EVENT COVERAGE

With 345 entries from 23 states, the 29th annual World Forage Analysis Superbowl experienced another year of strong participation.

For the second year, the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, in Madison, Wisconsin, organized a special outreach activity for FFA students attending World Dairy Expo.

The early September sun illuminates central Montana’s Judith Basin. A patchwork of hay fields lined with their just-baled bounty and pastures inhabited by Angus cows and calves ready for weaning make for a scenic view. 

The third annual Jackson Beef and Forage Field Night was held the evening of Aug. 23, drawing a record number of attendees.

As one of several speakers at the recent Midwest Soil Improvement Symposium, Indiana farmer Jack Maloney recounted that he started applying synthetic gypsum on his corn and soybean fields 11 years ago at the urging of his agronomist. 

There is grass and there will be grazing at the Management-Intensive Grazing School Oct. 2-4 at the University of Missouri Forage Systems Research Center (FSRC) near Brookfield, Missouri.