Feedlot School - Columbia MO
Location
MU Beef Research and Teaching Farm (South Farm)
5169 Old Millers Rd Columbia, MO
Date
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM - February 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Pricing
About
Two day cattle backgrouding and finishing workshop. First day focuses on backgrounding weaned calves and the second day focuses on finishing cattle on farm. We will cover economics, risk management, nutrition and health management and tour a local small scale confinement feeding operation. Sign up for one or both days depending on your availability and interests.
COST: $100 per person per day
LOCATION: MU Beef Research and Teaching Farm 5169 Old Millers Rd, Columbia, MO 65201
Every participant will receive a flash drive containing speaker presentations, useful Extension Guidesheets, and spreadsheets for financial modeling of backgrouding and finishing enterprises.
The agenda for each session is linked below in Event Resources.
Sessions
Feb. 4, 2026
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08:00 AM - 04:00 PM CST Backgrounding School
This session is designed for weaned calves prior to putting on a finishing program. Presentations will include topics such as low stress cattle handling & working facilities, backgrounding cattle nutrition & management, post weaning calf health management, financing & risk management and finding your operation's competitve advantage.
Location: MU Beef Research and Teaching Farm
Feb. 5, 2026
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08:00 AM - 04:00 PM CST Finishing School
This session will have presentations on confinement feeding barns/lots, nutritional management of finishing cattle, finance and risk management, tour of a local feeding operation and a presentation from a representative of a regional packing plant.
Location: MU Beef Research and Teaching Farm