Conference Schedule

2025 Cornbelt Cow-Calf Conference

MORNING SESSIONS

  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
    Enter the Mock Online Bull Sale (Results announced from 12 Noon-2pm in the Theater)
  • 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
    Welcome & Opening Comments (Theater)
  • 9:05 AM - 10:00 AM – General Session 1
    Dr. Joe Dalton, University of Idaho: “Management Strategies to Optimize Natural Service.”
  • 10:05 AM - 11:00 AM – General Session 2
    Dr. Troy Rowan, University of Tennessee: “Maternal Genetics for Longevity”
  • 11:05 AM - 12:00 NOON – General Session 3
    Keynote: Joe Leathers, General Manager, 6666 Ranch

12:00 NOON - 1:00 PM - Lunch

  • 12:00 NOON - 2:00 PM
    General Session 4:   Mock Bull Sale Results (Theater)

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM & 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM – Session 1
    Jake Hlas, Producer Speaker: “Improving Reproductive Outcomes with 24/7 Cow Monitoring Technology”
  • 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM & 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM – Session 2
    Madelynn Wuestenberg, ISU Extension Ag Climatologist: “Exploring Climate and Weather Data in Iowa”
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM – Session 3
    Dr. Randie Culbertson, ISU Cow-Calf Specialist: “Responsible Expansion of Iowa’s Cowherd”