I-29 Moo University

The  I-29 Moo University and the Northern Plains Forage Association Forage  Webinar Series continues Wednesday, August 20 from 7 to 8:30 pm CDT with  a variety of forage topics including an overview of how tar spot effects  corn silage, getting forage cutters ready for the field plus a review of  USDA programs for forage growers.

Presenters include:

Dr. Harkirat Kaur,  assistant professor and extension specialist in corn production systems       at UW–Madison who will discus tar spot in corn. Tar spot is an emerging  foliar disease in the Midwest resulting in devastating yield and nutritive value losses. Her teams research focused on quantifying these losses and exploring management options. Results show that increased tar spot severity caused up to 27 percent dry yield loss in silage corn.  Silage corn affected by tar spot also had lower neutral detergent fiber digestibility and predicted milk yield.

Shane Campell, John  Deere SPFH & Heads Product Manager, He will give a quick crop flow       overview; look at corn head optimization, cutting component options,  maintenance, and optimization; Kernel Processor options, maintenance, and  processing performance; feed quality (cut quality, processing quality and  packing); HarvestLab utilization, plus give a New F8 and F9 machine overview. 

Teresa Van Sloten, County Executive Director for the Sioux County Farm Service Agency in  Orange City. She will discuss the Livestock Forage Program and the  importance of certifying their forage acres correctly plus the Livestock  Indemnity Program for weather-related livestock deaths. 

There is no fee to  participate in the webinar; however, registration is required at least  one hour prior to the webinar. Register online at: 

https://go.iastate.edu/AUGUST25MOOUFORAGE