(Lewis, Iowa) – As a reminder to local beef producers, the Iowa Beef Center and Iowa State University Extension and Outreach are hosting a “Beef Feedlot Marketing and Economics” meeting this afternoon, Wednesday, March 2. The meeting is free to attend and walk-in registrations are welcome. The meeting will be held at the Wallace Learning Center on the ISU Armstrong Research Farm located at 53020 Hitchcock Ave, Lewis.

Dr. Lee Schulz, ISU Extension livestock economist, will discuss market outlook and risk management, beef pricing from the producer to the consumer, competitive and transparent market proposals, and new USDA price reports.  Tim Christensen, ISU Extension farm management specialist, will address options for managing risk in the cattle industry, and Dr. Dan Loy, director of the Iowa Beef Center, will review Iowa feedlot performance and benchmarking data.

The meeting will begin at 1:30 PM and conclude at 4:00 PM and is free to attend.  Walk-In registrations are welcome. With questions, contact the Cass County Extension Office at 712-243-1132 or the East Pottawattamie County Extension Office at 712-482-6449.  For more information, please visit www.iowabeefcenter.org or email Dan Loy at dloy@iastate.edu.

Information about the program is also available on the Cass County Extension website at www.extension.iastate.edu/cass or by stopping into the Extension office at 805 West 10th Street in Atlantic.