Final presentation of the livestock research unit of Lakeland College's Student-managed Farm (SMF) powered by New Holland. The student-managed course in animal science technology sees 2nd year students work in one of the livestock unit. Each team reports on marketing, production and other parts of their unit's business. Mid-term and final presentations are done in Alumni Hall on the Vermilion campus.

1. Lakeland College
Livestock Research Unit
Final Presentation
April 10th, 2018

2. The Unit
• Second year
• 15 team members
• Extensive herd

3. Strengths
• Great Work Ethic
• Organization
• Data on our herd
• Communication

4. Weaknesses
• Communication with other units
• Length of academic year
• Only one handling facility

5. Opportunities
• Turnip grazing
• Calf crop
• Project base
• Establishing industry contacts

6. Threats
• Land availability
• Funding for trials

7. Goals
• Network & build relationships
• Compile a project binder
• Increase grazing days to 300

8. Accomplishments
• Increased grazing days from 216 to 297
• Residual Feed Intake Trial
• Parentage Testing – Who’s Your Daddy?
• Displayed heifers at Farmfair International
• Toured U of A Research Farm at Kinsella &
the Western Beef Development Center

9. Our Herd

10. Herd Inventory
• 79 Breeding Females
• 19 Steer Calves
• 18 Replacement
Heifers
• 2 Bulls

11. Herd Value

12. Key Performance Indicators

13. Plans for 2017 Calf Crop
• 18 Heifers
–Replacements
• 19 Steers
–Selling after trial

14. Market Outlook

15. Breeding Plans
• Bulls out August 1, 2018
• 25 exposed to Hereford
• 74 exposed to Angus
• Renting Angus bull from Purebred Unit
• Renting a Hereford bull

16. Health Management

17. Vaccines
• ScourBos 4
• Ultrabac 7 Somubac
• Bova-Sheild Gold
• Fusoguard
• Bimectin

18. Semen Testing
• Allandale InFocus 53C • Everblack Pacesetter 70B

19. Calving
• Weighed and tagged
• Vitamin ADE, Selenium
• Males castrated via banding

20. Treatments
• Pink eye
• Eye injury
• Upper respiratory distress
• Two abortions
–One unpredicted, one controlled

21. Research Projects

22. Residual Feed Intake
• February 7th – April 19th
• Dry matter & feed samples
• Weight on the calves
• Ultrasounded to measure fat

24. Who’s Your Daddy?

25. Breed Composition
• Pasture groups
• 80% Angus and 20% Hereford

26. Finance

29. $0
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
$20,000
$25,000
$30,000
$35,000
$40,000
Year To Date
Budgeted YTD

30. Cost of Production

31. 2018-19 Projected Budget
Cattle Sales $109,749
Bull Rental from Commercial $650
Total Income $110,399
Feed Expense $57,278
Vet/Medical Expense $4,200
All Other Expenses $25,479
Total Expenses $86,958
Projected Net Income $23,441

32. Nutrition

33. Trial Diet
• Balanced weight diet
• ADG = 2.5 lbs
• 15.2lbs DM Intake
• $1.63/head/day

34. Range & Forage

35. Grazing Plan
• Grazing days 196
• Forage data collection

36. Corn Grazing
• Started December 11, 2017
• Finished January 10, 2018
• Total of 31 days

37. Bale Grazing
• 130 Bales
• 90 days
• $0.97/head/day
–$1.10 less than our predicted cost

38. Sustainability & Stewardship

39. Turnip Grazing
• LC10 – 33 acres
• Union Forage graciously
donated their Relay Blend
LC10

41. Public Relations

42. Facebook
• Members of the week
• Inform followers of our trials
• Advertise for Beef Day

43. Beef Day
• Offered tours of the Research Centre
• Sold a lot of 5 bred heifers
–Purchased by Wyatt Isaacson

44. Recommendations
• Parentage Testing
• Fetal Programming
• Extend Grazing
• 80 head
– 80% Angus
– 20% Hereford
• Beef Day

46. Thank You
• Jessica Hryciuk
• Austin Partington
• Dr. Obioha Durunna
• Josie Van Lent
• Geoff Brown
• Denise Martin
• Janet Kerr
• Dr. Angela Rouillard
• Farm Staff
• Ag Faculty
• Lance & Shari Leachman
• LLC Marketing Department
• WRCH Students & Staff
• Other SMF Units
• Dr. Susan Markus
• Dr. Carolyn Fitzsimmons
• Diane Harms
• Rusty Stalwick
• Dr. Crystal Mullen
• Josie Pashulka
• Melissa Downing
• Dr. Kent Weir
• Vermilion Vet Clinic

47. Thank You