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
Upcoming Events
2026 Forage Congress
March 12, 2026
Nunda, NY
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We are pleased to officially announce that Forage Congress has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 12, 2026, and will be held at The Nunda Ranch as originally planned.
Address: 2278-NY 436, Nunda, New York 14517
Sponsorship opportunities, vendor participation, and event registration are now open. We are excited to reconvene this important educational program and look forward to welcoming producers, industry partners, and speakers for a full day of applied, research-based forage systems programming.
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