Ten equipment manufacturers will operate their strip-till machines each day at the demonstration field just south of the Big Iron show area.

The Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives event provides education and networking opportunities for people involved in the cooperative industry.

Cattle producers can use grain or coproducts to stretch their feed supplies.

Sugar beet byproducts are high in fiber and energy.

Vaccines can reduce the risk of buildup and spread of environmental pathogens to calves.

Producers need to understand the potential risks of nitrate toxicity.

Some forages may contain levels of nitrate that are toxic to livestock.

High temperatures combined with adequate moisture can impact plant metabolism and cause nitrate to build up in plants.

Some forage may be low in nutritional value and high in nitrate.

Producers should test forage before feeding it to their livestock.