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  Work Groups
1. Forage Crop Production
Issues:
  • Variety/Hybrid evaluation
  • Yield enhancing management practices
  • Fertilizer/manure issues
  • Pest management issues
  • Coordinate on-farm research/demonstrations
  • Coordinate alfalfa scissor cutting program and corn silage moisture determination projects
 Co-leaders: Members:
  • Heidi Johnson
  • Joe Lauer
  • Scott Reuss
  • Nick Schneider
  • Eileen Cullen
  • Mike Rankin
  • Carrie Laboski
  • Mike Ballweg
  • John Peters
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  • Dan Undersander
  • Mike Bertram
  • Bill Halfman
  • Greg Blonde
  • Mark Renz
  • Richard Holopka
  • Ted Bay
2. Forage Economics
Issues:
  • Pricing / buying forages
  • Corn silage pricing
  • Forage production costs
  • Risk Management
  • Development of budgets/analysis software
  • Forage enterprise decisions (custom harvesting , etc.)
  • Machinery share systems
 Co-leaders: Members:
  • Ken Barnett
  • Kevin Jarek
  • Tom Cox
  • Joe Lauer
  • Jim Leverich
3. Forage Harvesting, Storage, and Handling Systems
Issues:
  • Harvest systems
  • Storage systems
  • Handling systems
 Co-leaders: Members:
  • Brian Holmes
  • Craig Saxe
  • Jerry Clark
  • Matt Digman
  • Richard Muck
  • Kevin Shinners
  • Wayne Coblentz
  • Bryce Larson
  • Jim Leverich
4. Forage Testing and Feeding
Issues:
  • Forage testing procedures
  • Current forage feeding issues/new developments
  • Evaluation of inoculants
 Co-leaders: Members:
  • Randy Shaver
  • Pat Hoffman
  • Wayne Coblentz
  • John Peters
  • Dan Undersander
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  • Matt Lippert
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5. Grazing Systems
Issues:
  • Pasture forage management
  • Grazing systems
  • Supplemental forage feeding systems
  • Pasture forage species performance evaluation
 Co-leaders: Members:
  • Rhonda Gildersleeve
  • Dennis Cosgrove
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  • Dan Undersander
  • Peg Reedy
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  • Ken Barnett
  • Carrie Laboski
  • Mark Renz

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