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Symposium--Measuring Forage Quality--Its Relevance and Limitations

Monday, November 2, 2009: 12:55 PM-4:45 PM
Convention Center, Room 317, Third Floor
Organizer:
Glen E. Aiken
12:55 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:00 PM
Advances in the Assessment of the Nutritive Value of Forages.
Joseph C. Burns, USDA-ARS
Audio File Recorded presentation
1:30 PM
Challenges in Measuring Forage Quality.
David Mertens, USDA-ARS
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:00 PM
Advances and Challenges in Breeding Forages with Improved Quality.
Michael Casler, USDA-ARS
Audio File Recorded presentation
2:30 PM
Forage Legumes: Greater Quality, Fixed Nitrogen, or Both?.
Gerald W. Evers, Texas A&M Univ. System
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Interrelationships Between Forage Nutritive Value and Quantity in Affecting Animal Performance.
Lynn Sollenberger, Univ. of Florida; Eric S. Vanzant, Univ. of Kentucky
Audio File Recorded presentation
3:45 PM
The Relevancy of Forage Quality to Dairy Production.
Debbie Cherney, Cornell Univ.
Audio File Recorded presentation
4:15 PM
The Relevancy of Forage Quality to Beef Production.
William A. Phillips, USDA-ARS
Audio File Recorded presentation
4:45 PM
Adjourn
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