Past Seminars

Pre-Conference Workshop: Foundations of Risk Management

• Understanding Key Concepts of Risk Management
• Measuring Risk on Your Ranch
• Tools for Managing Risk

Understanding the Financial Structure of Cow/Calf Operations

• Understanding Cash vs Accrual Financial Statements
• Understanding and Using Financial Statements and Metrics
• Lender Panel
• Managing Costs: A Deeper Dive
• Financial Benchmarking and Performance Analysis

• Principles of Managing Grazing: Stocking Rates, Time, Timing, and Intensity
• Stocking Rate Considerations
• Range Land Indicators: What Should I Watch For?
• Using the Range Analysis Platform (Online Monitoring Technology) to Understand Your Rangeland
• How Proper Grazing Can Help Solve Utah’s Water Security Crises
• Factors to Account for in Managing Uncertainty
• Beating the Hay Habit
• So, You Want More Grass. What to Plant
• Meeting Nutritional Needs of Cattle: Maximizing Use of Rangelands
• Management Options to Improve Rangeland Grazing
• Range Improvement Cost Share Programs through NRCS
• Economics of Stocking Rate: Individual Performance vs Herd Performance
• Managing Grazing: How to Manage Rest
• Virtual Fence Overview
• Virtual Fence use in San Juan County, Utah
• Being a Good Grazing Permittee
• Poisonous Plants and Management Strategies