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Saratoga, Laramie host drought management sessions for producers

Drought management options for livestock producers will be discussed in Saratoga Monday, July 16, and Laramie Thursday, July 19.

Both sessions are 7-9 p.m. The Saratoga session is in the Saratoga High School Multi-purpose Room. The Laramie session is at the Albany County Fairgrounds south of Laramie.

A Farm Service Agency and county drought disaster designation update and implications for producers start the sessions.

An economic and production system evaluation of alternative management practices and tax implications will be followed by an audience-panel discussion.

Panelists include University of Wyoming Extension educators Dallas Mount of Platte County and Mae Smith of Carbon County. Tax implications will be discussed by a representative from Mader Tschacher Peterson & Co. of Laramie. John Ritten, an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wyoming, will join panelists at the Saratoga session.

No reservations are required. For more information, contact the Carbon County extension office at 307-328-2642.

UW Extension hosts drought management workshop in Wheatland

The economics of drought management alternatives and production systems will be examined during a workshop for livestock producers Thursday, June 7, in Wheatland.

Sessions are 2-5 p.m. at the First State Bank Conference Center, 1405 16th St.

Cattle liquidations have already begun in earnest because of the exceptionally dry late winter and spring, said Dallas Mount, UW Extension educator for southeast Wyoming.

“Spring precipitation is critical to our rangeland especially,” he said.  “We want to provide livestock producers with an update on the status of the drought emergency declaration and drought.”

Panelists will evaluate management alternatives. They include Roger Schroeder, Chugwater rancher; Tim Weaver, CPA; Steve Paisley, UW Extension beef specialist; and Mount. An audience discussion with the panelists will follow.

No RSVP is required, and the workshop is free. For more information, call the Platte County extension office at (307) 322-3667 or e-mail Mount at dmount@uwyo.edu.