The Southern Piedmont AREC 2016 Annual Forage Field Day is scheduled for Thursday, July 28, 2016. The topics for field day are listed below.
Registration for Pre-Dinner Tour will begin at 2:00 PM.
Pre-Dinner Summer Annual and Forage Sorghum Variety Tour begins at 2:30 PM with the topics below and will finish with dinner and guest speaker at 5:00PM.
o Update on hay export project, Kyle Quick
o Impact of shade on cool-season forage mixtures, Kelly Mercier
o Selecting summer annual varieties, Deidre Harmon
o Forage sorghums for silage systems, Chris Teutsch
Registration for Post-Dinner Tour will begin at 5:00 PM and the Silvopasture Tour will begin at 6:00 PM. The topics for the post-dinner tour is listed below.
o Silvopasture project overview, Chris Teutsch
o Opportunities and challenges with silvopasture, J.B. Daniel
o Considerations for silvopasture establishment, John Fike
o Forage species for silvopastures, Barenbrug USA
o Forage establishment: seedbed preparation, seeding, and post seeding management, Chris Teutsch