Range, Pasture And Cow/Calf Program set Aug. 26 In Haskell

Aug 12, 2015

By Kay Ledbetter

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Haskell County will host a Range, Pasture and Cow/Calf Program on Aug. 26 at the Haskell Civic Center, 200 S. Ave. B, Haskell.

Registration will begin at 8 a.m. with the program at 8:30 a.m. Registration will be $20, which includes lunch. Three general Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units will be offered.

“There will be great information at the program and I encourage you to attend,” said Jason Westbrook, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent for Haskell County. “We will have AgriLife Extension specialists here who have not previously presented in Haskell. Please take advantage of this time to ask them any questions you have related to your range, pasture and beef cattle needs.”

Topics and speakers will be:

Brush and Prickly Pear Management in the Southern Rolling Plains, James Jackson, AgriLife Extension range program specialist, Stephenville.
Fire Ecology in the Southern Rolling Plains–Pre-Fire, Post-Fire, Dr. Morgan Russell, AgriLife Extension range specialist, San Angelo.
Cow/Calf Management, Dr. Ted McCollum, AgriLife Extension beef cattle specialist, Amarillo.
U.S. Department of Agriculture Comments, Shawn Ferguson, Haskell.
Ranching Production and Financial Efficiency, Stan Bevers, AgriLife Extension economist, Vernon.
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service – Plant I.D., Cody Mathis, Haskell.

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