Dakota Fest is rapidly approaching.

You have helped us develop the Livestock Demo Tent into one of the Premier Attractions on the west side of the grounds. Thanks for all your help and hard work in the past…and we rely on you to make this year’s show better than ever. This year’s Dakota Fest dates are August 15-17.

The Cattle Team has three primary goals for this year’s Dakota Fest:

1. Client Appreciation - This is the largest client appreciation event in our area, the state and probably the world (The Cattle Team’s world at least).
2. Promote the Beef Industry, the Cattle Team and your company with the products and technology you provide to the Beef Team.
3. Developing better relationships between the Cattle Team and their clients and company representatives providing product and technology for the Cattle Team’s partners.
It’s a win-win-win for Everyone!
• Better understanding of new and emerging technologies
• Personal contact with company representatives
• Livestock handling and chute demonstrations
• The customary free “Cattle Team Apple”
o We polished over 2400 apples last year!
“Dinner with Doc” was very successful for its first year. We fed over 150 people daily as they were educated by our sponsors. I am sure most took home great new ideas on management & products. Our hope is to improve on last year and encourage more product participation while remembering our primary goal, PROMOTE BEEF! This year we will gather at 12:00 in the tent & serve lunch for “Dinner with Doc” …We Hope to See You!

Dakota Fest is rapidly approaching. You have helped us develop the Livestock Demo Tent into one of the Premier Attractions on the west side of the grounds. Thanks for all your help and hard work in the past… and we rely on you to make this year’s show better than ever. This year’s Dakota Fest dates are August 15-17.

The Cattle Team has three primary goals for this year’s Dakota Fest:1. Client Appreciation - This is the largest client appreciation event in our area, the state and probably the world (The Cattle Team’s world at least).
2. Promote the Beef Industry, the Cattle Team and your company with the products and technology you provide to the Beef Team.
3. Developing better relationships between the Cattle Team and their clients and company representatives providing product and technology for the Cattle Team’s partners.
It’s a win-win-win for Everyone!
• Better understanding of new and emerging technologies
• Personal contact with company representatives
• Livestock handling and chute demonstrations
• The customary free “Cattle Team Apple”
We polished over 2400 apples last year!

“Dinner with Doc” was very successful for its first year. We fed over 150 people daily as they were educated by our sponsors. I am sure most took home great new ideas on management & products. Our hope is to improve on last year and encourage more product participation while remembering our primary goal, PROMOTE BEEF! This year we will gather at 12:00 in the tent & serve lunch for “Dinner with Doc” …We Hope to See You!

2017 PROUD PARTNER SPONSORS!
Prime Sponsorships
AgriLabs
Elanco
Zoetis
Boehringer Ingelheim (BI)

Choice Sponsorships
Z Tags
Alta Genetics
Newport Laboratories
Ritchey Tags
Norbrook
Pifer’s Inc.

Select Sponsorships
Merial
Bayer
SD Beef Council
New Balance Commodities
MWI
Callicrate Banders

Daily Sponsor Demo’s and Speakers include…
Tuesday, August 15th - Feedlot
• Cattle in Confinement
Warren Rusche (SDSU Beef Extension Specialist)
• Value of Implants on performance
New Products available
Zoeits
• Electronic Identification and record keeping
Z- Tags- (Jeff Haagenson)
• Beef Quality Assurance- What’s in it for me?
Heidi Carroll- (SDSU Extension)
• Autogenous Products
Dr. Randy Shirbroun (Newport)
• Utilizing Commodities in the feedlot
Hannah Catterton (New Balance Commodities)
• Veterinary Feed Directive
Ryan Eichler (Elanco)
• New product, New labels
Dr. Moore (Norbrook)
• Ultra-sounding for GRID Marketing
Jeff Schoenfelder (Northwest Vet)
Wednesday, August 16th- Repro Day-
• Value of AI vs Natural Breeding
Jeff Langemeier (Alta Genetics)
• Beef Quality Assurance- Repro Vx and Hormones
Heidi Carroll- (SDSU Extension)
• Genetic Testing
Zoetis
• Certified Ultra-Sound Testing
Jeff Schoenfelder (Northwest Vet)
• Animal Identification
Ritchey Tags
• Value of Pregnancy Testing
Taylor Grussing (SDSU Beef Specialist)
• Veterinary Feed Directive and the cow-calf herd
Ryan Eichler ( Elanco)
• Heifer Development
Cody Stahl
Taylor Grussing
• Fly Circus
Robin Hughes (Agrilabs)
Ron Bernhardt (Bayer)
Thursday, August 17th - Cow/Calf Day
• 5 C’s of Colostrum Management
Jeff Langemeier (Alta Genetics)
• Long Range and Cow Data
Eric Jenks (Merial)
• Beef Quality Assurance Responsible Antibiotic Use
Heidi Carroll (SDSU)
• Importance of Identification
Ritchey Tags
Jeff Haagenson (Z-Tags)
Freeze Branding -Jeff Schoenfelder (Northwest Vet)
• Implanting for pounds
Maria (Elanco)
• Veterinary Feed Directives and Weaning
Ryan Eichler (Elanco)
• Intranasal vs Injectable viral
Zoetis
• Fly Circus
Robin Hughes (Agrilabs)
Ron Bernhardt (Bayer)

Shows start at 9:00 am Tuesday August 15th. The 1st daily show is at 10:30
Dinner with Doc daily at 12:00
The 2nd show is daily at 2:30 pm.

We look forward to seeing friends old and new!
~Dave, Amy and the Entire Northwest Veterinary and Supply Cattle Team!