July 6, 2006

Livestock Tour Highlighted at NDSU’s 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 18, from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Using distillers grains in cow or calf rations, examining business plans for feedlots or measuring the value of field pea-fed beef will be highlights of the livestock tour.

"The combination of research and economic development topics creates a unique livestock tour for 2006," says Karl Hoppe, livestock specialist at the center. "This is an excellent opportunity to interact with researchers, Extension staff, business development professionals and livestock producers.”

The field day opens at 9 a.m. with registration and coffee. The livestock tour departs at 9:30 a.m. Topics are:

• Livestock potential for the U.S. Highway 281 corridor by Nikki Mertz, Carrington economic development director
• How to use wet distillers grains in calf, yearling and cow rations by Greg Lardy, NDSU Extension Service beef specialist
• The status of ethanol distilleries and available cattle feed from the proposed Spiritwood ethanol distillery by Patrick Nygaard, Jamestown/Stutsman Economic Development Corp. business development director
• Business planning for cattle feedyards by Eric Devuyst, NDSU Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics
• Utilization of composted manure by Ron Wiederholt, Carrington center livestock waste management specialist, and Ezra Aberle, Carrington center research agronomist
• A review of using fly ash in feedlot pens by Vern Anderson, Carrington center animal scientist
• An evaluation of field peas in cattle diets and its influence on carcass quality by Hoppe Anderson

For more information, contact the Carrington REC at (701) 652-2951 or on the Web at www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/carringt/. The Carrington REC is 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: Karl Hoppe, (701) 652-2591, karl.hoppe@ndsu.edu
Editor: Rich Mattern, (701) 231-6136, richard.mattern@ndsu.edu

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