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. This educa
tional event is intended as an
opportunity for international
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dairy producers, veterinarians
and agribusiness professionals.
It’s also an opportunity for U.S.
producers to offer their Spanish
speaking employees focused
training.
Seminar topics will cover the
basics of nutrition, reproduction,
management and silage preser
vation along with workshops on
ration balancing, dairy cattle
judging and milking machine
performance including a robotics
overview. There will also be tours
to different types of dairy cattle
operations.
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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.”
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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/