December 21st, 2010 by Karlie Justus
We’re back this week with another podcast with Mark Schultz, BASF Plant Science sales agronomist.
Last month on the blog, Mark wrote about his travels around the country observing corn silage plot tours. After reading about what he saw in Pennsylvania, New York, Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota, I spoke with him to learn more about his trip with NutriDense forage specialists and the silage hybrid development team.
Listen in as Mark discusses where the team traveled, outside factors they had to consider while evaluating the results and what they were able to learn in terms of tonnage and quality.
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Have questions for Mark? Contact him at mark.schultz@basf.com, and be sure to check out his previous podcast on selecting hybrid seeds for 2011.
Tags: corn silage, corn silage plot tours, dairy nutrition, Illinois, Mark Schultz, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, podcast, Wisconsin
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December 17th, 2010 by Karlie Justus
The University of Illinois is offering a series of online courses for feed industry representatives, dairy farm managers and other dairy professionals.
Developed by the university’s Department of Animal Sciences, course material will cover applied research and knowledge of the dairy and feed industry using case studies that test the knowledge of principles learned in class. The upcoming spring semester course Advanced Dairy Nutrition 423 will be taught by Dr. Michael Hutjens.
The courses offer undergraduate and graduate credit, continuing credit for veterinarians, and professional training for feed industry representatives and dairy farmers. To register as a non-degree student, click here.
Learn more about Dr. Hutjens in some of our previous Corn Feed posts:
Tags: corn silage, dairy feed, dairy nutrition, Dr. Michael Hutjens, University of Illinois
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December 13th, 2010 by Karlie Justus
The 32nd annual Indiana-Illinois Farm and Outdoor Power Equipment Show runs Dec. 14-16 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.
The show will cover more than 170,000 square-feet of exhibit space, along with a free seminar series with Gary Truitt of Hoosier Ag Today. Learn more about the upcoming show in this brochure.
Tags: farm show, Illinois, Indiana, Indiana-Illinois Farm and Outdoor Power Equipment Show
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December 10th, 2010 by Karlie Justus
For our first installment in a special agronomic podcast series here on The Corn Feed, listen in below as Mark Schultz, BASF Plant Science sales agronomist, discusses what to look at when choosing hybrids for 2011. These considerations include the importance of looking at performance over years and multiple sources of yield data.
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This podcast kicks off a four-part podcast series with Mark, where he’ll answer our questions on everything from plot tour results to tips for 2011. Have questions for Mark? Contact him at mark.schultz@basf.com.
Tags: Agronomy, hybrids, Mark Schultz, podcast
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December 6th, 2010 by Karlie Justus
Cornell University’s Dairy Executive Program, made up of three multi-day sessions, began its first session Sunday, Dec. 5, and runs through Thursday, Dec. 9.
The cutting-edge training is designed to help dairy executives create business plans, evaluate current goals and practices, discuss challenges of family business management, and develop business relationships with other dairy professionals. Two additional sessions in 2011 will be held Feb. 20-24 and Dec. 4-8
While the 2010-2011 program is currently full, contact the program for information on the next available session.
Tags: corn silage, Cornell University, Dairy Executive Program, dairy feed, dairy nutrition
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December 1st, 2010 by Karlie Justus
Recently, Dairy Herd Network featured a great video that has been spreading quickly in the dairy community, just in time for the holiday season. The video interviews people in large cities and poses the question: Did you know this year, each American farm family will feed 155 people?
Here is some additional information from the video’s YouTube page:
Did you know this year, each American farm family will feed 155 people? Neither did consumers in many major U.S. cities. See their reactions to learning this fact — and then see how grateful they became for America’s farm families. This holiday season, don’t forget to thank America’s farmers.
We have been impressed with the passion and dedication of the entire agriculture industry’s agvocacy efforts, which we were able to see first-hand through our NutriDense Silage Web Moo.0 Contest. Watch the video below to see yet another example of this work, and be sure to tell a farmer thanks!
Tags: agvocacy, agvocate, Dairy, Dairy Herd Network, NutriDense Silage, Web Moo.0 Contest
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November 29th, 2010 by Karlie Justus
After we announced a renewed contract between NutriDense Grain and Perdue AgriBusiness last week, we were happy to see a positive response from many ag media outlets.
Listen in below to Ohio Ag Net’s Morning Farm Report talk about the opportunities available for corn growers delivering to Perdue locations in Washington, Ind.; Livermore, Ky.; Bridgeville, Del.; and Roberts, Md. areas. The NutriDense Grain segment starts at about five minutes in.
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Tags: Morning Farm Report, NutriDense grain, Ohio Ag Net, Perdue AgriBusiness
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November 24th, 2010 by Karlie Justus
The Thanksgiving holiday is a great time to stop for a moment and thank our partners, producers and agriculture community. Here are a few we would like to thank:
On Twitter? Keep the “thank yous” going all year by adding #foodthanks and #thankafarmer to your tweets to show your support. And while you’re there, check out @NutriDense for more agriculture, dairy and corn industry news.
Have a great holiday!
Tags: #foodthanks, #thankafarmer, NutriDense, Thanksgiving
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November 24th, 2010 by Karlie Justus
After every harvest, many dairy producers’ thoughts turn to silage sampling. Last year, Courtney talked with Jerry Weigel, manager of nutrition and technical service, about sampling questions he receives year in and year out.
Listen in here to learn how he answers the following questions:
- Why is it important to sample silage?
- When is the best time to sample silage?
- Should you resample throughout the season?
- Where should you send the samples?
Tags: corn silage, corn silage harvest, dairy feed, dairy nutrition, Jerry Weigel, NutriDense Silage, silage sampling
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November 19th, 2010 by Karlie Justus
This year, the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW), the nation’s largest producer-led educational organization, hosted a series of webinars designed to help dairy farmers with their operations from financial and managerial standpoints.
The last session is scheduled for the Monday after Thanksgiving:
- Monday, Nov. 29: Zero in on benchmarking and best management practices that will make your business sustainable regardless of the economic climate or stage of the business cycle.
The webinars are open to both members and non-members of the PDPW. To learn more or register for the last webinar, visit the PDPW website.
Tags: Dairy, dairy industryw, dairy webinar, PDPW, Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin
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