Forage seminar proceedings available

If you missed any of the informative forage presentations made at World Dairy Expo earlier this fall, you can now access the seminar proceedings online.

The seminars included:

• Using whole farm management of crop/livestock systems to reduce the phosphorus index. 
• Should a custom operator be harvesting your forages?
• Finding a fair way to price standing hay and corn silage.
• Don’t overlook the benefits of perennial forages for soils, crops, and water quality.
• Don’t make your cows eat dirt: Reducing ash in hay and haylage.
• Using corn silage starch to navigate high-priced grain.
• New understanding of the stories cows tell about nutrition.
  

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