Coffin speaks about Livestock 101 Field Day on WABI
Donna Coffin, a University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator and professor, visited the WABI (Channel 5) studio to talk about Livestock 101 Field Day set for Saturday, April 2 at the UMaine J. Franklin Witter Teaching & Research Center in Old Town. Basic practices appropriate for small-scale livestock producers and 4-H project leaders will be the focus of the event from 11:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The free public program will demonstrate hands-on methods for those starting out or thinking about raising livestock. “I work with a lot of new farmers or wannabe farmers and many times they want to be involved with livestock and they’ve never had any livestock experience before,” Coffin said. “So we’re trying to cover some of the basic things like, how do you take their temperature? How do you tell when they’re well? How do you take their pulse? How do you hold them?” Speakers will include staff from program co-sponsors UMaine Extension; UMaine School of Food and Agriculture; the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry; and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.