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VSU Hair Sheep Field Day

August 21, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

https://www.ext.vsu.edu/sfop-events

Join us as VSU’s hair sheep production team discuss and demonstrate their forage-based, year-round lamb production system in Virginia and mid-Atlantic states. The program will cover accelerated mating, year-round grazing, lamb management and parasite control strategies. The Field Day will also include tours of VSU’s mobile processing unit and our hair sheep facilities.

Presenters:

  • Dahlia O’Brien Professor / Small Ruminant Extension Specialist (VSU)

  • Stephan Wildeus Research Professor (VSU)

  • Gabriel Pent Superintendent, Virginia Tech’s Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center

  • Francois Castonquay Professor Animal Science, Laval University

SPACE IS LIMITED TO 100 PARTICIPANTS

For more information, contact Tina Cabrera at (804) 524-6971 or tcabrera@vsu.edu.