Photo: S. Omahen

Various BMPs, or best management practices, can reduce
potential pollution impacts of raising cattle. And producers can
learn all about them in a two-day workshop May 24-25 near
Redbud,
Ga.

Cattle farms are coming under closer scrutiny as origins of
nonpoint-source pollution. Among the public’s concerns are the
use of poultry litter as fertilizer and cattle’s access to
streams.

The May workshop, “BMPs for Cattle Producers: a
Farm-based Workshop,” will explore the practices cattlemen can
use throughout the farm to reduce impacts to water quality.

The program will be at the Northwest Georgia Experiment
Station’s Redbud Farm. The examples and demonstrations will
focus
on the Coosa River watershed. But the information will be
valuable for other regions in the Southeast.

The workshop is open to anyone who is interested. Extension
agents, Natural Resources Conservation Service workers and
farmers from the four states in the Coosa River watershed
are especially invited.

The workshop fee is $30 before May 17. It’s $45 after that.
To learn more about the program, call Julia Gaskin at (706)
542-1401.