Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

Farm and Home News

The University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service in Nevada, Howard and Hempstead Counties will be sponsoring a Tri - County Beef Conference at the Hope Livestock Auction Barn on Monday, April 2.

Registration will begin at 4:30 p.m. The program will begin at 5:00 with University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service forage specialist Dr. John Jennings discussing pasture renovation and fertility management.' Howard County Extension agent Brian Helms will talk about pasture weed identification and control, followed by Nevada County Extension Agent Rex Dollar covering the topic of hay losses and storage.

A meal will be furnished by Farm Credit Services of Western Arkansas (Hope and Nashville Branch offices). After the meal Hempstead County agent Rex Herring will discuss beef quality assurance. The program will finish with University of Arkansas beef cattle specialist Dr. Tom Troxel and livestock market news reporter Glen Ford demonstrating feeder calf evaluations in the sale ring Factors Effecting Your Feeder Calf Prices.'

The meeting will adjourn at approximately 8:00 p.m.

Anyone planning to attend this program is asked to call on or before Tuesday, March 27, at one of the following Extension offices: Nevada County (870) 887-2818, Hempstead County (870) 777-5771 or Howard County (870) 845-7517 or e-mail Rex Dollar at rdollar@uaex.edu to confirm your attendance. Your confirmation will enable the Extension service to plan the number of meals needed for the evening.

The Extension service will be conducting a winter annual variety demonstration Tuesday, April 10, at Kevin Sanford's Farm located on Nevada County Road 32 (the Landfill Road).

The varieties planted at this site include Marshall Ryegrass, Ribeye Ryegrass, Gulf Annual Ryegrass, Passerel Ryegrass, wheat, Bob oats, and feed oats.

Larry Sandage, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service forage specialist, will be on hand to discuss the varieties listed above and answer any questions you might have concerning winter annual coverage on your pastures.

COOL SEASON ANNUALS

Each fall many producers throughout Nevada County plant different varieties of cool season annuals. Among the most popular cool season annuals planted are ryegrass and wheat. Many times a producer will ask which variety of ryegrass is the best.

Tuesday, April 10, producers will have the opportunity to see four different varieties of ryegrass plus wheat and oats all growing side by side. The varieties planted at this site include Marshall ryegrass, Ribeye ryegrass, Gulf annual ryegrass, Passerel ryegrass, wheat, Bob oats, and feed oats. Each variety was planted on the same date and has been fertilized the same.

April 10 from 10:00 a.m. until noon the Nevada County Cooperative Extension Service will host a short program at Kevin Sanford's farm located on Nevada County Road 32 (the Landfill Road). Larry Sandage, forage specialist for the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, will be on hand to discuss the uses of cool season annuals.

To prepare for spring spray applications we will take time to review the proper method of calibrating a boom and cluster nozzle sprayer, following the cool season annual program.