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Second Annual
Ranch Sustainability Forum
May 18-20, 2015
Purpose: To provide informational resources and tools for ranch
stakeholders that will help provide healthy and sustainable ranches in 2020
and beyond.
Meeting Reservations:
- Call Lisa at Padlock Ranch 307-655-2264
- Email Lisa@padlockranch.com
- Information: wayne@agwingroup.com; 307-751-4507
- or buy tickets at the link below:
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https://eventbrite.com/event/16081962583/
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Low Stress Livestock Handling ($25 / day or $40 total two day session)
Tuesday Open House Social Hour (no cost)
Tuesday Dinner and Keynote Speaker ($30)
Wednesday Ranch Sustainability Symposium ($30)
Lodging: Hotel Room Block listed under “Padlock Ranch”
- Sheridan Center Best Western for May 18 – 20.
- Rate is $95.99 plus tax.
- Contact: Jacki, if you have problems at reservation desk.
- 20 rooms blocked
Hosted by: Sheridan College & Padlock Ranch
Sponsored by: Padlock Ranch, Sheridan College Ag Department, Fahsholtz’s
AgWin Group, First Interstate Bank, and University of Wyoming with help from
Northern AG Network, Wyoming Livestock Roundup, Drovers, Beef Magazine,
Beef Today, Sheridan Media and Sheridan Press
May 18
Forum Topic: Low Stress Livestock Handling – Day 1 of 2
Speaker: Whit Hibbard - publisher/editor of the Stockmanship Journal and practitioner of
low-stress livestock handling.
Cost: $25 (or $40 for attending two day program)
Time: 9:00 am – 5pm
Location: Sheridan College – Edward A. Whitney Academic Center
May 19
Forum Topic: Low Stress Livestock Handling – Day 2 of 2
Speaker: Whit Hibbard - publisher/editor of the Stockmanship Journal and practitioner of
low-stress livestock handling.
Cost: $25 (or $40 for attending two day program)
Time: 9:00 am – 5pm
Location: Sheridan College – Edward A. Whitney Academic Center
Event: Practical Software for Ranching; Google Earth, Pasture management, others
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Thorne Rider Campus Center TRC002
Event: Open House Social Hour
Cost: No cost
Time: 5-6:30pm
Location: University of Wyoming Ag Experiment Station, Watt Building
Event: Dinner with Keynote Speaker
Speakers: Wayne Fahsholtz; Marketing Trends; Nina Teicholz, Author of “The Big
Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat, and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet”
Cost: $30
Time: 7pm
Location: Sheridan College – Edward A. Whitney Academic Center
May 20
Event: Ranch Sustainability Forum – One-day Symposium
Time: 9am-4pm
Cost: $30, lunch provided
Location: Thorne Rider Campus Center
- Dr. Paul Young, “Welcome to Sheridan College”
o President, Sheridan College
- Keith Klement, “Agriculture at Sheridan College”
o Director of Agriculture, Sheridan College
- Kirk Jacobson, “Hiring and Retaining Top Talent”
o Human Resource Director for Beef Northwest Feeders
- Dr. Barry Dunn “Agriculture’s 2050 Challenge”
o Dean of the College of Agriculture & Biological Sciences, South Dakota
State University
- Burke Teichert, “ Keys to Healthy Ranch Businesses.”
o Ranch Consultant and Retired – Vice Pres., Ag Reserves, Inc.
- Greg Simonds “Measuring the BCS of Land - for management and
markets.”
o Vice-President of Ag Operations of Ensign Group; Faculty affiliate with
Colorado State University Animal Science Department
- John Maddux, “Extending Weaning for Overwintered Calves”
o Nebraska Ranch Owner, Cow Calf operator