Limited space available for 2025 Feedlot Short Course
7/2/25
AMES, Iowa – If you’re thinking about attending this year’s Feedlot Short Course, you’ll want to act soon. Iowa State University extension beef specialist Erika Lundy-Woolfolk said a few spots remain in the July 29-31 event. With a registration limit of 30, all attendees are assured of personal interactions and hands-on opportunities with some familiar and new activities.
“We're keeping some crowd favorites like our feed mixing and evaluation and bunk management demonstrations this year," she said. "We're also adding some new interactive sessions addressing cattle lameness and chuteside management tips.”
Through this course, we’ve had an impact on 12 million head of cattle and an estimated $90.225 million benefit to the feedlot industry in Iowa and across the country, she said. Participants from twelve states and three countries have attended.
The program will run from 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29, through noon Thursday, July 31, with the content-specific segments held at the Iowa State Beef Nutrition Farm near Ames and at Provision Cattle Company near Nevada.
Program topics are:
- Bunk management and the basics of starting cattle on feed.
- Feed mixing demonstration and evaluation.
- Managing and identifying lameness issues.
- Chute side management tips.
- Optimizing cattle health in the feedyard.
This year's presenters are:
- Garland Dahlke, associate scientist, Iowa Beef Center, Iowa State University.
- Terry Engelken, associate professor, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University.
- Dan Loy, former director of the Iowa Beef Center and extension beef feedlot specialist, Iowa State University.
- Erika Lundy-Woolfolk, beef specialist with ISU Extension and Outreach.
- Robbi Pritchard, feedlot consultant, Aurora, South Dakota.
- AJ Tarpoff, associate professor and beef extension veterinarian, Kansas State University.
See the short course website for registration information, requirements, and links.
For questions on the short course content, contact Lundy-Woolfolk at ellundy@iastate.edu. The $375 per person registration fee includes refreshment breaks, dinner, and program materials. The registration deadline is midnight, July 18 or when the course limit of 30 is reached, whichever occurs first. All registrations must be made online.
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The Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University was established in 1996 with the goal of supporting the growth and vitality of the state’s beef cattle industry. It comprises faculty and staff from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and College of Veterinary Medicine, and works to develop and deliver the latest research-based information regarding the beef cattle industry. For more information about IBC, visit www.iowabeefcenter.org.
Contact:
Erika Lundy-Woolfolk, ISU Extension and Outreach beef specialist, 641-745-5902, ellundy@iastate.edu
Sherry Hoyer, Iowa Beef Center, 515-294-4496, shoyer@iastate.edu
