MSU Extension Forage In-Service Training

May 22, 2024 9:00AM - 3:00PM

Registration Deadline: May 20, 2024 - 11:45PM

MSU Agronomy Farm 445 Beaumont Rd., Lansing

Contact: Kim Cassida

In-service session speakers include:
Dr. Kim Cassida, MSU Forage Agronomist
Dr. Erin Burns, MSU Weed Scientist
Dr. Erin Hill, MSU Plant Diagnostics Lab
Dr. Chris DiFonzo, MSU Field Crops Entomologist
Phil Kaatz, MSU Extension Forage Educator
Christina Curell, MSU Extension Cover Crop Educator
Jim Good, MSU Dairy Farm Manager

Audience:

NEW MSU Extension educators - (field crops, animal ag, FIRM team, anyone who is interested)
Experienced MSU Extension Educators - to pass on their experience, or learn more

Planned topic areas include:

Overview of forage industry in Michigan, US, world - Cassida
Forage Species ID – Cassida, Kaatz, Hill
Weed Species ID – Burns, Hill
Forage insect scouting - Difonzo
Forage establishment considerations – [at plots or a campus field either about to be planted or newly emerged]
How to set up and use the tabletop rainfall simulators & curriculum - Curell
The Yield-Quality tradeoff and why it matters – Cassida, Good (with handout)
Methods for determining alfalfa and grass harvest timing (PEAQ, GDD, scissors cut, height, calendar, maturity staging) – Kaatz, Cassida
Methods for evaluating forage stands i.e. stem/crown counts, root health, biomass, doing transects for weed counts or forage species – Cassida, Kaatz

Lunch (Jimmy Johns) – sponsored by AABI

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