:30-8:30 Read Bunks/Health Checks
Third Rotation Block
8:30-10:45 Review In Vitro Gas Production Data Rotation 1
Confinement Facility Considerations Rotation 2
Considerations for using Dart projectiles to treat cattle Rotation 3
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-11:45 Red Clover Potential for Stockers/Backgrounders
11:45-12:30 Stillage & Distillery Feedstuffs
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1:15-3:00 Haylage & Fermentation Characteristics Rotation 1
Feed Mixing / TMR Management Rotation 2
Mineral Considerations for Feeder Cattle Rotation 3
3:00-3:30 Survey & Wrap-up
