Phibro Global Beef Summit
April 6-7, 2026 | Kimpton Santo San Antonio - Riverwalk 431 S Alamo St, San Antonio, TX 78205 USA
Register here by January 31st, 2026Session Topics
Day One
Global Beef Landscape
- 13:00-13:30 Welcome
- 13:30-14:00 USA
- 14:00-14:30 Brazil
- 14:30-15:00 Australia
- 15:00-15:30 Round Table
Phibro Moving Forward
- 16:00-16:15 Phibro Vision; Danilo Grandini, Phibro Animal Health
- 16:15-16:45 Virginiamycin and Period of Use; Dr. Luiz Fernando Dias Batista, BovineDynamics
- 16:45-17:15 Deccox®: A Review; Dr. Gary Sides
- 17:15-17:45 Cattlyst®: Past Performance and Future Opportunities; Dr. Bradley Johnson, Texas Tech University
- 17:45-18:15 Round Table
- 18:15-18:30 Final Remarks
Day Two
Rumen Health
- 08:00-08:30 Rumen Health Compendium and AI applications; Dr. Luis Tedeschi, Chair, Texas A&M University
- 08:30-09:00 Ruminal pH — North American Feedlot Cattle Assessment; Dr. Greg Penner, University of Saskatchewan
- 09:00-09:30 Ruminal pH — Australian Feedlot Cattle Assessment; Dr. Paul Cusack, Charles Sturt University and Australian Livestock Production Services, Australia
- 09:30-10:00 Coffee Break
- 10:00-10:30 Strategic Ionophore Rotation: Mechanisms, Management, and Timing; Dr. Haley E. Larson, Kansas State University
- 10:30-11:00 Rumen Development for Beef Calves during the Backgrounding Phase; Dr. Jerad Jaborek, Michigan State University
- 11:00-11:30 Long-Fed Cattle Management: Challenges and Considerations; Dr. Matthew L. May, Telus
- 11:30-12:00 Round Table
- 12:00-13:30 Lunch
Liver/Lungs/Intestines
- 13:30-14:00 Rumen Health Compendium; Dr. T.G. Nagaraja, Chair, Kansas State University
- 14:00-14:30 Liver Abscess — Performance, Carcass and Economics; Dr. Dale Woerner, Texas Tech University
- 14:30-15:00 Lower Gut Wall Health; Dr. Sarah C. Pearce, USDA
- 15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
- 15:30-16:00 Pulmonary and Gastro-Intestinal Co-Morbidities in Feedyard Mortalities; Dr. Brad White, Kansas State University
- 16:00-16:30 Coccidiosis in Beef Cattle: Gut Damage, Performance Loss and Prevention on Conventional Backgrounding and Feedlot Operations; Dr. Berit Bangoura, University of Georgia
- 16:30-17:00 Integrating Longer Feeding Periods and Animal Health; Jacob Hagenmaier, Prairie Rock Research, Production Animal Consultation
- 17:00-17:30 Round Table
- 17:30-17:45 Phibro Recognitions
- 17:45-18:00 Final Remarks
- 18:30-22:00 Dinner
