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Glade Spring Field Day
Livestock Update, September 2000
Bill McKinnon, Extension Animal Scientist, Marketing, Virginia Tech
A forage and livestock field day will be held on Thursday, September 14 at the Southwest Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Glade Spring. The field day will focus on forage and livestock research being conducted at the station along with other management information. The work conducted at the Southwest Virginia AREC concentrates on forage manipulation and stocker cattle and sheep management. The field day will afford producers the opportunity to get an up close view of various forage species and their application in southwest Virginia with cattle. Field day participants will also be able to examine the early crossbreeding work to develop ewes that will not have to be sheared. Several topics related to the management and marketing of stocker cattle and heifers will also be covered.
The field day will begin with a tour of the forage work at 3:00 p.m. Supper will be provided at 5:30 p.m. The program after supper will splite into separate sessions for cattle and sheep topics. Those producers who cannot arrive for the 3:00 p.m. start of the program are encouraged to attend as their schedules will permit.
| Southwest Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center Glade Spring, Va. Forage and Livestock Field Day Thursday, September 14, 2000 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3:00 pm | Welcome and Registration | |
| 3:15 pm | Load Wagons for Forage Tour | |
| 3:30 pm | Rotational vs. Continuous Steer Grazing Project Dr. Joe Fontenot | |
| 3:45 pm | Bermudagrass Potential for Southwest Virginia Dr. Joe Fontenot | |
| 4:00 pm | Stocker Cattle Forage Systems Research Dr. Joe Fontenot | |
| 4:20 pm | Yearling Cattle Marketing Mr. Bill McKinnon & Mr. Butch Foster | |
| 5:00 pm | High Endophyte Fescue vs. Low Endophyte/Alfalfa for Stocker Cattle Dr. Joe Fontenot | |
| 5:30 pm | Supper | |
| 6:30 pm | Sheep Session | |
| New Approaches for Sheep Parasite Control Dr. Dee Whittier | ||
| The Potential of Hair Sheep Genetics Dr. Dave Notter & Dr. Scott Greiner | ||
| Cattle Session | ||
| Meshing Yearling Cattle and Forage Management with Marketing Strategies Mr. Henry Snodgrass and Mr. Bill McKinnon | ||
| Short Term Calf Backgrounding Dr. Mark Wahlberg and Mr. Bill McKinnon | ||
| The Virginia Premium Assured Heifer Program Dr. John Hall | ||
| 7:30 pm | Joint Session | |
| Fall and Winter Cattle Internal Parasite Control Dr. Dee Whittier | ||
| 8:00 pm | Adjourn | |
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