Annual Forage Conference To Focus On Profitability
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA - The
1986 annual Forage Conference,
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Forage and Grassland Council in
cooperation with The Penn
sylvania State University, will
take place on Nov. 25 at the Keller
Conference Center at Penn State.
The conference, which begins
with registration at 9 a.m., and
continues until 3:30 p.m., will focus
on the role of forages in dairy
profitability.
Dairy nutritionist Dr. Neal
Jorgenson, associate dean and
director of the Wisconsin
Agriculture Experiment Station,
will deliver the keynote address.
He will cover the newer concepts in
forage quality with emphasis on
the use of fiber analysis such as
neutral detergent fiber (NDF),
and acid detergent fiber (ADF).
He will also describe how
Wisconsin has used forage quality
analysis in setting up hay auctions.
Dr. Richard Adams, Penn State
dairy extension specialist, will
speak on formulating a sound
nutrition program. Dr. Adams, a
dairy specialist at Penn State since
1954, was instrumental in the
development of the Penn State
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forage testing and feed analyzing
programming service. materials.
Dr. Ann Wolf, manager of The afternoon program will
Merkle Laboratory at Penn State, feature a panel of dairy farmers
will describe the lab’s forage who will discuss managing
testing options and ration resources to maximize returns,
programming. The lab is one of the Dr. Sidney Bosworth will be panel
few in the nation especially moderator. Dr Bosworth, an
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The 13th Annual Mid-Atlantic
No-Till Conference, a forum for the
discussion and promotion of no-till
agriculture, will be held Wed
nesday, December 17th, at the
York County Fairgrounds, York,
Pennsylvania. This year’s con
ference is entitled, “No-Tillage:
The Key To Profitable Farming.”
The keynote speaker for the event
will be Dr. Earl Butz, who served
as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
from 1971 to 1976. His topic will be
“There Is Still A Rainbow in
Agriculture.”
Before being named Secretary of
Agriculture by President Richard
M. Nixon, Dr. Butz served as
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
during the Eisenhower Ad-
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The morning session of the
conference is scheduled to begin at
9 a.m. with Lynn D. Hoffman,
Extension Agronomist at Penn
State, presiding. Speakers will
include specialists from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State
University; Spraying Systems,
Inc., of Wheaton, Illinois; the
University of Maryland and The
Pennsylvania State University.
Specific topics specialists will
address diseases of corn, creating
the proper environment for no-till
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The two final presentations will
be "evaluating crop rotations,” by
Mr William Waters, and "to buy
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Joseph Hlubik. Mr. Waters is a
farm management specialist with
Penn State, and Dr. Hlubik is a
Penn State dairy extension
forage, sprayer technology and
weed control programs, as well as
the economics involved in no-till
agriculture.
The morning session will con
clude with a farmer’s panel
discussion. Speakers from
Taneytown, Maryland, Mer
cersburg and Hummelstown,
Pennsylvania, will discuss ad
ditional concerns associated with
no-till farming.
The afternoon program will give
conference participants the op
portunity to visit commercial
exhibits from 1 to 4 p.m. Another
panel discussion, “Quiz the Ex
perts,” will be held during this
session so that the specialists can
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specialist.
Reservations for the conference
are encouraged, but are not
necessary in order to attend. A $lO
fee includes lunch.
Those interested should contact
Sidney Bosworth, 106 Ag. Ad
ministration Building, University
Park, PA 16802, or should contact
their county extension offices.
respond to questions concerning
conference topics.
Contact your County Extension
Service for conference and lunch
tickets and more program in
formation. Tickets also are
available through the Depart
ments of Agronomy at Penn State
and the University of Maryland.
The conference is sponsored by
the Cooperative Extension Ser
vices of Delaware, Maryland, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
West Virginia and related agri
business firms.
Local farmers should also be
aware that the Penn-Jersey
Tillage Conference will be held on
February 17, 1987, at Stabler
Arena, Lehigh University.