- Writer: Blair Fannin, 979-845-2259, b-fannin@tamu.edu
- Contact: Ed Schneider, 979-828-4270, edward.schneider@ag.tamu.edu
FRANKLIN – Field stops demonstrating various herbicide control plots, plus a net-wire fence building demonstration will be just a few of the program highlights at the O.D. Butler Field Day set for May 20 at Camp Cooley Ranch, 4297 Camp Cooley Ranch Road in Franklin.
Registration, which is $25, begins at 8 a.m. with the program starting at 9 a.m. Call 979-828-4270 to pre-register and give organizers an accurate count for lunch.
Field stops demonstrating various herbicide control plots, plus a net-wire fence building demonstration will be just a few of the program highlights at the O.D. Butler Field Day set for May 20 at Camp Cooley Ranch. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Blair Fannin)
“This year’s field day should have something to offer for everyone,” said Ed Schneider, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service agent for Robertson County. “The morning program will feature tour stops at a herbicide/fertilized demonstration trial. They include a multiple species brush control demonstration trial, a net-wire fence building demonstration and a historic overview of herbicide demonstrations and how they have changed the past 25 years.”
The field day will also feature many agricultural industry vendor booths.
“Sufficient time will be given for participants of the field day to visit booths,” Schneider said. “The booth sponsors will also donate items to be given away as door prizes throughout the day.
“A roast beef lunch will be followed by a producer panel that will discuss topics such as merchandising hay, producing quality hay, hay storage, needed hay equipment and many more topics,” he said.
Schneider said the producer’s panel will also address dealing with feral hog damage in the hay fields.
“At the conclusion of the producer panel discussion we will move back outside for the afternoon portion of the program,” he said. “The afternoon program will feature several hay equipment companies demonstrating the latest equipment used for cutting, raking and baling hay. This should be a very interesting part of the day for most producers, especially if you plan to buy or trade any hay equipment in the near future.”
Producers will receive three Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units toward renewal of the pesticide license for participating in the program. The program will conclude around 4 p.m. with closing remarks and the final door prize drawings, Schneider said.
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