University of Georgia

With timely information and some of the state’s best scenery, a
day at the Mountain Beef Cattle Field Day April 21 near
Blairsville, Ga., is bound to please anyone who raises cattle for
a living or a hobby.

The field day will begin with refreshments at 9 a.m. at the
Georgia Mountain Research and Education Center. Half-hour
presentations and discussions will run from 9:30 to 3 p.m.

Speakers will discuss grass tetany, heifer development, beef
alliances, the U.S. Animal Identification Plan, stocker research
and forage updates and results.

Dean Pringle, an animal scientist with the University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will end the
day with a live ultrasound demonstration.

Lunch will be provided by Ag Georgia Farm Credit. You don’t have
to register. To learn more about the field day, call (706)
745-2655.