NEWS for North Dakotans
Agriculture Communication, North Dakota State University
7 Morrill Hall, Fargo, ND 58105-5665

August 13, 1998

Grassland Field Day Scheduled for Sept. 13 near Kindred

The use of sheep, goats and cattle in combined grazing systems to control leafy spurge will be featured at a field day beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Albert Ekre Grassland Preserve near Kindred.

The Albert Ekre Grassland Preserve, also known as the Happy Valley Ranch, is located five miles south of the junction of N.D. Highways 46 and 18, just south of where highway 46 crosses the Sheyenne river.

The field day will open with a history of the ranch and how it came to be donated to the NDSU College of Agriculture by Albert Ekre. The grassland tour begins at 3 p.m.

During the tour, NDSU rangeland researcher Bill Barker will outline the use of a rotational grazing system with multiple species. Extension livestock specialist Roger Haugen and animal scientist Wes Limesand will discuss predator control, sheep management and economics in those multispecies grazing systems.

Lisbon area rancher Irv Huseth will review his experiences using multispecies grazing systems to control leafy spurge. Dean Swenson, a Walcott area rancher, will talk about the use of goats and a herder to control leafy spurge.

NDSU Extension rangeland specialist Kevin Sedivec will review other multispecies grazing trials being conducted across the state. Weed scientist Rod Lym will review research on herbicides and insects used to control leafy spurge.

The tour will conclude at 6 p.m. with a meal at the ranch.

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Source: Roger Haugen (701) 231-7645

Editor: Tom Jirik (701) 231-9629