Multi-County Sheep & Goat Field Day

Our Annual Bandera, Kendall, Kerr, Gillespie and Blanco County Sheep and Goat Field Day will be held on Wednesday, May 20, 2009. The Field Day will be at the Kerr County AgriLife Extension Office
located at 3655 Hwy 27 in Kerrville. Registration will begin at 4:30 p.m.
The program will kick off at 5:00 p.m.

The FAMACHA program will be discussed at length. FAMACHA is a method to visually identify anemic animals, thus reducing the number of dewormer treatments given, while also maintaining good overall parasitic control. This should hopefully slow the development of resistance to dewormers. FAMACHA was developed in South Africa. To use FAMACHA the color of ocular mucus membranes are observed and compared to a laminated card which has colored illustration of eyes. FAMACHA cards will be available to producers for $10 each.

Three hours C.E.U.s will be given to those in attendance with a pesticide applicators license.
Please contact your local County Extension office for pre-registration.

Pecan Grafting and Production Workshop

A Pecan Grafting and Production Workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, April 21st, at 9:00 a.m. at the Bill Hathaway's Orchard.

This will be an informative and eduational opportunity for those pecan producers interested in grafting pecans. Early season insect and fertilization management will also be discussed by Dr. Larry Stein, Extension Horticulturist from District 10 Texas AgriLife Research & Extension Office in Uvalde.

Bill Hathaway's orchard is located on Texas Highway 173, approximately 4 1/2 miles from the Kerrville Schreiner Stat Park. Turn Left on Center Point River Road and enter the first gate on the Right; signs will be posted.

3 Hours of CEU's will be offered to Private, Commerical, and Non-Commercial applicators.
Please call the Kerr County AgriLife Extension Office to sign up at 830.257.6568.

Image borrowed from aces.nmsu.edu.

Water Saver Landscape Contest

The City of Kerrville and Headquarters Groundwater Conservation District (HGCD) are sponsoring a contest to promote water conservation. The contest rewards individual homeowners who create landscapes that are more efficient in water use. The contest is limited to homeowners utilizing the City of Kerrville water system.

Rules and entries may be picked up at sponsor locations, your local nursery, or the Kerr County AgriLife Extension Office located at 35655 Hwy. 27 in Kerrville.
Sponsors:

• AllTex Nursery
• Home Depot
• Lowes
• The Plant Haus
  

Entries may also be printed from the website at:
www.hgcd.org/landscape.html or you may call 830.896.4110.
The deadline for entries is: Friday, April 10, 2009.