Babcock Institute And World Dairy Expo To Offer Course For Spanish-Speaking Workers MADISON, Wis. Producers with Spanish speaking employ ees can take advantage of top notch dairy herd management training for their employees as part of the fourth International Dairy Short Course held in con junction with World Dairy Expo. The Babcock Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in partnership with World Dairy Expo coordinates this four-day program. The seminar is spon sored by Hoard’s Dairyman en espanol. Focusing on dairy herd man agement the program will take place Sept. 30 to Oct. 3 at the UW-Madison campus and the Madison Concourse Hotel. The short course precedes World Dairy Expo, which is Oct. 3-7, 2001 at the Alliant Energy Cen ter in Madison, Wisconsin. The International Dairy Short Course will be presented in Eng lish with concurrent Spanish lan guage translations. 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Registration for this special program is $350 US dollars if We Have Untreated Seed Corn Garsl 8590 it Outstanding Yield with Fast Dry down * Medium tall hybrid with good overall agronomics * Moderate ear flex * Non-GMO Smoketown, PA PH. 717-299-2571 Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00-5PM, Saturday 8:00-Noon submitted by July 10. The regis tration fee includes the opening reception on Sun., Sept. 30 and breakfast and lunch Mon., Oct. 1 through Wed., Oct. 3. The fee also includes transportation to the university campus and farm visits, educational materials and proceedings printed in English or Spanish. Hotel lodging costs are not included. For complete registration and International Dairy Short Course details contact World Dairy Expo at 608-224-6455 or go on- I i n e at www.worlddairyexpo.com/ sem.ids.cfm. You can also regis ter securely online. This Plant Is More Than A Bean COLUMBUS, Ohio If a soybean could talk, it would have a lot to say. Soybeans can’t talk, but vis itors can “see” what one would say at the “Soybean Food of the Future” exhibit at Ohio State University’s Bio- Hio 2001 open house, May 10-12, on the Columbus cam pus of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Sciences. The exhibit will show a larger-than-life picture of a soybean with word bubbles pointing out how OSU scien tists have improved the plant, said Tomasz Przepiorkowksi, a post-doctoral researcher in OSU’s soybean breeding pro gram. “Basically, the plant will talk for itself,” he said. OSU research, under the di rection of plant breeder Steve St. Martin, is developing a healthier plant from bottom to top, Przepiorkowski said. For example: • Roots are attacked by soybean cyst nematode. Re search is developing a plant that is less attractive to the ne matode. • The stem is where Ohio’s number one soybean disease phytophthora shows its symptoms. OSU’s continued research is developing resis tant varieties. • Leaves are the munching grounds for the Mexican bean leaf beetle. OSU is doing re search to develop soybeans re sistant to this defoliating bug. Not only is OSU developing healthy soybeans, but also soybeans are healthy for peo ple. Visitors will receive soy bean seeds for home planting, with a recipe for making a nu tritious snack, Przepiorkowski said. “Soybeans can be a great appetizer, great snack and are very healthy for you,” Przepi orkowski said. “Last year for two or three weeks, liked these snacks so much, 1 made them every day. They have a nutty taste.” Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 21,2001-A35 Przepiorkowski said home gardeners can plant the seeds by mid-May and use cultiva tion practices similar for green beans. By mid-August, the pods should be ready for pick ing and cooking for treats. The seeds were developed out of OSU’s food-grade soy bean program to give farmers export access to the Japanese tofu market, Przepiorkowski said. Cargo containers that supply Japanese manufactur ing plants in Ohio are reload ed with the soybeans for the trip back to Japan. However, most of Ohio’s soybeans are raised for the ge neric commodity markets, where they are pressed for oil used in cooking. The meal by product is used as a livestock feed. OSU research has improved yields for farmers, as well as protein levels of the bean to enhance its value as a live stock feed, Przepiorkowski said. On the cooking oil front, research is attempting to in crease oil shelf life by reduc ing attributes that make it rancid, he said. The end result of the re search is to make soybean production more profitable for Ohio farmers. “We are breed ing soybeans for characteris tics desired by Ohio farmers,” Przepiorkowski said. Parking for BioHio will be north of the Schottenstein Center off of Fred Taylor Drive in the Schottenstein Special Events Parking Lot. Access to the lot will be from Ackerman Road via State Route 315. Signs will be post ed on SR 315, Ackerman Road and Lane Avenue to di rect visitors to event parking. Buses will shuttle visitors to the event from the parking area. For more information about BioHio 2001, call (614) 292-3897 or see the World Wide Website: http:// www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/ biohio/
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