UW to Host Range Beef Cow Symposium in Cheyenne Nov. 10-11

The 29th Range Beef Cow Symposium, an educational event for cattle producers in Wyoming and across the Intermountain West, will take place Monday-Tuesday, Nov. 10-11, in Cheyenne.

Hosted by the University of Wyoming, this year’s symposium will take place at the Event Center at Archer, located at 3801 Archer Parkway in Cheyenne. Programming begins at 8 a.m. Monday and concludes at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The biennial event, which highlights practical applications of new scientific and economic research, is sponsored by animal science programs and cooperative extension services at UW, Colorado State University, South Dakota State University and the University of Nebraska.

“Since the first symposium in 1969, the goal of the Range Beef Cow Symposium has been to provide producers with timely, relevant and impactful programming,” says Shelby Rosasco, UW Extension beef specialist and an assistant professor of animal science. “This year’s symposium looks to build on that tradition, incorporating traditional-style presentations that provide research-based information with opportunities for producer engagement.”

The 2025 event kicks off with a global market outlook from the Livestock Marketing Information Center, followed by sessions on sustainable grazing management and using genomic testing in the commercial beef herd.

Next, an industry panel will address the pressing question of how to “rebuild the cow herd” in response to historically low cattle inventories in the western U.S. Afternoon presentations will address weather outlooks, the impact of management decisions on calf value in the feedyard, carbon credits and virtual fencing. 

On Tuesday morning, programming will continue with a cattle and beef market outlook from CattleFax, followed by presentations on nutritional strategies in limited feed environments; the influence of nutrition on bull fertility and development; fetal programming; reproductive technologies; selection of replacement females; and new research on pulmonary hypertension, also known as high-altitude disease.