Feeding & Caring for Swine without Ractopamine-February 11

Published on by Katie Gindt

The Wisconsin Youth Livestock Program (WYLP), affiliated with the UW Madison Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, and the Division of Extension are excited to offer these educational programs for the winter/spring of 2020-2021. These activities are an opportunity for youth and adults to create awareness and increase skills in the animal sciences and occur on the 2nd Thursday of the month from January through May.red square with event text

Each session begins at 7 p.m. CST with a presentation followed by Q&A. You must register in order to receive the connecting information through email.

For more information of each presentation and to register for any or all of the events at  https://go.wisc.edu/r3x8lh.

  • January 14 – Roaming the Rumen
  • February 11 – Feeding & caring for Swine without Ractopamine
  • March 11 – Lamb Live & Carcass Evaluation; Lamb Culinary products
  • April 8 – Artificial Intelligence in Animal Sciences using sensors and cameras
  • May 13 – Meat Science Cookery

For more information contact Bernie O’Rourke, UW-Madison Extension Youth Livestock Specialist at (608) 263-4304 or borourke2@wisc.edu.

1 Educational Credit

After attending each session, please complete the Out-of-County Google form at http://bit.ly/fdllivestockpoints to earn 1 point toward the 2021 FDL County Market Livestock Sale.