Dan Undersander, University of Wisconsin extension forage specialist, and Don Myers, Ohio State University professor emeritus, will be keynote speakers at the Ohio Forage and Grassland Council’s 2004 annual meeting. The event will be held March 26 in Fisher Auditorium at the Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center (OARDC), Wooster.
Undersander will discuss relative forage quality and Myers will cover grass in alfalfa. Speakers and topics in concurrent sessions will include: David Zartman, Ohio State animal scientist, Grazing Topics; Bob and Debbie Eash, Hudson, IN, Highlights of Our Grazing Dairy; Bill Weiss, Ohio State animal scientist, Forage Research Update; Dan Undersander, Traffic Tolerance in Alfalfa; David Barker, Ohio State crop scientist, Grass Research Update; and Ben Stinner, OARDC entomologist, Soil Health.
The program will also feature a forage producer panel and an industry trade show. Registration is $20 for forage council members and $30 per person for non-members. For more information, call Susan Mykrantz at 330-264-2488 or Gary Wilson at 419-422-3851.