ISU McNay Memorial Research and Demonstration Farm Field Day
Date: Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Start: 5:30 pm
Location: Chariton, Iowa
Contact: Sally Medford, ISU Research & Demonstration Farms, 515-294-5045
Topics: Beef cattle management, potentially including forages, breeding, reproduction, health and production.
Meal at 5:30 p.m., field day follows.
Many of the research projects funded by the Leopold Center’s long-running competitive grants program are conducted on ISU Research and Demonstration Farms throughout Iowa. Updates of these research projects may be presented at field day events.
Livestock Farm Visitor Policies:
- There is a five-day waiting period prior to visiting Iowa State livestock farms if you have traveled outside the United States.
- If you have visited another livestock farm, you are asked to change clothing and footwear.
- Visitors are not allowed to bring food to research farms.
Related information
Agenda [PDF]
ISU Research and Demonstration Farms website
Directions: The farm is located south four miles on Highway 65 from the intersection of highways 65 and 34, then two and a half miles east on a gravel road and north a quarter mile. The headquarters is on the east side of the road.
Read the 2012 brochure of ISU Research and Demonstration Farms field days [PDF]
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture |
Ames, Iowa 50011 |
(515) 294-3711 |
leocenter@iastate.edu