“Hybrid Rye” - More Than a Cover Crop with Bob Thaler, Zach Smith, and Warren Rusche
About the Webinar.
Please join us Wednesday, August 24th at 9:00 am (CDT) for our "Future of Feeding" webinar series! This webinar series focuses on using innovation in the processing of animal food, the equipment being used (existing and newly developed), as well as using grains from our region for co-products. A new speaker will be featured each month.
This month will feature Bob Thaler, Professor and Extension Swine Specialist at SDSU, Zach Smith, Assistant Professor at SDSU, and Warren Rusche, Assistant Professor and SDSU Extension Feedlot Specialist at SDSU. Join us as the group discusses “Hybrid Rye” - More Than a Cover Crop.
So, mark your calendars! You won’t want to miss this webinar!
Robert Thaler Ph.D | Distinguished Professor, Extension Swine Specialist for SDSU
About the Speakers.
Dr. Robert Thaler
Dr. Bob Thaler grew up on a diversified family farm in Wagner SD and received his BS and MS degrees from South Dakota State University and his Ph.D. in Swine Nutrition from Kansas State University in 1988. He returned to SD as Extension Swine Specialist and has held various positions, including Assistant Experiment Station Director, Agriculture and Natural Resources Program Leader for Extension, and SDSU’s Animal and Range Sciences department head.
He currently serves as Extension Swine Specialist and focuses on helping pork producers and students in the state and region with the responsible growth of the swine industry. He focused on production-based research and was involved with the funding and building of the new $7 million Swine Teaching-Research-Extension Center at SDSU. In 2018 he received a Fulbright scholarship to work at the Vietnam National University of Agriculture in Hanoi and was named an SDSU Distinguished Professor in 2021. He has consulted extensively in the last 30 years with the US Soybean Export Council and the US Grains Council in China, Southeast Asia, and other parts of the world. Bob & his wife Karen have 3 children and 6 grandchildren.
Zach Smith | Assistant Professor, SDSU
Zach Smith
Zach Smith has served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Science and as the Faculty Supervisor of the Ruminant Nutrition Center (RNC) of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station in Brookings, SD since July of 2018.
Smith earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Production from Texas Tech University. He received a Master of Science Degree under the direction of Dr. Robbi Pritchard in Feedlot Nutrition and Management from South Dakota State University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree under the direction of Dr. Bradley Johnson in Feedlot Cattle Nutrition and Muscle Biology from Texas Tech University.
Zach has a 70/30 split of research and teaching at South Dakota State University. Zach’s research program is focused on nutrition and management interventions that enhance growing and finishing beef cattle production. The Smith Lab has extensive experience in determining the feeding value of novel cereal grains and corn-milling (dry and wet) bio-refinery products fed to feedlot cattle.
Warren Rusche | Assistant Professor & Extension Feedlot Specialist, SDSU
Warren Rusche
Warren Rusche currently serves as the Extension Feedlot Specialist for South Dakota State University, with prior Extension experience at the county level as well as a Cow/Calf Field Specialist. Prior to returning to SDSU in 2011, he co-managed his family’s cow-calf and backgrounding business. He holds a Ph.D. and B.S. degrees in Animal Science from South Dakota State University and an M.S. degree in Animal Science from Kansas State University.
How to Register.
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Disclaimer: The views, information, or opinions expressed during the series are solely those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of the Northern Crops Institute and its employees.
General Information.
Northern Crops Institute
NDSU Dept. 7400
P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050 USA
Phone: 701-231-7736
Email: nci@ndsu.edu
Website: www.northern-crops.com
About the Northern Crops Institute.
Northern Crops Institute is an international center for meeting and learning about crops produced in the four-state region of Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Situated on the campus of North Dakota State University, Northern Crops Institute exists as a forum to bring together customers, commodity traders, technical experts, processors and producers from all points of the globe for discussion, education and technical service programs. Since 1983, the Institute has hosted visitors from more than 135 countries.
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