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Forage field day set for July 28

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newspaperVirginia Cooperative Extension will hold its 2016 Annual Forage Field Day July 28 at the Southern Piedmont Agricultural Research and Extension Center near Blackstone.

The event will begin at 2:30 p.m. with a summer annual and forage-variety sorghum tour, followed by dinner at 5 and a silvopasture tour at 6 that will examine integration of livestock and forage production with forestry. Speaker topics will include the impact of shade on cool-season forage mixtures, selecting summer annual varieties, forage sorghums for silage systems and considerations for silvopasture establishment.

To register, contact Margaret Kenny at 434-292-5331 or [email protected].

 
 




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