Dairy Forage Seminar Schedule Announced

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World Forage Analysis Superbowl has announced the lineup for the 2015 Dairy Forage Seminars, held in conjunction with the World Dairy Expo. Seminars will be presented at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Wed.-Sat. on the Dairy Forage Seminar Stage in the back of the Arena Building. 

 

Wednesday, Sept. 30

10:00 a.m.     How Much Forage Can We Feed to Dairy Cows?

Kenneth Kalscheur, Dairy Scientist

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wis.

1:30 p.m.      Managing Fermentation with Baled Silage

                   Wayne Coblentz, Agronomist/Dairy Scientist

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Marshfield, Wis.

Thursday, Oct. 1

10:00 a.m.     Cows Agree with Total Tract NDFD

David Combs, Professor of Dairy Science

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis.

1:30 p.m.      Forage Systems for Warm Season Dairying

Dennis Hancock, Forage Extension Specialist

University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

Friday, Oct. 2

10:00 a.m.     Making or Breaking Rations with Forage Digestibility and Quality

Mary Beth Hall, Dairy Scientist

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wis.

1:30 p.m.      The Secret Life of Rumen Microbes

Paul Weimer, Research Microbiologist

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, Wis.

Saturday, Oct. 3

10:00 a.m.     Managing Reduced-Lignin Alfalfa

Dan Undersander, Professor of Agronomy

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wis.

The World Forage Analysis Superbowl is organized in partnership with Dairyland Laboratories, Inc., DairyBusiness Communications, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison and World Dairy Expo.  

 

 

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