Press release:
Due to the ongoing uncertainty related to the coronavirus pandemic, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Northwest NY Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team has decided to transition the 2021 Forage Congress into a virtual conference scheduled for March 11.
The conference will be held using Zoom. Preregistration is required. Cost: $25 per person.
Preregistration is now open on the NWNY Team’s website. Registration closes March 9.
Topics and Agenda include:
10 - 10:30 a.m. -- The Economic Costs of Loading & Mixing, Jason Karszes, PRO-DAIRY, Cornell University
10:35 - 11:05 a.m. -- Improving Harvest Management, Joe Lawrence, PRO-DAIRY, Cornell University & Tom Kilcer, Advanced Ag Solutions (recording)
11:10 - 11:40 a.m. -- Nutritive Value and Yield of Reduced-Lignin Alfalfa Cultivars in Monoculture & Binary Mixtures with Perennial Grass, Dr. Jerry Cherney, Cornell University
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. -- Cover Crop Adoption on Dairy Farms, Virginia Moore, Ph.D., Cornell University
Questions, contact: Brandie Waite at: (585) 343-3040, ext. 138.
The Northwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Team is a partnership between Cornell University and the Cornell Cooperative Extension Associations serving dairy, livestock, and field crop farm businesses and supporting industries in these nine Northwest New York counties: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne and Wyoming.
