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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