WSASAS Beef Symposium: Climate Adaptation Strategies for the Beef Industry of the Great Plains and Western US

Co-Chair(s)

• AC

  Andrés Cibils

  Southern Plains Climate Hub, USDA ARS OCPARC
  Las Cruces, New Mexico
• GD

  Glenn Duff, PhD

  Professor
  New Mexico State University
  Clayton, New Mexico

Presentations:

• 12:45 PM - 12:50 PM MT

  WSASAS Beef Symposium Introduction
• 12:50 PM - 1:20 PM MT

  Contribution of the beef industry to the economy of the Great Plains and Western U.S.: Past, present, and future
  

  Presenting Author: Jaime R. Luke – Kansas State University

  Author: Glynn T. Tonsor, PhD – Kansas State University
• 1:20 PM - 1:50 PM MT

  Impacts of future climate scenarios on the beef industry of the Great Plains and Western US
  

  Presenting Author: Sara E. Place – AgNext, Colorado State University
• 1:50 PM - 2:20 PM MT

  Practical considerations for adaptive strategies by United States grazing land managers with a changing climate
  

  Presenting Author: Justin D. Derner – USDA-Agricultural Research Service

  Author: Hailey Wilmer – USDA Agricultural Research Service

  Author: Kim R. Stackhouse-Lawson, PhD – AgNext, Colorado State University

  Author: Sara E. Place – AgNext, Colorado State University

  Author: Mark V. Boggess – USDA Agricultural Research Service
• 2:20 PM - 2:50 PM MT

  What role could old/heritage genetics play in climate adaptation?
  

  Presenting Author: Eileen Armstrong, Dr. (she/her/hers) – Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
• 2:50 PM - 3:20 PM MT

  Precision Livestock Farming tools for climate-smart ranching
  

  Presenting Author: Santiago Utsumi – Department of Animal and Range Science, New Mexico State University
• 3:20 PM - 3:30 PM MT

  WSASAS Beef Symposium Break - Sponsored by the SW Beef CAP
• 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM MT

  Tools for climate-smart decision making for the stocker/feedlot sector
  

  Presenting Author: Glenn C. Duff, PhD – New Mexico State University

  Author: Bianca Birkenstock, MS – New Mexico State University

  Author: Mackenzie M. Smithyman, MS (she/her/hers) – New Mexico State University
• 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM MT

  Precision livestock farming tools for climate-smart feedyard operations
  

  Presenting Author: Luis O. Tedeschi, PhD – Texas A&M University

  Author: Egleu D. M Mendes, MSc – Texas A&M University / Department of Animal Science
• 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM MT

  Regional beef supply chain vulnerabilities to climate change
  

  Presenting Author: David Anderson – Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
• 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM MT

  WSASAS Beef Symposium Discussion