DIXON – Free seminars highlighting the future of Midwest cattle feeding will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at Sauk Valley Community College, 173 state Route 2.

The seminars are designed to help feeder cattle producers develop strategies for a profitable operation, Travis Meteer, University of Illinois Extension beef specialist, said in a news release.

Discussion topics include the future of cattle feeding, managing high feed costs, methods of offsetting expensive grain, the use of dried distillers grains for feedlot cattle, corn stover considerations and using improved crop residues and co-products in beef cattle.