SAN ANGELO — The impact bio-energy is having on the sheep and goat industry will be the focus of this year’s 34th annual Sheep and Goat Field Day at the Texas A&M University System Research and Extension Center in San Angelo.
The event will start with registration at 8 a.m. Sept. 6 at the center which is located just north of San Angelo on U.S. Highway 87.
Key topics to be covered include: “By-product Feeds fro Bio-energy Production,” “Effect of Higher Feed Prices on Optimal Body Size of Sheep and Goats,” and “Economic Outlook for Feed and Sheep and Goat Prices.”
The field day will conclude with industry updates and a legislative update.
One Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education unit will be available.
For more information contact the center at 325-653-4576.
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