2:30     Registration / Trade Show / Demonstrations

3:30     Welcome
            Dr. W. Allen Nipper, Resident Director

            Introductions / Comments
            Dr. William B. Richardson, Chancellor
            LSU Agricultural Center

            Dr. R. Larry Rogers, Vice Chancellor and Director
            Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station

            Mr. Ronnie Anderson, President
            Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation

4:00     Forage Tour
            Poultry Litter-Alternative Fertilizer for Ryegrass
                Dr. Marcus Eichhorn, Hill Farm Research Station
            Performance of Bermudagrass and Bahiagrass
                Dr. Ed Twidwell, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
            Annual Ryegrass and Cereal Rye Pasture Management
                Dr. Bradley Venuto, Department of Agronomy
            Best Management Practices for Poultry Litter as a Fertilizer
                Mr. Gary Goay, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

5:00     Simultaneous Beef and Dairy Tours
            Beef Tour
                Reproductive & Maternal Performance of Crossbred Cows
                    Dr. Sid DeRouen, Hill Farm Research Station
                Development of Replacement Heifers
                    Dr. Ron DelVecchio, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
                Frame & Muscle Scoring of Market Calves
                    Mr. Paul Morris, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
            Dairy Tour
                Development of a New Barrier Teat Dip
                    Dr. Steve Nickerson, Hill Farm Research Station
                Horn Flies and Mastitis in Heifers
                    Dr. Bill Owens, Hill Farm Research Station
                Dairy Waste Lagoon Management
                    Mr. Bill Branch, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service

6:00     Supper

            Trade Show / Demonstrations continue
 

Demonstration Topics

• Correct injection sites.
• Hay sampling and assays. 
• Laboratory evaluation of milk samples.
• Poultry litter vs commercial fertilizer.
• Antibiotic residue testing.
• Breeding soundness exam.
• Winter pasture weed identification.
   

The Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine has qualified the Hill Farm Research
Station Field Day for 3.5 hours of continuing education credit.

 
Thanks to the many sponsors of the Hill Farm Research Station Field Day.