AgNext Contributes to the Colorado Farm Show
AgNext faculty and staff had a great time at the Colorado Farm Show this week! The Colorado Farm Show is the 4th largest farm show in the country. This was an excellent opportunity for our team to promote AgNext from our Climate-Smart Research Facility to our world-renowned faculty.
We were proud to have a huge presence at the Farm Show. Four of our faculty presented at educational sessions all three days of the show. We also had an AgNext booth in the Exhibition Building where we made connections with CSU alum and future students throughout the week. We also met with several producers from around the state and had the opportunity to hear their stories and share some of our research objectives.
Here’s a quick recap of our week at the Colorado Farm Show:
Beef Day – Tuesday, January 24th
Three AgNext faculty members presented at the Colorado Farm Show for Beef Day including Dr. Sara Place, Dr. John Ritten, and Dr. Pedro Carvalho.
Dr. Sara Place covering the three pillars of sustainability during her Beef Day Presentation, “Beef’s Role in a Sustainable Food System”
Dr. John Ritten presented on “Agricultural Economics and Sustainability”. Here he is describing how trade-offs are a critical part of ag economics and how those costs, benefits, risks and rewards are integrate for balancing the three pillars of sustainability.
Dr. Sara Place breaking down the GHG emissions in the US for the last few decades.
Dairy Day – Wednesday, January 25th:
AgNext’s Feedlot System Specialist and Associate Professor, Dr. Pedro Carvalho took the stage for Dairy Day at the Colorado Farm Show to offer his expertise on both beef and dairy systems. His presentation entitled, “Beef Production from the Dairy Herd”, included information about how producers can maximize feeding efficiency, carcass characteristics of Holstein steers utilized for beef production, and what factors should be considered cross-breeding.
Ag Education Day – Thursday, January 26th:
The last day of the farm show ag teachers from around Colorado learned from Dr. Kim Stackhouse-Lawson. In her presentation, “AgNext’s Goal in Achieving Sustainability”, Dr. Stackhouse-Lawson shared her vision for AgNext and what is driving this conversation across the supply chain.
Outreach and Engagement at our AgNext Booth:
The AgNext Communication team hosted an engagement table at the Colorado Farm Show – we connected with several CSU alum, high school students and producers from around the state.
As part of our outreach, the AgNext Faculty sought input and feedback from producers and farm show attendees to get a better understanding of what our stakeholders may need in regard to our educational materials and research focus. We intend to analyze these results and share with our faculty.
Our team really enjoyed meeting and talking with folks from around the state – hope to see you again next year!
