The 105th annual Roundup will be held Thursday, April 18, in the auditorium at the KSU Agricultural Research Center – Hays.  Registration will open at 9 a.m. (CST), with the program beginning at 10 a.m (CST).

The schedule is below:

•  9:00  Registration, commercial trade show, and rolls and refreshments

• 10:00  Welcome – Dr. John Jaeger, Beef Cattle Scientist  

• 10:10 New Insights into Subseasonal, Seasonal, and Interanual Variability of Weather and Climate  Extremes in the  Great Plains  – Dr. Jeffrey Basara, University of Oklahoma, Director, Kessler  Atmospheric and Ecological Field Station and Director of Research, Oklahoma Climatological  Survey 

• 11:05  Bovine anaplasmosis ‐ What we know/ What we want to know  – Dr. Kathryn Reif, KSU Center  of Excellence for VectorBorne Diseases.  

• 12:00  Lunch – An offering of Smokin’ Co. BBQ wedding roast and sides – all compliments of Golden  Plains Trucking, Carrico Implement, Big Creek Veterinary Service, Boehringer Ingelheim, and  Elanco Animal Health 

• 12:45  A Review of Limit Feeding: An old time feeding method that deserves attention in today’s  feeding and        environment conditions – Dr. Dale Blasi, Beef Cattle Nutrition and Management  Extension Specialist

• 1:40  Rangeland Wildfire: The Road to Recovery – Dr. Keith Harmoney, Range Scientist 

• 2:15  Effect of Intensive Early Stocking Cow/Calf pairs on cow performance – Dr. John Jaeger, Beef  Cattle Scientist 

• 3:00  Adjourn 

For more information, contact John Jaeger, [email protected], 785-625-3425, Ext.211

Registration is available by contacting Milissa at 785-625-3425, Ext.200 or [email protected].

Alicia Boor is an Agriculture and Natural Resources agent in the Cottonwood District (which includes Barton and Ellis counties) for K-State Research and Extension. You can contact her by e-mail at [email protected] or calling 620-793-1910.