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Workshops
The Cow-Calf Risk Strategies workshops are two-day sessions featuring
production, marketing, and financial strategies, for a fee of $50, or
$60 at the door. Contact your ISU Extension office for more information
or to register.
The two-day workshops include a broad array of risk management techniques:
Production Management
- determining the cost of cow grazing and wintering
- managing forage supplies and availability
- managing forage quality and animal performance
- managing forage and grazing systems and related health disorders
Financial Management
- working with accounting and financial statements
- evaluating the business
- developing a business plan
- evaluating key financial ratios and trend analysis
- understanding production and marketing impact on financial statements
Marketing and Price Risk Management
- developing a marketing plan for feeder cattle and cull cows
- understanding price patterns and forecasts
- utilizing futures, options, and livestock revenue protections
- understanding costs and risks for niche markets
Locations:
Centerville
Amana
Keosauqua/Bonaparte
Attica
Greenfield
Lewis
Denison
Muscatine
Spencer
Clarinda
Maquoketa
Elma
Muscatine
Union
Postville
Osceola
Visit
the Calendar Page to Find Dates and Times
Registration
Form and Information
Webcast
A statewide Cow-Calf Risk Strategies webcast was
broadcast during the evening of Monday, January 9 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
for a fee of $5. Topics which were covered:
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how to qualify for Japanese markets
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cattle market
outlook
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risk management and new cattle insurance products
Speakers:
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Samantha Simon,
USDA - Washington DC
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Dermot Hayes,
Iowa State University
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Tyler Strathe, AgInfoLink
This webcast is important to cattle producers because of the topics and timing. An announcement about resuming beef exports to Japan after a two-year ban is expected sometime between mid-December and early-January. Japan, once our largest beef export market, will only accept beef from cattle 20 months of age or younger. Not all cattle will qualify and there is expected to be a large premium on cattle with proof of age. However, there are specific procedures producers must follow to qualify and prove the age of their cattle and these procedures are not well understood. This webcast explained how producers can be approved for export to Japan.
Webcast Follow Up:
Answers to your Questions (Jan. 13)
Watch
the Webcast (requires high-speed internet*,
running time: 2 hours)
*Connection of 512K or faster
New Resource from Iowa Beef Center: Frequently Asked Questions About Age Verificaiton to Japan
Visit the Trade Issues Page at www.iowabeefcenter.org
Visit the Age & Source Verification Page at www.iowabeefcenter.org
Specialized Sessions
A series of one-day workshops throughout the state,
customized with in-depth information on a specific topic, such as herd
expansion, cessation, utilizing software for decision maketing, and more.
Registration: $25, or $30 at the door
Visit
the Calendar Page to Find a Specialized Session Near You
Registration
Form and Information
Correspondence Course
Iowa’s cattle producers can learn production,
marketing, and financial risk management through a 5-part correspondence
or ‘home study’ course during the month of March. The course
is part “Cow-Calf Risk Strategies”, a 2006 program from the
Iowa Beef Center (IBC) at Iowa State University (ISU). The
correspondence course is a great alternative to our two-day workshops,
or for producers whose preferred learning style is self-study. Producers
can learn at their own pace and at any time of the day.
The correspondence course includes 5 lessons focusing on production, marketing, and financial risk management. Starting February 28th, participants will receive the first of five lesson packets via US Mail. Each lesson will consist of an introduction, specific management content, additional resources, and a quiz or activity for the producer to complete. The answers will arrive with the next lesson the following week. A sixth packet will include answers for the fifth and final lesson, as well as a course evaluation and supplementary resources for the producer.
The content of the correspondence course is broad and comprehensive:
Production Management
- determining the cost of cow grazing and wintering
- managing forage supplies and availability
- managing forage quality and animal performance
- managing forage and grazing systems and related health disorders
Financial Management
- working with accounting and financial statements
- evaluating the business
- developing a business plan
- evaluating key financial ratios and trend analysis
- understanding production and marketing impact on financial statements
Marketing and Price Risk Management
- developing a marketing plan for feeder cattle and cull cows
- understanding price patterns and forecasts
- utilizing futures, options, and livestock revenue protections
The correspondence course is available to producers and industry affiliates
for a fee of $40, and producers should sign up by Wednesday, February
22. For more information or to sign up, contact your ISU Extension beef
specialist or the Iowa Beef Center in Ames at (515)294-BEEF or beefcenter@iastate.edu.
A check for $40 can be sent with an indication of interest in the Correspondence
Course via mail to the IBC at 468 Heady, Ames Iowa, 50011.
Other Events
Information Coming Soon!
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