Team Members

Name Expertise
 

Stephen Boyles
OSU AnSci, Ext. Beef Specialist
(614) 292-7669
E-mail Steve

 

Reproduction
Nutrition, Feedlot
Cow-Calf Management
Stocker Cattle

 

Mike Estadt
OSU Extension – Pickaway Co.
(740) 474-7534
Email Mike

 

Cow-Calf Management
Animal Grasses & Grazing

 

Lyda G. Garcia
OSU Assoc. Professor-Meat Science
(614) 292-3642
Email Lyda

 

Fresh Meat, Meat Quality
Carcass Characteristics
Value-Added

 

Al Gahler
OSU Extension – Sandusky Co.
(419) 334-6340
E-mail Al

 

Reproduction, Genetics
Cow-Calf Management
Registered and Show Cattle
Carcass Evaluation, Forages

 

Christine Gelley
OSU Extension – Noble Co.
(740) 732-5681
E-mail Christine

 

Forage Nutritive Value
Forage Management

 

Jason Hartschuh
OSU Field Specialist, Dairy and Precision Livestock (419) 562-8731
E-mail Jason

 

Livestock Technology
Forages

 

Justin Kieffer
OSU Clinical Veterinarian
(614) 292-4523
Email Justin

 

Veterinary Medicine
Beef Reproduction

 

Dean Kreager
OSU Extension – Licking Co.
(740) 670-5315
Email Dean

 

Cow-Calf Management
Genetics
Reproduction

 

Clif Little
OSU Extension – Guernsey Co.
(740) 489-5300
Email Clif

 

Forages/Grazing
A.I.

 

Greg Meyer
OSU Extension – Warren Co.
(513) 695-1311
E-mail Greg

 

Genetics
Registered and Show Cattle
Carcass Evaluation

 

Martin Mussard
Manager, OSU Beef Center
(614) 459-4124
E-mail Marty

 

Cow/Calf Management
Reproduction, Embryo transfer
Estrus synchronization
Heifer Development

 

Chris Penrose
OSU Extension – Morgan Co.
(740) 962-4854
E-mail Chris

 

Cow-Calf Management
Calf Marketing
Ownership Options
Forages

 

Alejandro Relling
OSU Assoc. Professor AnSci
(330) 263-3900
Email Ale

 

Cow/Calf Nutrition
Feedlot Nutrition

 

Garth Ruff
OSU Field Specialist, Beef Cattle
(740) 651-7140
E-mail Garth

 

Production Management
Feeder Calf Marketing
Livestock Facilities
Meat Quality -Carcass Evaluation

 

Haley Shoemaker
OSU Extension – Mahoning Co.
(330) 533-5538
E-mail Haley

 

Cattle Handling
Beef Enterprise Financial Management

 

Stan Smith
OSU Extension – Fairfield Co.
(740) 277-4633
E-mail Stan

 

Reproduction, Genetics
Cow-Calf Management
Feedlot, Carcass Evaluation

 

Ted Wiseman
OSU Extension – Perry Co.
(740) 743-1602
E-mail Ted

 

Forage, Pasture Management
Nutrition
Carcass Evaluation