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2017 Tall Fescue Workshop

Feb. 16, 2017 12:30 - 5 p.m. | UGA Livestock Instructional Arena | Athens, GA
Mar. 23, 2017 12:30 - 5 p.m. | Walker Co. Ag Center | Rock Springs, GA

Overview

Tall fescue is one of the most important forage grasses in the U.S. It is planted on around 40 million acres across the country. But, much of this tall fescue is infected with a toxin-producing endophyte (fungus living inside of a plant). The toxic endophyte in tall fescue is reportly responsible for over $2 billion in lost animal performance each year.

The UGA Forage Extension Program is proud to announce an in-depth workshop whichdetailed the mechanisms of fescue toxicosis and provided management strategies to prevent or deal with these challenges.

Agenda

12:00 p.m. Lunch is served.

12:30 Sign-in & Get Notebooks/ Materials

1:00 Welcome & Introductions

  • Dr. Dennis Hancock, UGA Assoc. Professor and Forage Extension Specialist County Extension Faculty

1:10 Tall Fescue: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly

  • Dr. Dennis Hancock, UGA Assoc. Professor and Forage Extension Specialist

1:30 The Effect of Alkaloids in Toxic Tall Fescue on the Animal

  • Dr. Nick Hill, Professor, Crop & Soil Sciences Dept., UGA - Athens

2:00 Grazing Tall Fescue: A Review of Animal Production Trials

  • Dr. Jennifer Tucker, Asst. Professor, Animal & Dairy Sciences Dept., UGA - Tifton

2:30 Break

3:00 Tall Fescue Toxicosis: The State of the Science

  • Dr. Glen Aiken, Research Leader and Animal Scientist, USDA-ARS Forage- Animal Production Research Unit, Lexington, KY

3:45 Management Recommendations to Minimize or Eliminate Fescue Toxicosis

  • Dr. Dennis Hancock, UGA Assoc. Professor and Forage Extension Specialist

4:15 Novel Endophyte Tall Fescue: 17 Years of Market Experience

  • Chris Agee, Pennington Seed Company

4:45 Tall Fescue Breeding Efforts at UGA

  • Dr. Ali Missaoui, Assoc. Professor and Forage Breeder, Crop & Soil Sci. Dept., UGA

5:00 Panel Discussion

Handouts

  1. Tall Fescue: The Good, Bad, and the Ugly
  2. The Effect of Alkaloids in Toxic Tall Fescue on the Animal
  3. Grazing Tall Fescue: A Review of Animal Production Trials
  4. Tall Fescue Toxicosis: The State of the Science
  5. Management Recommendations to Minimize or Eliminate Fescue Toxicosis
    1. Supplemental material: Nipping Tall Fescue in the Bud
  6. Novel Endophyte Tall Fescue: 17 Years of Market Experience
  7. Tall Fescue Breeding Efforts at UGA

 

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