Spring Forage Conference Features Farmer Panel
Contact: Rick Kersbergen/Sonia Antunes 1-800-287-1426
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a forage conference designed to help dairy and livestock producers improve profitability on their farms. This conference will be held on Thursday, April 6 in central Maine at the Besse Building (Town Office) in Albion and will feature Jack Lazor from Butterworks Farm in Vermont. Lazor and his wife manage an integrated dairy farm, growing quality forages and grains for their organic herd. He will be part of a farmer panel that will discuss grain and forage rotations.
Also on the agenda are presentations by Extension Educator Rick Kersbergen and Extension Dairy Specialist Gary Anderson. Kersbergen will discuss new ideas related to harvesting haylage that will certainly stimulate discussion about how and when to cut your grass and legume forages this summer. Anderson will lead a discussion on feeding small grain silages and how best to manage your rations with these types of feed.
The conference is cosponsored by the Maine Organic Milk Producers (MOMP) and the Unity Barn Raisers through an NRCS Conservation Partnership Initiative grant. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. with presentations starting at 10:30 and ending at 2:30. Preregistration is requested and lunch is included in the $8 per person registration fee. Call Sonia at 1-800-287-1426 to request registration materials and an agenda before April 3.