2008 Presentations

Measuring silage bunker density: Hands-on, on-farm techniques

Brian Holmes Biological Systems Engineer
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cost effective balancing of yield and quality with forages

Dan Undersander, Research and Extension Agronomist
University of Wisconsin-Madison

For better or worse: How rations affect rumen microbe populations

Paul Weimer, Research Microbiologist
U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, WI

Finding the right forages for dairy replacement heifers

Wayne Coblentz, Research Dairy Scientist and Agronomist
U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, Marshfield, WI

Nutritional reasons to feed grass with corn silage and alfalfa

David Combs, Dairy Scientist
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Forage grasses are not all created equal

Ev Thomas, Consultant
Oak Point Agronomics, Hammond, NY

Now’s the time for more forages in the ration to combat rising grain prices

Mike Hutjens, Extension Dairy Specialist
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL