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- Herd, pasture improvement focus of upcoming beef field day
(08/09/16) MANGHAM, La. – Beef producers will hear ways for improving their pastures as well as tips on heifer selection and development at the annual Northeast Louisiana Beef and Forage Field Day on Sept. 15 at Goldmine Plantation.
Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., with the program at 9 a.m. with lunch provided, said LSU AgCenter agent Keith Collins, one of the coordinators of the field day.
Collins said topics will include heifer selection, heifer development, parasites in beef cattle, pasture weed control, rotational grazing, value of ryegrass and cattle marketing.
Directions to the farm:
From Winnsboro: Take Highway 618 (Lone Cedar Road) west 6 miles and veer right (north) on Highway 135, then 1.6 miles to Goldmine Plantation.
From Mangham: From Highway 15 (U.S. 425), take Highway 132 west 5.7 miles, turn left (south) on Highway 135, then 8.5 miles to Goldmine.
From Monroe: Take Highway 15 east to Alto, turn right (south) at Alto on Highway 135, then 11.2 miles to Goldmine.
For more information, contact Jim McCann at 318-649-2663, Keith Collins at 318-728-3216, Jason Holmes at 318-368-9935 or Wink Alison at 318-435-2903.
Beef cattle at Goldmine Plantation
The LSU AgCenter and the LSU College of Agriculture