Virtual Forage Congress 2021
Event Details
Date
March 11, 2021
Time
10:00am - 12:15pm
Location
Zoom
Cost
Cost per person : $25.00
(addl attendee $25.00 ea.)
Host
Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops
AGENDA
10:00 - 10:30am - The Economic Costs of Loading & Mixing, Jason Karszes, PRO-DAIRY, Cornell University
10:35 - 11:05am - Improving Harvest Management, Joe Lawrence, PRO-DAIRY, Cornell University & Tom Kilcer, Advanced Ag Solutions (recording)
11:10 - 11:40am - Nutritive Value and Yield of Reduced-Lignin Alfalfa Cultivars in Monoculture & Binary Mixtures with Perennial Grass, Dr. Jerry Cherney, Cornell University
11:45 - 12:15pm - Cover Crop Adoption on Dairy Farms, Dr. Virginia Moore, Cornell University
CCA Credits will be available.
Dairy
Livestock
Grazing
Forages
Grains
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