Forage, Range, and Silage Quality

Oral Session

C06 Forage and Grazinglands

Forage and Grazinglands Oral Paper Session I

Wednesday, October 24, 2012: 10:20 AM-12:10 PM
Duke Energy Convention Center, Room 205, Level 2
Organizer:
Michael Casler
Presider:
Geoffrey Brink
10:20 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:25 AM
Daily Losses of Forage Nutritive Value in Strata of a Mixed Cool-Season Grass Sward During Grazing.
Renata Nave, Ohio State University; R. Mark Sulc, Ohio State University; David Barker, Ohio State University
10:40 AM
Effects of Grazing Intensity and Chemical Seedhead Suppression On Steers Grazing Tall Fescue Pastures.
Ben M. Goff, University of Kentucky; Glen Aiken, USDA-ARS Forage-Animal Production Research Unit; William W. Witt, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences; Patrick L. Burch, DowAgrosciences
10:55 AM
Interaction Between Harvest Frequency and Variety Maturity On Yield and Quality of Orchardgrass.
Shabtai Bittman, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Derek Hunt, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Michael Casler, USDA-ARS; Yousef Papadopoulos, AAFRC; Daniel Undersander, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mary Lou Swift, Alberta Agriculture
11:10 AM
Evidence of Severe Selenium Deficiency In Georgia Soils and Forages.
Uttam Saha, University of Georgia; Leticia S. Sonon, University of Georgia; Jason Mowrer, University of Georgia; Dennis Hancock, University of Georgia; Lawton Stewart, The University of Georgia; Nicholas Hill, University of Georgia; David E. Kissel, University of Georgia
11:25 AM
Desert Rangeland Vegetation Types, Species Nutritive Values, and Forage Quality.
Reza Dehghani Bidgoli, University of Arizona; Mohammad Pessarakli, University of Arizona; Marzieh Yousefi Najafabadi, University of Arizona
11:40 AM
Challenges in Quantifying Condensed Tannins and Their Impact On the Ruminal Degradability of Protein in Birdsfoot Trefoil.
John H. Grabber, USDA-ARS; Wayne K. Coblentz, USDA-ARS; Irene Mueller-Harvey, University of Reading; Wayne E. Zeller, USDA-ARS
11:55 AM
Effects of Natural and Simulated Rainfall On Indicators of Alfalfa Silage Fermentation.
Wayne Coblentz, US Dairy Forage Research Center; Richard E. Muck, US Dairy Forage Research Center
12:10 PM
Concluding Remarks