The Texas Agricultural Research and Extension Center at Vernon will host a range field day October 28 on the W.T. Waggoner Estate.

The field day will involve a day-long tour of a 35,000 acre study area known as the Kite Camp Project. The objective of the research is to determine how combinations of rotational grazing and prescribed fire can be used to manage mesquite and maintain sustainable livestock production. Each treatment area covers about 4000 to 5000 acres. Researchers will summarize responses over the first four years of the study in terms of grazing management, mesquite control, forage growth, livestock production, and economics of each management alternative.

Those wishing to participate need to meet at the Wilbarger Auditorium at 2100 Yamparika in Vernon between 8 and 9 a.m. Registration is free but those wishing to attend are asked to call (940) 552-9941.

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Former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe will lead an expert panel to evaluate significant events and issues that shape today's cattle industry during the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association's final membership meeting of the century.

The meeting is scheduled for Oct. 10-12 at the Holiday Inn in San Angelo and is open to anyone who wishes to register. More information may be obtained by calling (800) 242-7820.

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CLE International is sponsoring the 9th annual Texas Water Law Conference Oct. 21-22 at the Hyatt on Town Lake in Austin.

Registration is available at (800) 873-7130.

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The beef checkoff program trained a team of chefs, including two from Texas, on how to develop new beef menu ideas from the chuck and round. Chefs Laird Morgan and Ruben Lozano of the CRO Restaurant Group in Dallas attended the seminar at the Culinary Institute of America in California. The two chefs develop new restaurant menu items for more than 200 El Chico, Spaghetti Warehouse and Good Eats restaurants.

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The West Texas Beef Cattle Conference and Commercial Sale is set for September 20 at the Big Spring Livestock Auction Barn.

More information may be obtained by calling the Howard County Extension office at (915) 264-2236.

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Dr. Shalene McNeill, a nutrition expert for the beef checkoff program, was recently named chair of the American Cancer Society Texas Division's nutrition and physical activity committee.

Beef Board spokesmen say the appointment represents a major step in merging the efforts of one of the nation's most prestigious health organizations and producers of the nation's No. 1 protein source.

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Through the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Beef Industry Scholarship program, the National Cattlemen's Foundation and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange are offering $20,000 in scholarships to college students pursuing careers in the beef industry. A total of 16 students will each be awarded $1250 in scholarship monies. One of the 16 recipients will be selected to receive the top prize of an all expense-paid trip to the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and Trade Show in Phoenix, Jan. 26-29.

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