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Opportunities Farm Update, Erik Loe, Robbi Pritchard, Matt Loewe
Opportunities Farm Update, Erik Loe, Robbi Pritchard, Matt Loewe
South Dakota Beef Report, 2006
Opportunities Farm allows comparisons of different feedlot facilities located on one site for use in teaching and outreach. The three facilities are: 1) bed-pack confinement, 2) dirt-mound open pens, and 3) partially-covered pens. The first cattle were placed in Opportunities Farm in February 2004. There have been 3,023 head of steers and heifers marketed from Opportunities Farm through June 2006.