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Menard County sets two June educational events
Texas
Texas Cooperative Extension in Menard County has announced two multi-county educational events in June for area landowners.
A Beef Cattle Field Day is set for 8:30 a.m. June 4 on the Marjorie Russell Ranch located 11 miles west of Menard on U.S. Highway 29.
A Prescribed Burn Tour at 8:30 a.m. June 10 will start from the Menard County Courthouse.
The cattle program's focus will be cattle trends and ways to increase ranch profitability.
"The morning program will begin with a discussion of the 10,000 acre Russell Ranch, which has been under high fence for about 20 years," said Billy Kniffen, Extension agent in Menard County. "The ranch manages white-tailed deer, black Spanish goats and Angus cattle."
Other topics will include the National Animal ID Program, the Texas Beef Quality Producer Program, beef herd health and an industry update.
The afternoon will be devoted to evaluating bulls and cattle handling and working activities.
The Beef Cattle Field Day is sponsored by the agriculture committees in Menard, Mason, Kimble, McCulloch and Schleicher counties. Individual registration by June 1 is $10 for the meal and materials.
The burn tour's first stop will be on the Jake Landers Ranch, located south of Palmer School at the intersection of U.S. Highway 83 and Farm-to-Market Road 1773. The site offers a look at a long-term burning regime.
The second stop will feature a 1,500-acre spring burn on Tony Hall's Gentry Springs Ranch in Kimble County. The ranch is about 2 miles south of the Menard-Kimble county line on U.S. Highway 83. Fuel loads necessary for an effective fire will be discussed.
The third stop is a road-side viewing of a burn on young cedar conducted by the Kimble County Burn Team on the Steve Scott Ranch.
The final stop will be at the Ray Lammert Ranch where lunch will be served followed by a ranch tour.
"We will look at the result fire has on Shin Oak and browse management for deer," Kniffen said. "We will also see the results various grasses and woody plants have towards fire and hear Ray discuss his new high fences and deer management strategies."
The Prescribed Burn Tour offers three Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units for private applicator license holders. The tour is being sponsored by the Menard, Kimble, McCulloch, and Mason/Gillespie county offices and chapters of the Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burn Association, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Extension. Individual registration is $10 which includes lunch.
For more information and to register for either program, call the Extension office in Menard County at 325-396-4787. Prescribed Burn Tour information is also available at the Natural Resources Conservation office in Menard at 325-396-4708.
Date: 5/26/05
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