Sheep and Goat Field Day set for Aug. 16 in San Angelo
Event celebrates 51st year of serving industry producers
The 51st annual Sheep and Goat Field Day will be held Aug.16 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo, 7887 U.S. Highway 87 N.
On-site registration for the free event will start at 7:30 a.m. The program will run from 8:15 a.m.-noon and will feature Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists highlighting their studies at the center, as well as the latest innovations, information and technology related to sheep and goats.
AgriLife Extension’s 2024 Texas Sheep and Goat Expo will follow the field day on Aug. 16-17 at the First Community Credit Union Spur Arena, 4722 Grape Creek Road in San Angelo.
Contact the Texas A&M AgriLife center at 325-653-4576 with any questions.
Field day schedule
Opening the field day with program and center updates will be Paul De Laune, Ph.D., interim director for the center at San Angelo and also an AgriLife Research environmental soil scientist, Regents Professor and Faculty Fellow in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Josh Blanek, AgriLife Extension agriculture and natural resources agent, Tom Green County, will provide a schedule and session overview. Both men will be available to visit with producers and the public.
The first portion of the program will consist of tour stops highlighting research and work being done at various sites on the center’s grounds. Each tour stop session will be approximately 15 minutes. Participants will be divided into groups and rotate through the tour stops.
Session topics
The first group sessions will begin at 8:15 a.m. and consist of:
- Range and Pasture Herbicide Update, Morgan Treadwell, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension range specialist and associate professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, San Angelo.
- Protein Supplementation and Performance of Rangeland Sheep, Jessica Dudak, nutrition research assistant in the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Management, Sonora.
- Dorper Sire Trial, Jake Thorne, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension sheep and goat specialist and assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science, San Angelo.
There will be a 15-minute break before the next group of sessions begins at 9:15 a.m. They are as follows:
- Livestock Guardian Dog Survey, Bill Costanzo, AgriLife Extension livestock guardian dog specialist, San Angelo.
- Livestock Management Software Demonstration, Christie Ketring, AgriLife Research center manager, San Angelo.
- Utilizing the Toxic Plant ID App, Treadwell.
The indoor portion of the program will begin at 10:45 a.m. and consist of the following presentations in the auditorium:
- Sonora Station Research Update, Doug Tolleson, Ph.D., AgriLife Research rangeland specialist and associate professor in the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Sonora.
- Sheep Weeding in Cotton, Reagan Noland, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension agronomist and assistant professor in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, San Angelo.
- Aggie Cedar Eater Goat Trial Update, John Walker, Ph.D., professor emeritus and AgriLife Research range scientist, San Angelo.
The field day is dedicated to Carl Menzies, Ph.D., former director of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo, and Roger Landers Jr., Ph.D., retired AgriLife Extension range specialist, San Angelo.
