The Nebraska Women in Agriculture program, along with the Nebraska Beef Quality Assurance Program, are excited to announce the first annual Herd That! Conference on Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021 in Lincoln, Neb. The conference will focus on the five areas of risk management specific to livestock. The highlight of this year’s inaugural event will be a live cattle handling demonstration with Temple Grandin, Ph.D., Colorado State University and Dean Fish, Ph.D., ranch manager, Santa Fe Ranch.
The conference will take place Wednesday Sept. 15 at the UNL Animal Science Complex on East Campus from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The cost to attend the conference $80. The cost to attend the cattle handling demonstration only is $20 per person. Register online at https://wia.unl.edu/herd-that
The one-day conference will bring a variety of speakers and topics for attendees to learn from. The workshops and keynote speakers will offer tools and information that they can take back to their operations to become more successful. During the morning sessions, participants will have the opportunity to learn from industry experts as well as University of Nebraska Extension professionals. Topics will range from market outlooks, family communication, livestock insurance, veterinarian practices and more.
Dr. Temple Grandin and Dr. Dean Fish will finish off the conference with a live cattle handling demonstration focusing on low stress cattle handling and facility design.
This material is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2018-70027-28586.