The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation and the Jack County Extension Office will provide valuable information for farmers and ranchers with cow-calf operations at an upcoming Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Field Day.

Hosted by South Campsey Cattle Company, the BQA Field Day will begin at 8:30 a.m., Monday, May 12, at the Jack County Fair Barn in Jacksboro, Texas.

During the field day, Noble Foundation consultants and Jack County Extension agents will provide presentations about cattle handling, vaccinations (types, handling, administration, timing), recordkeeping, dehorning and castration.

After the presentations, participants will travel to the South Campsey Cattle Company where they will receive hands-on BQA procedural demonstrations on everything from vaccinations and branding to dehorning and castration. There also will be a demonstration about low stress cattle handling.

Participants will then return to the Jack County Fair Barn for lunch and a discussion on body condition scoring. The BQA Field Day will conclude with a question-and-answer session.

The Beef Quality Assurance Field Day is open to the public, but it is limited to 30 participants. Those individuals who are in the Texas Beef Quality Producer Program will earn 4 Beef Quality Continuing Education Units (CEU). Cost to attend is $10.

To register or for additional information, please call the Jack County Extension Office at 940.567.2132.

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News Release Issued: April 30, 2008

For media inquiries concerning the Noble Foundation, please contact J. Adam Calaway, Director of Public Relations, at 580.224.6209 or by email at jacalaway@noble.org.

The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. (www.noble.org), headquartered in Ardmore, Okla., is a nonprofit organization conducting agricultural, forage improvement and plant biology research; assisting farmers and ranchers through educational and consultative agricultural programs; and providing grants to nonprofit charitable, educational and health organizations.