Post on 14-Aug-2020
8:30—5:00 Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center
5527 Sullivan’s Mill Rd. , Middleburg, VA 20117
Toxic tall fescue reduces livestock weight gains and lowers reproductive performance. This one day workshop will give you the tools and information needed to remove toxic tall fescue and replace it with novel tall fescue varieties. Speakers include local producers, company representatives and extension specialists and researchers from across the country.
Topics include: Fescue toxicosis Economics Testing Establishment Management Products Incentives
2020 Novel Tall Fescue Renovation Workshop
Alliance Partners and Contributors includes university extension and research, seed companies and agribusiness, non-profit organizations and government institutions and forage and livestock producers.
Middleburg, VA March 10
Mt. Ulla, NC March 12
Watkinsville, GA March 16
Spring Hill, TN March 18
Harrison, AR March 24
Mt. Vernon, MO March 25
All 2020 Workshops:
Lexington, KY March 19
Questions: Contact Rita Rollison at rbrady@vt.edu or 540-687-3521 ext 10
Registration: http://TallFescueVA2020.eventbrite.com
$65 before March 2 | $80 After March 2 Includes lunch, refreshments and proceedings
For more info, visit https://vaforages.org/novel-endophyte-tall-fescue/
or www.grasslandrenewal.org
2020 Novel Tall Fescue Renovation Workshop
8:30 Registration 9:00 Welcome Tait Golightly, Virginia Tech 9:05 Tall Fescue Toxicosis: Symptoms and Causes
Dr. John Fike, Virginia Tech 9:30 Tall Fescue for Horses and Small Ruminants
Carrie Swanson, Virginia Cooperative Extension 9:45 Break and Microscope Demonstration 10:00 Toxicosis Management Dr. Craig Roberts,
University of Missouri 11:00 Video: Producer Economics Darrel Franson,
producer 11:30 Establishment and First Year Management
Dr. John Andrae, Clemson 12:15 Lunch and Microscope Demonstration 1:00 Company Highlights 1:30 Financial Assistance Related to Tall Fescue
Conversion JB Daniel, USDA NRCS 1:40 Seed Quality and Testing Dr. Nick Hill,
Agrinostics 2:00 Drill Calibration Tim Mize and Jim Hilleary,
Virginia Cooperative Extension 2:30 Animal Economics Dr. Gabriel Pent, Virginia
Tech 3:00 Producer Panel: On-Farm Success with Novel
Tall Fescue 3:45 Plot Tours Dr. Gabriel Pent and Tait Golightly,
Virginia Tech 4:30 Survey and Adjourn
If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services, or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact Rita Rollison at (540) 687-3521 ext. 10 during business hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.