AMES, Iowa – An upcoming Iowa Beef Center and Iowa State University Extension field day will help producers tackle issues ranging from hay waste to pink eye.

The McNay Memorial Research Farm fall field day will be held Sept. 23 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Attendees will be treated to a free meal served at the farm in Lucas County, Iowa.

Event topics to be addressed by livestock experts are sure to help producers handle problems they commonly see this time of year and include:

• feeding co-products to extend grass and improve performance
• renovating fescue pastures with the “spray/smother/spray” method
• reducing hay feeding waste
• managing pink eye strategies
• storing wet distillers grains to extend feed usage

For more information about the event, contact Joe Sellers, Iowa State University Extension beef program specialist, at his office (641) 203-1270 or the McNay farm at (641) 766-6465, or via e-mail at sellers@iastate.edu.

The Iowa Beef Center at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, was established in 1996 with the goal of supporting the growth and vitality of the state’s beef cattle industry. It serves as the university’s extension program to cattle producers and is comprised of faculty and staff from ISU Extension and the colleges of agriculture and life sciences and veterinary medicine. Together, the Iowa Beef Center’s members work to develop and deliver the latest in research based information regarding the beef cattle industry. For more information about the Iowa Beef Center, visit www.iowabeefcenter.org.

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