Georgia Forages Dennis W. Hancock, PhD., Extension Forage Agronomist

The last local producer to present at the March 23, 2010 meeting of the Piedmont Forage and Grassland Council was Tom Trantham of Happy Cow Creamery. Tom is another innovative producer. Tom's dairy institutes a program he calls "The Twelve Aprils" system. This system is one where through continuous plantings he is able to provide very high quality forage year- round. (georgiaforages027.mov)

In addition to the two nationally renowned researchers at the March 23, 2010 meeting of the Piedmont Forage and Grassland Council, we had the pleasure of hearing from two local producers who have been implementing excellent grazing management strategies. One of the two is Joe Davis who resides in Westminister, South Carolina. Joe is probably one of the most innovative forage producers in the beef cattle industry in the Southeast. He presented information on his farm and his grazing management strategies. (georgiaforages026.mov)

The second presentation from the March 23, 2010 meeting of the Piedmont Forage and Grassland Council is from another nationally renowned researcher, Dr. Chris Teutsch. Dr. Teutsch conducts his research on forage and grassland management at Virginia Tech University. His presentation provides details on maintaining and, when necessary, building soil fertility to optimize forage productivity (georgiaforages025.mov)

This lecture was given on 7 Dec. 2009 at the Georgia Farm Bureau's Annual Meeting. This presentation covers national and state inventories of beef and dairy cattle and horses; trends in forage quality in Georgia; and an opportunity to expand the commercial hay market in Georgia by focusing on Relative Forage Quality (RFQ)-based grades. (georgiaforages023.mov)

This is the third and final part of this presentation on the management practices recommended for bermudagrass. This presentation covers Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} fertilization needs for stand maintenance in bermudagrass and the effect that harvesting methods, extended grazing, and late winter/early spring burning has on bermudagrass yields and persistence. This presentation also highlights some of the latest research on the subject at the University of Georgia and the USDA-ARS station in Tifton. (georgiaforages022.mov)

This is the second in a three-part presentation that provides a rather broad coverage of the management practices recommended for bermudagrass. This presentation covers bermudagrass Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} fertilization for high yields and discusses issues with nitrate (NO3) accumulation in bermudagrass. This presentation also highlights some of the latest research on the subject at the University of Georgia and the USDA-ARS station in Tifton. (georgiaforages021.mov)