November 19, 2001

Beef Management Workshop Scheduled for North Star Classic Event

North Dakota State University specialists will offer a beef management workshop Sunday, Dec. 2, during the North Star Classic livestock event in Valley City.

The free workshop will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Winter Show building. During the program, NDSU Extension Service beef specialist Greg Lardy will review research at NDSU on feeding agricultural processing byproducts to beef cattle. Manny Encinias, NDSU research assistant, will discuss the process of developing replacement heifers for the beef herd. NDSU extension rangeland management specialist Kevin Sedivic will outline how to manage pastures to meet the needs of grazing animals.

The workshop is part of the second annual North Star Classic to be held Friday, Nov. 30, to Sunday, Dec. 2, at the Winter Show Complex in Valley City. The event will feature purebred cattle shows and sales, a bred and open commercial heifer show and sale, a club calf sale, junior livestock shows, a sheep show and sale and a swine sale. Livestock related equipment and services will be featured in the event’s commercial exhibits area.

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Source: Greg Lardy, (701) 231-7660, glardy@ndsuext.nodak.edu
Editor: Tom Jirik, (701) 231-9629, tjirik@ndsuext.nodak.edu