Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Tuesday June 9th The business meeting was called to order by Cody Wright. Those in attendance were: Membership: James Linn (advisor) Cody Wright  SD Stephen Boyles  OH Dan Faulkner  IL Greg Lardy  ND Rick Rasby  NE Karl Harborth  KS James Russell  IA Travis Maddock (representing Cliff Lamb)  FL Via Teleconference: Dan Buskirk  MI Dave Patterson  MO Steve Paisley  WY Dave Lalman  OK Jack Whittier  CO Guests: Jason Rowntree, Michigan State University Iowa State University Doug Baehr, Iowa State University Jessica Anderson, Iowa State University Kirk Schmarla, Iowa State University Jon Schoonmaker, Purdue University (will be new representative from Purdue) Minutes from last meeting were approved. (Lardy, Rasby) Report from James G. Linn, new administrative advisor. Joe Colleti Associate Dean and Maynard Hogberg Head of Animal Science welcomed the group. Rewrite was discussed. Sub-committee of Steven Boyles, Steve Paisley, Greg Lardy, and Cody Wright created to facilitate rewrite. Officer elections were held. Rick Rasby was elected unanimously as the new secretary. Stephen Boyles will move from Vice-Chair to Chair and Karl Harborth will move from Secretary to Vice-Chair. The officers for 2009-2010 are: Stephen Boyles, Chair Karl Harborth, Vice-Chair Rick Rasby, Secretary Station Reports Objective 1 Illinois Iowa Kansas Objective 2 Florida Kansas Objective 3 Florida Iowa Illinois Nebraska Wednesday June 10th Update from Adelle Turzillo, new CSREES representative, via teleconference. Station reports continued. Symposium at Midwest ASAS was discussed. The following are some proposed symposiums topics for consideration: Lowering energy inputs Animal welfare Fetal programming Topics will be finalized after the meeting by Greg Lardy and Rick Rasby. Final topics and speakers will be (included in minutes after the conclusion of the regular meeting): Ensuring the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Cow-Calf Operations Carbon Credits, Cap and Trade, and Other Carbon Regulations Dan Faulkner, University of Illinois Phosphorus Supplementation Jim Russell, Iowa State University Matching the Cow to the Forage Resources David Lalman, Oklahoma State University Filling in the Gaps in Forage and Feed Needs Greg Lardy, North Dakota State University Next meeting (2010) will be hosted by Kansas State at a location near the Kansas City airport. The projected dates for next meeting will be June 8-9, 2010. This will be Tuesday (AM/PM) and Wednesday (AM) if needed. Meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Karl Harborth, Secretary

The objectives of NCERA-087 are: 1. Development of cow-calf production systems which reduce unit cost of production while still producing high quality beef that meets the demands of todays consumer. 2. Development and integration of reproductive management technologies into management systems. 3. Development of profitable, environmentally sound, cow-calf production systems which encouraging efficient use of feed resources in cow calf operations. 4. Maintain and enhance formal and informal linkages which facilitate outreach and information sharing among committee members and with beef cattle producers in the region. To accomplish these objectives, members of the committee have actively conducted applied research, developed and disseminated Extension programming, and collaborated on the development of multi-state efforts such as the eXtension Beef Cattle Clearinghouse community of practice. Reports on research projects and extension programs were shared by each of the committee members present and discussed within the group. The reports are collected and distributed to all committee members annually. Committee members also collaborated on the development of a symposium to be held at the 2010 Midwest Section American Society of Animal Science Meeting. This symposium has been held approximately every other year and has been extremely well received.