Beef Cattle Field Day Scheduled

The McNeese State University Harold and Pearl Dripps Department of Agricultural Sciences will hold a beef cattle field day from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, July 7, at the McNeese Fuller Teaching and Research Farm in Kinder.

The field day will focus on such topics as the heifer development program, reproductive management, harvesting corn and soybeans for cattle feed, and current veterinary issues presented by McNeese agricultural sciences faculty members. Participants will also tour the 700-acre Fuller Farm Feed.

Pharmaceutical, seed and fertilizer representatives will also be on hand. Lunch will be provided.

The event is free, but preregistration is requested. For more information, contact the agricultural sciences department at (337) 475-5690 or Bill Storer at (225) 266-1821.