Beef Cattle Producer Field Day set for March 7 in Louisiana

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The Acadiana Beef Cattle Producers Field Day will be held March 7 at the LSU AgCenter Iberia Research Station from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Registration starts at 8 a.m.

Presentations will be made on preventive medicine, bull nutrition and selection, cattle handling, sprayer calibration, ryegrass evaluation, cow-calf systems and the Louisiana Master Farmer Program.

The research station is located at 603 LSU Bridge Road, Jeanerette, La. 70544. For more information, contact Guillermo Scaglia at 337-276-5527. If you have a disability requiring assistance, contact Scaglia at least a week prior to the workshop.

Source: LSU AgCenter

 

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