The Maine Beef Producers Association and University of Maine Cooperative Extension are sponsoring a second free low-stress cattle-handling demonstration in December.
Curt Pate, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association stockman instructor, will conduct the live demonstrations. The added session will be 2-4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at Rocking S Ranch, 2 Happy Trails, Fort Fairfield. The originally scheduled demonstration will be 2-4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, at East Ridge Stable, 405 East Ridge Road, Charleston.
The demonstrations are preludes to the 25th annual Beef Conference, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at Ramada Inn, 357 Odlin Road, Bangor.Pre-registration for the handling demonstrations is required. To pre-register, or to request a disability accommodation, call Melissa Libby, 800-287-7170 (in Maine) or 581-2788.
As a trusted resource for 100 years, University of Maine Cooperative Extension has supported UMaine’s land and sea grant public education role by conducting community-driven, research-based programs in every Maine county. UMaine Extension helps support, sustain and grow the food-based economy. It is the only entity in the state that touches every aspect of the Maine Food System, where policy, research, production, processing, commerce, nutrition, and food security and safety are integral and interrelated. UMaine Extension also conducts the most successful out-of-school youth educational program in Maine through 4-H.
