Local feed supplier completes management course
PARADISE - Jim Mitchell of
Hess Mills in Paradise recently
returned from Ralston Purina
Company’s farm consultant
workshop in St. Louis loaded with
the latest information on livestock
management and nutrition.
Mitchell enrolled in the three
day workshop to better assist
customers with their livestock
feeding and health needs.
“Livestock production, like all
other ' ?ts of today’s farm in
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plex,” Mitchell noted. “As a result,
more and more producers are
turning to their feed supplier for
advice and information on new
developments in nutrition and
overall management,” he added.
“One way I can better meet local
producers’ needs is to get ad
ditional training through courses
like this one given by Purina’s Agri
Business Institute, which is an
educational arm of Purina,” he
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A group of livestock nutritionists
and researchers conducted the
intensive, three-day workshop,
Mitchell explained. “And, since
enrollment was limited to 28, we
had many opportunities to ask
these experts questions about the
various livestock management
problems that concern our
customers,” he explained.
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“We also received substantial
advice on feeding programs for
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swine, dairy and beef cattle,
horses, pets and other small
livestock,” he added. This included
advice on tailoring feeding
programs to livestock needs, and
informa 'ion on new feeding
systems such as high energy hog
rations and the Forage Balancer
Brood Cow feeding system, he
pointed out.
Describing this training
program, Dub Jones, president of
Purina’s Agri Products Group
said, “Through the Agri Business
Institute, Jim has learned the
newest livestock management
techniques that he needs to serve
his local producers. With this
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Mitchell says the workshop will
further improve the level of ser
vices he provides area farmers
and livestock producers. “I have
even greater access now to the
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Hess Mills, located at 6 South
Vintage Road, now offers farm
consultant and other management
services to area producers. The
store’s telephone number is 442-
4183.
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