Speakers

Pat Goetzinger
Because You Can’t Take It With You:
Traditional Estate Planning Basics and New Tax Rules Explained
Lawyer at Gunderson, Palmer, Nelson, and Ashmore Firm

Dr. Dwayne Beck
Integrated Crop and Livestock Systems
Research Manager, Dakota Lakes Research Farm

Dr. Dustin Oedekoven
Bovine Tuberculosis, Animal ID, and Other Animal Health Updates
South Dakota State Veterinarian

Dr. Amanda Blair
Avoiding Discounts: Understanding how pre-harvest stress impacts beef quality
Associate Professor, Meat Science, South Dakota State University

Guest Speakers Sponsored by Soil Health Coalition
David Brant & Jim Faulstich

David Brandt farms 1150 acres all no-till, in Fairfield County, Central Ohio. He began no-till farming in 1971 and has been using cover crops since 1978. David has participated in yield plots for corn, soybeans, and wheat into various covers.

Day Break Ranch, Highmore, South Dakota (Beef Cattle Ranch) Jim and Carol Faulstich have a long history of ranching and stewardship. For over 30 years, they have been active in conservation issues from local groups such as 4-H Livestock Committee and the Hyde County Weed Board, conservation districts to state and national groups such as the NRCS State Technical Committee, SD Grassland Coalition and the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative.