Capitol Region
gronomy Team
Del Voight
Lebanon County
Agent
The capitol region Silage, Forage,
and Pesticide Update Exposition
will be conducted Feb. 23 at the Leb
anon Exposition Center.
The first-of-its-kind exposition to
combine the delivery of silage and
forage production information with
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pesticide credit needs will start with
registration at 9 a.m.
The new format will offer a gen
eral session, giving tips on the
proper application of pesticides
focusing in boom height. After this
will be breakouts.
Breakouts will split the group into
small components to encourage dis
cussion and the ability to cover
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A 1 Shoener, Schukyill County
Agent, will discuss pricing farm op
erations and products. He will
answer the questions of how to
determine prices for high moisture
corn, corn silage, haylage and other
custom farm practices.
Paul Craig, capitol region forage
agent, will discuss forage legume
/grass considerations. He will dis
cuss species selection for soil type,
establishment suggestions, and
quality preservation.
Molds and mycotoxins will be the
focus of Dr. Arlen Mills, extension
veterinarian, with specifics on iden
tification and management of myco
toxins in ensiled products and when
moving forages on farms.
Narrow rows, population,
Roundup hybrid performance, and
other silage production research un-
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Rowehl, capitol region corn and
small grain extension agent.
Del Voight, capitol region pest
management agent, will offer a core
credit dealing with planter applica
tions of pesticides, focusing on ap
plications of insecticides for control
of rootworm, seed corn maggots,
and diseases.
Mark Goodson, capitol region
soils agent, will discuss managing
soil fertility in a corn/alfalfa rotation
with manure in addition to review
ing nutrient management require
ments.
Glenn Shirk, Lancaster County
dairy extension agent, will be dis
cussing managing forage feedout
and ration considerations. Storage
structures, feedout rate and particle
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size, silage/haylage or
straight silage ration
considerations will
be dis cussed in his
session.
Three farm sys
tems will be high
lighted to show the
various ways to
manage feeding.
Roland Freund, re
gional farm man
agement agent, will
be offering an estate
planning discussion
group over lunch to
focus on the best
transfer of farm
ownership. He will
detail two case stud
ies of the seriousness
of making poor
choices in this area.
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In the afternoon,
the issue of using Bt
corn and other tech
nologies wisely to
protect from insect
resistance will be
discussed to better
manage new emerg
ing technologies. In
addition, time will
be devoted to de
livering information
on what’s new in
herbicide and insec
ticide choices for
2001.
This all-in-one
day program would
not be complete
without handouts.
Factsheets written
by Penn State spe
cialists on corn
silage hybrid per
formance, soybean
varieties, small grain
performance tests,
and forage perform
ance tests will be
available.
There will be no
fee for attending this
program. Um
berger’s of Fontana
and numerous ex
hibitors have gra
ciously agreed to
defray costs of this
program.
Please plan to
attend this first-ever
event by calling the
Lebanon County
Penn State Coopera
tive Extension
Office at (717) 270-
199