Focus on Forage
Focus on Forage
About Focus on Forage
Focus on Forage is a FREE, 4-part webinar series highlighting research-based information and farmer strategies to optimize forage yield, quality, and profitability in Wisconsin. Webinar speakers include forage industry experts, UW–Madison Specialists, and Extension Educators. Certified Crop Advisor CEUs and ARPAS credits are available for each webinar.
Webinars take place online via Zoom from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Registration is free but required.
2025 Focus on Forage Topics
Feb. 5: Focus on Alfalfa Companions
Josh Kamps, UW–Madison Extension
Marta Kohmann, UW–Madison Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Shelby Gruss, Iowa State University Extension
Josh Kamps will discuss planting alfalfa green into a cereal rye cover crop, Dr. Kohmann will present on alfalfa nutrient credits, and Dr. Gruss will present on establishing alfalfa with a summer annual nurse crop.
CCA CEUs: 0.5 crop management, 0.5 nutrient management
ARPAS Credit: 1.0
Feb. 12: Focus on Corn Silage
Damon Smith, UW–Madison Plant Pathology
John Goeser, Rock River Laboratory
Harkirat Kaur, UW–Madison Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Dr. Smith will cover mycotoxin accumulation in corn and silage, Dr. Goeser will cover trends in forage quality energy and hygiene, and Dr. Kaur will present on the potential for new short corn hybrids for silage use.
CCA CEUs: 0.5 crop management, 0.5 integrated pest management
ARPAS Credit: 1.0
Feb. 26: Focus on Forage Cover Crops
Ken Kalscheur, Lizzy French and Barbara Dittrich, USDA Dairy Forage Research Center
Dan Marzu, UW–Madison Extension
Dr. Kalscheur will present on the use of cover crops as alternative forage in the dairy ration, Dr. French and Barbara Dittrich will discuss precision feeding of alternative forages to dairy cows during early lactation, and Dan Marzu will present on preliminary trends in forage quality from the Wisconsin Cover Crop Citizen Science Survey.
CCA CEUs: 1.0 crop management
ARPAS Credit: 1.0
March 5: Focus on the Alfalfa Toolbox
Mike Bertram, Arlington Ag Research Station
Scott Newell, UW–Madison Extension
Mark Renz, UW–Madison Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences
Bertram will showcase the 2024 results of the Wisconsin Alfalfa Yield and Persistence project, Newell will showcase the UW–Madison Alfalfa Cutting Tool, and Dr. Renz asks “How much weed management does alfalfa REALLY need?”
CCA CEUs: 0.5 crop management, 0.5 integrated pest management
ARPAS Credit: 1.0
2025 Focus on Forage Webinar Recordings
- Focus on Alfalfa Companions
- Planting Alfalfa Green Into Cereal Rye with Josh Kamps
- Rethinking Alfalfa Nutrient Credits with Dr. Marta Kohmann
- Establishing Alfalfa With a Summer Annual Nurse Crop with Dr. Shelby Gruss
Previous Recordings
2024
- Focus on Forage Insurance with Pamela Stahlke and Dr. Paul Mitchell
- Focus on Alfalfa with Scott Newell, Dr. Kim Cassida, Dr. Mark Renz, and Dr. Emily Bick
- Focus on Annual Forages with Dr. Marta Kohmann, Dr. Luiz Ferraretto, John Jones, and Chris Bandura
- Focus on Pastures with Jason Cavadini, Steve Okonek, Dr. Marta Kohmann, and Stefania Cartoni-Casamitjana
