2019 Baleage and Silage Short Course - Moultrie, GA
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AGENDA
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Sunbelt Expo Grounds – Moultrie, GA
8:00 Registration - Get Notebooks and Materials
8:30 Welcome, Introductions, and Getting to Know One Another
Dr. Dennis Hancock, UGA Extension Forage Agronomist
8:45 What is Silage? How Fermentation Works
Dr. Lisa Baxter, UGA Post-Doctoral Associate and Forage Agronomist
9:10 Cutting and Wilting for Baleage
Dr. Jennifer Tucker, UGA Asst. Professor, Animal and Dairy Scientist
9:30 Inoculants and Silage Wrap Application
Dr. Dennis Hancock, UGA Extension Forage Agronomist
10:00 Break (Visit Sponsor’s Booths)
Sponsored by: Lasseter Equipment Group
10:30 Feeding Baleage
Dr. Dennis Hancock, UGA Extension Forage Agronomist
11:00 Keys to Making Baled Silage
Taylor Hendricks, UGA PhD Candidate
11:30 Economics of Baled Silage
Dr. Dennis Hancock, UGA Extension Forage Agronomist
12:00 Lunch (Visit Sponsor’s Booths)
Sponsored by: Southern Tractor & Outdoors
MANAGING FORAGE QUALITY
1:00 Understanding Forage Quality
Dr. Jennifer Tucker, UGA Asst. Professor, Animal and Dairy Scientist
Dr. Lisa Baxter, UGA Post-Doctoral Associate and Forage Agronomist
2:10 Silage Fermentation Characteristics
Dr. Lisa Baxter, UGA Post-Doctoral Associate and Forage Agronomist
2:30 Break (Visit Sponsor’s Booths)
Sponsored by: Agri-King, and RW Griffin
PEST MANAGEMENT
2:45 Problem Insects and What to do About Them
Dr. Will Hudson, UGA Extension Entomologist
3:15 Problem Weeds and What to do About Them
Dr. Dennis Hancock, UGA Extension Forage Agronomist
OUT IN THE FIELD
3:40 Field Exercises/Demonstrations
Bale Weighing, Forage Sampling, Root Tubes & Plant Demonstrations, No Till Drill Calibration, Sprayer Calibration, Baleage “Smell Test”
4:00 Equipment Discussions
Lasseter Equipment Group
~5:00 Dismiss (Have a Safe Trip Home)
Other Handouts
Calibration Method for Sprayers and Other Liquid Applicators
Measuring the Moisture Content of Forage Using a Microwave Oven
Preparing and Calibrating a No-Till or Conventional Drill for Establishing Forage or Cover Crops