Educational Workshops, Tours & Clinics

Upcoming Programs     .    .    .    .(Last Update:  05/06/2013) 

1. Monthly Breakfast and Dinner Educational Meetings
   1. Douglas County
   2. Jackson/Josephine counties
      
      1. Jackson County Stockman’s Association – Meeting on the 2nd Wed of each month
      2. Farm and Ranch Resource Management (FARRM) group. Call Randy at (541) 734-3143.
      3. JCSA Ranch Rodeo
   3. Lane County
   4. Linn-Benton County
2. February 6, 2013:  WEED DAY, 8am-5pm, Douglas County Fairgrounds (Roseburg)
   1. Program Schedule and Details.
3. February 27, 2013:  Parasite Control - The Long Range Forecast  (Roseburg)
4. March 1, 2013: Ultrasound Clinic (Live Evaluation for Carcass Traits) (Roseburg)
5. March 3, 2013: Roseburg Dairy Goat Association Meeting – Plants Poisonous to Goats
6. March 11-12, 2013: Hay and Forage Meetings (Central Point)
7. March 27-29, 2013:  AI in Beef Cattle (Roseburg)
8. April 2, 2013: Oregon Forage & Grasslands Council Annual Meeting and Forage Conference (Albany)
9. April 11, 2013: Reproduction in Beef Cattle - Lane Community College, Eugene Oregon
10. April 13, 2013:  Douglas County Livestock Association SPRING LIVESTOCK CONFERENCE, DC Fairgrounds (Roseburg) Featuring Jim Robb (Livestock Market Info. Center, Denver CO) on “Livestock Markets: Status, Outlook and Issues”; Peter Ballerstedt on Benefits of a Meat Diet; and more!
11. May-June 2013: Douglas County Weed Tour (TBA) 
12. Summer 2013: Reproduction in Sheep (Roseburg, Eugene, and Albany)
13. Fall 2013: Basic Concepts and Applications of Livestock Nutrition (Roseburg, Eugene, and Albany)
14. October 2013: Douglas County Livestock Association Annual Meeting
15. December 2013: OSU Beef Industry Tours 
    1. December 5 in Central Point
    2. December 6 in Myrtle Point
    3. Other dates and locations across Oregon
16. 2014 – Focus on Pastures and Hayground Production and Management, including Weed Control
17. More to come, please read below . . . or check our online calendar.

Did you miss an event?  See below for programs held earlier this year:

 Prior Events:

• December 5 - 9, 2011:  OSU Beef Industry Tour - Beef Cattle Reproduction & Genetics.  (Various Locations). Time:  4:00-7:30pm.  (more details to be announced).
• Roseburg:  December 8, 2011 
• Albany:  December 9, 2011
• January 19, 2012:  Elkton, Oregon  -  OSU Forage Production and Pasture Management Workshop
• February 1, 2012:  WEED DAY, 8am-5pm, Douglas County Fairgrounds, Roseburg Oregon. 
• March 2, 2012:  Ultrasound Clinic (Yearling heifers and bulls for carcass characteristic and EPD calculations), Roseburg Oregon area.
• March, 2012:  AI School (beef cattle) - Albany, Oregon area.
• April 28,2012:  Douglas County Livestock Association SPRING LIVESTOCK CONFERENCE  -  Roseburg, OR 
  • Saturday; 10:00 AM TO 4:00 PM
  • Theme:  "Making Cents in Ranching"
May 17, 2012: EOARC Beef Cattle Field Day – Burns OR
June 12, 2012, Tuesday:  Douglas County Weed Tour (Roseburg vicinity); 8:30 am to 12:00 pm (Noon). 
November 14, 2012 - Oregon Forage & Grasslands Council - Fall Forage Conference - North Corvallis, Oregon.   
November 29, 2012 - Beef Quality Assurance, Corvallis, Oregon
Calving School  -  Wednesday, December 12, 2012  -  Central Point, Oregon
January 21, 2013: Lane County Youth Program (Eugene) – Feeding Market Steers and Lambs
January 26, 2013: Lane County Livestock Association Annual Banquet (Junction City)
January 30, 2013: North Douglas County Winter Program (Elkton) – Livestock Mineral Nutrition
February 2, 2013: Sheep and Goat Program (Eugene) – Nutrition for Breeding and Milk Production

Example Programs - Vote!

The following list of programs and descriptions are examples of the type of programming and information you can expect from the Regional Livestock and Forages program through OSU Extension Service. Vote! If you see something that particularly interests you, please email me or call to let me know your request to have classes presented in your area. I can put you on a notification list. The programs that get the most requests will be the programs I try hardest to deliver.

Thank you, Shelby Filley (email: shelby.filley@oregonstate.edu or call 541 672 4461)

1. Beef Cattle Programs
   1. Nutrition in Beef Cattle
      1. Nutrient Assessment Workshops
      2. Livestock Mineral Nutrition
   2. Reproduction in Beef Cattle
      1. Physiology and Anatomy
      2. Cow-Herd Management
      3. OSU Calving Schools
      4. Artificial Insemination of Beef Cattle
   3. Live Animal & Carcass Evaluation (Beef)
      1. Ultrasound Scanning for Carcass Evaluation
      2. Body Condition Score Clinic
   4. Beef Quality and Health
      1. OSU Beef Quality Assurance Programs
      2. Oregon Biosecurity/BVD-PI Screening Program
      3. Beef Health Workshop
   5. Beef Cattle Management
      1. Pre-Conditioning Calves
      2. Stocker Cattle Management
2. Sheep and Goat Programs
   1. Nutrition
      1. Small Ruminant Nutrition
      2. Mineral Nutrition
   2. Reproduction
      1. Physiology and Anatomy
      2. Flock Reproductive Management
      3. OSU Lambing Schools
   3. Live Animal & Carcass Evaluation
      1. Body Condition Score Clinic
   4. Sheep and Goat Quality and Health
      1. Sheep Safety & Quality Assurance
      2. Internal Parasites
   5. Sheep and Goat Management
      1. Production Basics
3. Equine Programs
   1. Equine Management Program (typically in the Spring)
4. Forage Programs
   1. Forage Production
   2. Grazing Management
   3. Fertilizing
   4. Haying
   5. Forage Quality
   6. Weed Control (Weed Day, Weed Tours, and other)
5. Farm/Ranch Programs
   1. Production Assessment
   2. Fence Building Demonstrations
6. Other Programs
   1. Douglas County Livestock Association's Spring Livestock Conference (early Spring)
   2. Livestock and forage educational breakfast meetings

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