This year’s seminars, led by professors, researchers, producers and industry experts, will address various topics related to forage production, harvest, storage and feeding. Six Dairy Forage Seminars will launch following the Brevant seeds Forage Superbowl Luncheon on the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 30 and will be available for viewing at your convenience.
The slate of Dairy Forage Seminars includes:
How We Produce High-Quality Dairy Forage
Harry Adams Jr., forage producer, Byron, Illinois
Conserving Round Bale Value – Dry Hay and Baleage
Kevin Shinners, professor, biosystems engineering department, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Why Inoculate Silage?
Kevin Panke-Buisse, research microbiologist, USDA-ARS, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Tread Lightly: Impact of Wheel Traffic on Alfalfa Yield and Soil Compaction
Brian Luck, assistant professor, biosystems engineering department, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Maximizing Nutrient Digestibility of Corn Silage
Luiz Ferraretto, assistant professor, extension ruminant nutritionist, department of animal and dairy sciences, University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Celebrating 40 Years of Research and Impact at USDFRC
Dennis Hancock, center director, USDA-ARS, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin
The Dairy Forage Seminars will be broadcast on the World Forage Analysis Superbowl YouTube channel.
The World Forage Analysis Superbowl is organized in partnership with Dairyland Laboratories Inc., Hay & Forage Grower, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, University of Wisconsin – Madison and World Dairy Expo. To learn more, visit the World Forage Analysis Superbowl website.
—From a World Forage Analysis Superbowl news release