Dale Miller, Director of the ISU Extension Office in Marion County, tells KNIA KRLS News that the extension office will link to a beef feedlot roundtable session, presented by Iowa State and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The program will outline good agricultural practices on February 13 from 9 to noon. Miller says Dee Griffin from the UNL vet education center in Clay Center will discuss the FDA’s policy on eliminating use of antimicrobials for growth promotion and feed efficiency. Also Dustin Loy with the Vet Diagnostic Lab at UNL will discuss BRD and antimicrobial resistance. Galen Erickson will also have a presentation on using fiber for cattle or ethanol and there will be an update on ISU beef research provided locally. For more information, contact the Extension Office at 842-2014.

