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July
7, 2005
Livestock
Research and Review Highlighted at Carrington Research Extension Center
Field Day
The North Dakota State
University Carrington Research Extension Center’s annual beef production
Field Day will be held Tuesday, July 19, from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Developments in beef
production and research will be highlighted during the morning. Topics
include:
- Feeding immature
high-moisture corn by Vern Anderson, animal scientist at the Center.
Research during the winter indicated that last year’s high-moisture
corn had more value in feedlot rations than previously thought. Anderson
also will review research on using soybean hulls for newly weaned calves
and will discuss when and how to process field peas.
- Results of a corn
mold survey by Karl Hoppe, livestock specialist at the Center. Hoppe
also will review the cattle feedout project.
- Wendy Bengochea,
Foster County Extension Service agent and animal systems specialist,
will discuss barley processing in backgrounding diets.
- Bedding material
for cattle by Bridget Johnson, NDSU Dickinson REC livestock nutrient
management specialist.
- Biosecurity issues
for producers will be addressed by Sara Wagner, assistant professor
in the NDSU Animal and Range Sciences Department
- Cow-calf profits
and contributing management factors will be highlighted by Steve Metzger,
Carrington Area Farm Business Management Program director.
- Steve Zwinger,
Carrington REC agronomy research specialist, will show field scale annual
forage production for haying and fall grazing.
“The annual
beef production Field Day is an excellent opportunity for producers to
discuss current beef cattle issues and management concerns with researchers
and Extension Service staff in a group setting or one-on-one,” Anderson
says.
For more information,
contact the Carrington REC at (701) 652-2951 or check its Web site at
www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/carringt/.
The Carrington REC is located 3.5 miles north of Carrington on U.S. Highway
281. In addition to the livestock tour, crop management tours and other
events also will be featured. A sponsored noon lunch will be served.
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Source:
Vern Anderson, (701) 652-2591, vanderso@ndsuext.nodak.edu
Editor: Rich Mattern, (701) 231-6136, richard.mattern@ndsu.edu
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