Forage Field Day and Release Announcement
Event Information
Description
CHECK-IN & REGISTATION
8:00 Field Day Begins - Visit sponsor booths, student poster displays & program booth competition.
Light refreshments available
OPENING ASSEMBLE (under tent by Grazingland Education Bldg.) 9:30
Moderator: Lauren Butler, Okeechobee County Extension Director & Livestock Agent
Brent Sellers, Interim Center Director
Jerry Fankhauser, Assistant Director, Florida Agriculture Experiment Station
Matt Pearce, President, Florida Cattlemen’s Association
MORNING PRESENTATIONS
10:10 Raoul Boughton
10:40 Chris Prevatt
11:10 Joao Vendramini – Mislevy 2000 – A new bermudagrass cultivar released by the UF-IFAS Range Cattle REC
11:30 Forage Release Announcement & Presentation
LUNCH 12:00 – 1:00
FIELD PRESENTATIONS OF BEEF ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS
Tour wagons will depart at 1:15
Brent Sellers – Weed Management During Forage Establishment
Philipe Moriel –
Maria Silveira –
FIELD DAY ENDS 3:00