News Release Distributed 03/18/11

(This field day has been canceled.)

ROSEPINE, La. – Cattle producers can get the latest information for providing forage for their herds at the Beef and Forage Field Day on May 5 at the LSU AgCenter’s Rosepine Research Station. The event begins at 8:30 a.m., and ends with lunch.

Topics to be discussed by LSU AgCenter experts on the field tour include a cattle market outlook, bermudagrass management, ryegrass baleage, soil fertility, weed control and calf weaning strategies.

The facility is 2 miles north of Rosepine on U.S. Highway 71. The address is 176 Research Station Road, Rosepine. For more information, contact Sid DeRouen at (318) 473-6589 or Keith Hawkins at (337) 463-7006.