Orr Beef Research Center Field Day scheduled

PERRY, Ill. — The annual Orr Beef Research Center Field Day will take place at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

The meeting will be held at the new Ag Sciences Complex and Fred Bradshaw Learning Center at the John Wood Community College Ag Center located west of Perry.

Speakers from the University of Illinois will lead discussions that will address research, current topics and situations producers are facing on farm.

The program includes professors Dan Shike and Josh McCann, who will update attendees on the newest research at the U of I. Topics include drylot housed cow/calf pairs, heifer development and structural correctness in feedlot cattle.

Travis Meteer, U of I Extension beef specialist, will discuss using cover crops for forage production.

Teresa Steckler, U of I beef specialist, will talk about managing increasing tick pressures and give an update on the Asian longhorned tick that was recently discovered in Illinois.

Christian Lovell, director of the Illinois Grazing Lands Coalition, will discuss improving soil health with unrolling hay and bale grazing.

Brittney Goodrich, farmdoc contributor, will discuss cattle market dynamics and give a cattle market outlook.

For more information and to RSVP, contact Meteer at wmeteer2@illinois.edu.