E2-Foragmg Around, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 22, 2003 Pennsylvania Forage And Grazing Conference Set For March 5 And 6 (Continued from Page El) pany representatives on hand to showcase new forage and grazing technologies. For more information, con tact your local extension of fice, NRCS office, or Lisa Crytser at (814) 865-2543. Following is the two-day conference schedule: Wednesday, March 5 9 a.m. Registration and visit with exhibitors. 10 a.m. Is the Grass Greenest in Ireland? - John and Tom Roche. 11 a.m. Animal Genetics for Grazing Systems - Steve Washburn. 12 p.m. Lunch and visit with exhibitors. 1:30 p.m. Breakout Ses sions: A. Effectiveness of Equipment to Speed Hay Dry ing - A 1 Rotz. B. Dairy and Sheep in the Same Farming System? - John and Tom Roche. C. What’s the Story with Grazing Farm Records? - Jim Grace. 2:45 p.m. Break and visit with exhibitors. 3:30 p.m. Breakout ses sions: A. How We Make, Store, and Market Large Rec tangular Bales. - Bob Cassel, Pete Hicks, and Luke Brubak er. B. Meeting the challenges of grass fed beef. - Ed Ray bum, John Comerford, and Bill Deitrick. C. Animal health concerns on pasture. - Dave Wolfgang. 4:45 p.m joum. Ad- 5:30 p.m. PFGC Reception and Awards. 7 p.m. Informal Evening Discussions with Speakers: A. Dairy Grazing. B. Grass Fed Beef. C. Making and Utiliz ing Hay & Silage. A lesson well learned... Lancaster Farming’s classified ads get results! Irish grassland specialists Tom, left, and John Roche, right, joined graziers Ben and Louis Hawley, Montrose, Susquehanna County, for an informal meeting in 2001. Thursday, March 6 7:30 a.m. Registration and visit with exhibitors. 8:15 a.m. Grazing Is More Than Grass. - June Hertzler. 8:30 a.m. Impact of New Regulations and the Farm Bill on Forage and Grazing Farms. - Barry Frantz. 9:15 a.m. Maintaining healthy and productive pas tures. - Lawrason Sayre and Doug Martin. 10 a.m. Break and visit with exhibitors. 10:45 a.m. Breakout Ses- M Bril lion wm r*»' «I.l< ,»>f f 1.1. ff ****** *-.*********,*,,,,.*,, sions: A. Identifying Forage Species, Where They Fit and Are They Economical? - Mar vin Hall and John Comerford. B. Your Cows Are Healthy, Are You? - Dr. Elizabeth Bill ingsley. C. How Liable Is Your Farm? - Christine Kellet. 12 p.m. Lunch and visit with exhibitors. 1:30 p.m. Grazing Oppor tunities in the Northeast U.S.: An Irishman’s Viewpoint. - John and Tom Roche. 2:30 p.m. Wrap-up and door prizes. Increased Diversity May Reduce Weeds In Pastures Benjamin F. Tracy University of Illinois Matt A. Sanderson USDA-ARS, Pasture Lab A long standing ecological concept suggests that diverse plant communities should be more resistant to invasion by weeds compared with plant communities that have few species. We used data from three separate studies to test the hy pothesis that increased forage species diversity would reduce weed invasion in pastures. The first study involved mea suring weed invasion in exper imentally constructed pasture communities ranging from one to IS species. A second experiment was conducted in the greenhouse and involved sowing of a com mon perennial weed species, curly dock, into forage mix tures containing five or 10 dif ferent forage species and three monocultures. OWIWM® mil 'jF-l - Lancaster Farming Check out our Website! www.lancasterfarmina.com Lastly, we investigated the relationship between weed abundance and forage diversi ty in 37 pastures that were surveyed across the Northeast U.S. Overall, we found that weed abundance was less in pastures with more forage di versity. This supported our hypoth esis that increased forage di- versity may suppress weed in vasion in pastures. Weed suppression in diverse pasture communities likely involves complementary resource use among different forage species that creates a hostile environ ment for weeds. We concluded that main taining productive pastures and an evenly distributed array of forage species will ef fectively reduce weed abun dance. »5^S. Contact your local dealer for details. ADAMSTOWN Adamstown Equip Inc 717-484-4391 ALLENTOWN Lehigh Ag Equip 610-398-2553 BECHTELSVILLE Miller Equip Co 610-845-2911 CRESSON & BELLWOOD Hines Equip Co. 814- 886-4183 814-742-8171 LEBANON Umberger’s of Fontana 717-867-5161 OAKLAND MILLS Peoples Sales & Ser 717-436-2735 OLEY Pikeville Equip, Inc 610-987-6277 QUARRYVILLE Grumelli Farm Service 717-786-7318 TAMAQUA Charles Snyder,ln 570-386-5945 RISING SUN Ag Industrial Equip 410-658-5568 ELMER Pole Tavern Equip. Sales Corp 856-359-2880 «>>M ♦ 4 * * 1
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