NEWS for North Dakotans
Agriculture Communication, North Dakota State University
7 Morrill Hall, Fargo, ND 58105-5665
June 29, 2000
The annual North Dakota State University Carrington Research Extension Center field day is scheduled for Wednesday, July 19. A combination of tours and demonstrations on crops and livestock will be conducted during the morning and afternoon sessions.
The morning session will begin at 9 a.m. and afternoon session will begin at 1 p.m. A sponsored noon lunch will be served. The livestock tour will start at 9:30 a.m. with a review of annual forage crop production. NDSU research specialist Steve Zwinger will discuss planting and harvest dates and feed quantity and quality.
NDSU animal scientist Vern Anderson will present information on bison nutrition and discuss research on feeding bison bulls destined for slaughter. Anderson will also present research results from feeding potato waste to beef cows and steers. In addition, he will discuss research on tempering barley with or without a yeast enzyme cocktail. Kim Koch, feed mill program manager of the Northern Crops Institute at NDSU, will discuss methods for processing barley.
NDSU Extension waste management specialist Scott Birchall will discuss using fly ash as an alternative to concrete for creating a hard feedlot surface. NDSU Extension livestock specialist Karl Hoppe will discuss identifying fast-growing calves through involvement in the ND Winter Show Steer Classic Pen Division Feedout contest.
Steve Metzger, Carrington Farm Business Management instructor, will compare managing high- and low-profit beef cowherds. NDSU research specialist Eric Bock will discuss research on feeding barley malt sprouts and sunflower screenings and using a commercial range cake made with crambe. Hoppe and Anderson will finish the morning tour by discussing profitable cattle feeding partnerships and an update on the North Dakota Barley Feeders LLLP.
A special afternoon demonstration will return to the livestock unit from 1:15 to 3:00 p.m. to observe a feedlot pen being stabilized with flyash. Participants will be able to discuss options for using ash and will be able to watch as ash is installed in a pen used to feed bison. The tour will demonstrate how equipment found on most farms can be used to spread and incorporate ash into soil before a final compaction step to finish the stabilized surface.
The tours are open to the public and free of charge. The center is located 3.5 miles north of Carrington, ND on Highway 281. For more information, contact Karl Hoppe at (701) 652-2951.
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Source: Karl Hoppe, (701) 652-2951
Editor: Tom Jirik, (218) 790-0784 (Temporary Cell #)