Attracting ag labor, soil moisture
monitoring, crop nutrient research and controlling salt cedar and
Russian olive trees are among numerous topics at Wyoming Extension's
Strategically and Technologically Informative (WESTI) Ag Days Feb. 3-4
in Worland.
Sponsored by the Big Horn Basin Ag Ambassadors, WESTI's theme is
Partners in Agriculture. Sessions are at the Worland Community Center
Complex at 1200 Culbertson Ave. Registration begins each morning at
8:30. Lunch is provided each day.
"WESTI provides a series of concurrent sessions throughout the two days
covering a variety of research-based topics for farmers, ranchers and
those living on a few acres," said Jim Gill, University of Wyoming CES
Northwest Area educator in Worland.
Additional presentations include estimating costs of operating
machinery, utilizing electric fences for rotational grazing, preparing
for the unexpected, growing top-notch corn silage, ranching and farming
with joint pain, cow management and subsequent calf health, creative
energies and more.
Don Day with DayWeather Inc. in Cheyenne is the featured speaker at the
Big Horn Basin Ag Ambassadors ag appreciation dinner in conjunction with
WESTI Ag Days. The banquet starts at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the
Worland Community Center Complex. The Washakie County CowBelles will
serve dinner. The 2008 Big Horn Basin Ag Citizen of the Year will also
be announced.
Producers are asked to call the Washakie County UW CES office at (307)
347-3431 to reserve tickets. "The banquet has become an annual tradition
and one of the social highlights of the year for farm and ranch
families," noted Gill.
Second-day sessions cover a variety of areas speaking to ranching and
farming with joint pain, putting livestock genetic tools to work, crop
nutrient research, corn silage production and key brucellosis issues.
"In addition," said Gill, "the MillerCoors folks are partnering to present key malt
barley production issues."
For additional information, registration and programs, contact the
Washakie County CES office at (307) 347-3431. The WESTI Ag Days schedule
is also available online at www.uwyo.edu/UWAG/WESTI09.pdf.
Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009
