Webinars | CentralStar Cooperative, Inc.

Get more from your beef breeding program in 2026

CentralStar Admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 19:35:04 +0000

CentralStar Beef Specialist Adam Wood leads a conversation about genetics and breeding practices with Select Sires Associate Vice President of Beef Product Development and Marketing Ryan Bodenhausen and Select Sires Beef Reproductive and Research Specialist Dan Busch.

Get more from your beef breeding program in 2025

CentralStar Admin — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:51:40 +0000

CentralStar Beef Specialists Trevor Yager, Adam Wood, and Scott Ellevold, along with Select Sires Sire Analyst Jon Herrick share insight into breeding strategies, genetic selection, and herd-improvement techniques.

Get more from your beef breeding program

MaryAnn Walker — Tue, 14 May 2024 23:13:39 +0000

CentralStar Beef Specialists Trevor Yager, Adam Wood, and Scott Ellevold share insights on how to get more from your beef breeding program. It starts with pre-planning and includes great attention to nutrition, breeding protocols, body condition, sire selection, and more. Listen in as they discuss best practices, sire favorites, and address commonly-asked questions.

The journey to A2 milk. The inside scoop with MOO-ville Creamery and Select Sires.

updatebyRVWS — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 16:30:41 +0000

There’s no debating that cow’s milk and its products have long been an extraordinary nutritional source. Thanks to innovation, we now enjoy a variety of modifications, including A2 milk. Join us Wednesday, September 20, as MOO-ville Creamery, Nashville, Michigan and Chuck Sattler, vice president of genetic programs at Select Sires, share insights and addresses commonly-asked-questions about A2.

Been there, done that. What’s next for Johne’s disease?

updatebyRVWS — Fri, 12 May 2023 12:56:31 +0000

Johne’s disease isn’t a new challenge facing herds; but it may be one that has fallen into a rut or forgotten, particularly if herd prevalence is low. You’ve been there and done that; so what’s next? In this webinar recording from May 10, 2023, Dr. Don Niles, dairy operations manager, Pagel Family Businesses in Wisconsin, and Dr. Scott Wells, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, discuss practical approaches to level up your herd’s Johne’s management. With research focused on the surveillance, prevention, and control of infectious pathogens of cattle and other food animals, Dr. Wells discusses currently-available prevention and treatment methods, as well as why managing Johne’s is still relevant today. Dr. Niles shares management strategies proven effective in reducing Johne’s. He’ll discuss benefits dairies realize and what’s next, even if you’ve made great progress in disease reduction. You will learn: — the importance of ongoing-Johne’s management, even if herd prevalence is low; — next steps to level up your program, even if it’s making great progress; and — practical and effective management strategies.

BLV/Leukosis: Untreatable does not mean unmanageable

updatebyRVWS — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 14:23:26 +0000

Dr. Don Niles and leading Michigan State University (MSU) researcher, Dr. Tasia Kendrick, discuss recent research efforts that will help you manage the effects of BLV on dairy- and beef-cattle health and productivity.

BVD: Vaccination is only one step in stopping the cycle.

builtbyRVWS — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:00:17 +0000

Chances are you vaccinate for BVD and forget about it. Is that really the approach you should take? At a cost of $2.5 billion to dairy- and beef-cattle producers through sick animals, treatment costs and death, is burying your head in the sand the best approach?

Mastitis PCR: You don’t have to settle for no-growth results.

builtbyRVWS — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:55:28 +0000

Thermo Fisher Scientific disease and ruminant experts share insights on PCR testing, which can effectively detect mastitis-causing pathogens, allowing producers to manage milk quality more efficiently.

Pregnancy: Eliminate the labor pains of pregnancy checks.

builtbyRVWS — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:01:42 +0000

Routine pregnancy checks are necessary, but a pain due to time and labor. Learn how milk-pregnancy testing reduces and removes time and labor pains, while keeping your herd’s reproductive performance on track.