The USDA Agricultural Research Station in Woodward and OSU Cooperative Extension Service will team up to host a Range Research Field Day on Sept. 24 at the Southern Plains Experimental Range near Fort Supply. The seminar will begin with registration at 9 a.m. and the tour will complete at 3:30 p.m.
Topics for the seminar include;
• Subseasonal, Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Weather and Climate Extremes in the Great Plains, Jeff Basara, University of Oklahoma
• Introduction to USDA-ARS Beef Grand Challenge, Larry Keuhn, USDA-ARS, Cly Center
• Using wheat pasture in a cow/calf enterprise, Dave Lalman, Oklahoma State University
• Soil and vegetation change from 75-plus years of no grazing or fire, Corey Moffet, USDA-ARS, Woodward
• Distiller's grain-based supplements for cattle on grass, Paul Beck, Oklahoma State University
• Beef Grand Challenge: The Oklahoma perspective, Jim Neel, USDA-ARS, El Reno
• New technologies for measuring efficiency of beef cattle, Stacey Gunter, USDA-ARS, Woodward
The experimental range is located 3.1 miles north of Fort Supply on U.S. Highway 183 or 16.4 miles south of Buffalo on US-183.
Lunch is being sponsored by Farm Credit and the Northwest Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association. To attend, RSVP by Sept. 18 by calling 580-256-7499 or email Emalee.Friend@usda.gov.
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