Driftless Region Grazing Conference agenda


			DRIFTLESS REGION GRAZING CONFERENCE July 29-30, 2008 Prairie du Chien, WI Crawford County Administration Building 225 N. Beaumont Road
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	Home Registration Brochure Contacts		Agenda Tuesday, July 29 9:30 am Registration 10am How the ethanol industry is affecting grain prices (and the animal agriculture industry) Dale Thoreson, ISU Extension Field Specialist 11 am Managing grazing to reduce feed costs Rhonda Gildersleeve, UW Extension Iowa County 12:15 pm Lunch (provided) *Dairy Breakout Sessions* 1 pm Using byproduct feeds to reduce costs in a grazing operation Dave Combs, UW-Extension Dairy Science 2 pm What does it really cost to raise a dairy heifer? Pat Hoffman, UW-Madison Marshfield Agricultural Research Station 3 pm Pasture residual and recovery rate Paul Peterson, University of Minnesota Extension Agronomist *Beef Breakout Sessions* 1 pm Dollars and sense of feed resources Alan Miller, University of Illinois Extension, Animal Sciences 2 pm Beef cattle handling facilities Vance Haugen, UW Extension Crawford County 3 pm Join dairy session Wednesday, July 30 *Dairy tours* 10 am Don Boland, Gays Mills, WI—parlor, sharemilking 1 pm Tom Kearns, Seneca, WI—compost barn and parlor *Beef sessions* 9:30 am Pasture finishing Jim Munsch, grazier, Coon Valley, WI 10:30 Managing your grass resources Paul Peterson, University of Minnesota Extension Agronomist Beef tour 1 pm Dave and Barb Hanson, Waukon, IA—beef rotational grazing Please note that buses and box lunches will not be provided this year. Those going on the farm tours will caravan to the farms and purchase lunch on their own.