Forage Recovery Plan 2019

A wet fall 2018 not only delayed, and in some cases completely prevented, timely fall-plantings of cool-season annual and perennial forages in North Carolina. In addition, areas that remained flooded for several days in 2018 resulted in permanently damaged pastures that will require to be re-stablished or temporarily damaged pastures that may need extra care to recover to its full potential.

This training is designed for Extension Agents and Research Station Personnel.

Location, Date, and Time
N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Piedmont Research Station, Salisbury, NC (8530 Sherrills Ford Rd, Salisbury, NC 28147, February 13, 2019, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

REGISTRATION FOR ON-SITE and ONLINE ATTENDANCE REQUIRED (limited to 50 participants).  Register online.

AGENDA

• 9 a.m.
  Registration
• 9:15 a.m.
  Welcome and remarks
  
• 9:20 a.m.
  Update on forage variety plots (productivity and weed infestation) for tall fescue and orchardgrass, and ryegrass, alfalfa, and alfalfa-grass mixtures plots – Miguel S. Castillo, NC State University
• 9:40 a.m.
  Matching forage nutritive value of cool-season forages with  livestock (beef, dairy, horses, and small ruminants) needs – Deidre Harmon, NC State University
• 10 a.m.
  Biology and ecology of cool-season weeds that compete during establishment and maintenance of cool-season annual and perennial forages – Ramon Leon, NC State University
• 10:40 a.m.
  Break
• 11 a.m.
  Visit to forage garden and research plots
• 11:40 a.m.
  Herbicide options to control weed competition during  establishment and maintenance of cool-season annual and  perennial forages – Fred Yelverton, NC State University
• 12:20 p.m.
  Closing remarks and lunch

Pesticide credits pending (2 hr; O, X, D, N)

For details, contact N.C. Cooperative Extension offices: Alexander, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Davidson, Iredell, Rowan, and Wilkes.