Home Gardens (Quick Bites)

Date:  April 14, 2011, Thursday
Time:  12 - 1 p.m. - bring your lunch
Location:  Oktibbeha County Extension Conference Room
Speaker:   Dr. Lelia Kelly, Consumer Horticulture Specialist, will have some great info on making our home gardens spectacular for the spring!

Women in Agriculture Conference

Date: April 12-14, 2011

Location: Bost Extension Center, MSU Campus

Topics:  Participants will get the opportunity to learn about managing finances in the current economic environment and find out how the Mississippi Market Maker initiative can increase the visibility of their businesses. There also will be an interactive agriculture and forestry tour. New this year is a Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce candidates’ forum. Candidates Cindy Hyde-Smith, Max Phillips and Dannie Reed have confirmed that they will participate in the forum. The conference registration fee is $50, and attendees will have the option to choose either an annual or lifetime membership.

                                                       Please call 323-5916 for more information or to register

Wood ID Workshop

Date:  April 12, 2011

Time:  8 a.m. – noon

Location:  Oktibbeha County Extension

Topics:  Identifying wood, softwood anatomy, hardwood anatomy and hands on wood identification.  Foresters will earn 3 hours of continuing forestry education , category 1-CF hours.

Please call 323-5916 to register by April 11^th.

Beef Cattle Boot Camp

Date: April 8, 2011

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Location: Prairie Research Station

Topics: Performance Data Collection, Calving Assistance, Parasite Control, Cattle Behavior and Welfare, Weed Control, Poisonous Plant ID, Diet Transitions, Fence Building, Freezer Beef

Cost: Registration fees for the Beef Cattle Boot Camp are$35 per person.

Call Julie White (323-5916) for more information or to register

Cool Season Forage Tour/Oktibbeha County Cattlemen’s Meeting

Date:  April 5, 2010

Time:  5:00 p.m.

Location:  MSU Leveck Research Unit (South Farm)

Program:  This tour will cover some of the cool-season forage research and demonstrations. 

RSVP:  For meal reservations please call by April 1, 2011 (323-5916)

Oktibbeha County Cattlemen's Meeting

The Oktibbeha County Cattlemen will have a meeting on February 24, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at the Oktibbeha County Extension Office. Ms. LeAnn Peters from the Mississippi Cattlemen's Association will be speaking at the meeting about the benefits of being a memeber of the association. A steak supper will be served. Please call 323-5916 if you plan to attend.

Master Gardner Volunteer Training Program

The new curriculum for the Master Gardener Volunteer Training Program is completed and we are now ready to offer our new class this spring. The dates of training are February 15, 17, 22, 24, March 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, and March 24. 2011. These classes are on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Class schedule is enclosed. The location of the training is in the conference room at the Oktibbeha Count...y Extension Service located at 106 Felix Long Drive, Starkville, MS.
The program trains individuals who want to serve the County Extension Office as horticultural volunteers to assist in Extension horticultural programs, 4-H youth horticulture training and community service projects. You work under the direction of the County Extension Director on projects of your mutual agreement.
The program requires 40 hours of initial training given to the trainee by Extension Specialists. After that person has satisfactorily completed an additional 40 hours of volunteer time in his or her county during the 12 months following the training received he or she may be certified as an official Extension Master Gardener Volunteer.