November 13 – 15, 2025
Sheraton Anchorage Hotel
Anchorage, Alaska
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Thursday, Nov 13
Topics, with a focus on grazing lands, include:
- Ruminants 101
- Livestock nutrition
- Extensive versus intensive grazing systems
- Grazing systems and plant/animal interactions
- Grasses for Alaska
- Nutrition from native forage
- Parasite management
- Grazing leases with agency representatives
- Livestock tracking
- Basic veterinary care and disease risks between livestock and wildlife
- Low-stress animal handling
- Producer highlights, panels, and roundtables
- Additional topics to be announced
Keynotes:
Friday, Nov 14
Topics, with a focus on grazing lands, include:
- Stacked enterprises
- Grazing leases
- Grazing business risk management
- Financial resources and support for ranchers
- Meat processing policy and/or roundtable
- Producer highlights and panels
- Weed control and invasive species
- Additional topics to be announced
Keynotes:
Saturday, Nov 15
Topics and keynotes to be announced
Meetings:
- Alaska Farm Bureau Annual Business Meeting
Conference schedule is subject to change.
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