2020 AFGC Annual Meeting Agenda January 5-8, 2020—Greenville, SC

“The More You Know the Smarter You Grow!”

January5,2020—Sunday3:00pm-5:00pm ExhibitorSetUp,SilentAuctionSetUp&MondayPosterSetUp3:00pm-5:00pm RegistrationOpen

January6,2020—Monday“ProducerDay”(Mealsprovidedbasedonregistrationarebreakfast,lunch,afternoonbreak,andreception) 7:00am-4:00pm RegistrationOpen 7:00am-7:45am Exhibits,SilentAuction,PhotoContest,ForageIDContest,HayEvaluationContest 7:00am-7:45am PosterPresentations(Author'sPresent)7:45am-9:00am Welcome,Breakfast,andOpeningKeynotewithKevinYon,Forage&SilageFarmer9:15am-11:00am Workshop:GettingBacktotheBasicsofForageManagement CoordinatedbyScottFlynn SponsoredbyCortevaAgriscience 11:15am-11:45am AFGCBusinessMeeting11:45am-12:45pm LuncheonwithNRCSChief,MattLohr1:00pm-2:30pm Workshop:ImprovingYourGrazing?ChangeYourThinkingtoChangeYourOperation CoordinatedbyLeonAtwell&KirstenRobertson

Whatmakeschangingfarmingpracticessodifficult?Therecanbeallsortsofeducational,physical,financialandmentalbarriersmayneedtobeaddressed.Thisworkshopwilladdressrealobstaclestochangeassumingthattheeducational,physicalandfinancialbarriersaresurmountable.

Workshop:GeneticAdaptabilityinCattletoFescueEnvironments CoordinatedbyCarlStafford SponsoredbyVirginiaForageandGrasslandCouncil

VolunteerOralPresentations

2:30pm-3:15pm Break,Exhibits,SilentAuction,PhotoContest,ForageIDContest,HayEvaluationContest 2:30pm-3:15pm PosterPresentations(Author'sPresent)3:30pm-5:30pm FORAGESPOKESPERSONCOMPETITION SponsoredbyTuckerFamilyFarms 5:30pm-6:45pm MixerinExhibitHall6:00pm-7:00pm ForageBowlPlayoff

January7,2020—Tuesday“YouthDay”(Mealsprovidedbasedonregistrationarebreakfast,lunch,andafternoonbreak) 6:30am-7:00am TuesdayPosterSet-Up7:00am-3:00pm RegistrationOpen7:15am-8:00am Exhibits,SilentAuction,PhotoContest,ForageIDContest,HayEvaluationContest 7:15am-8:00am PosterPresentations(Author'sPresent) EmergingScientistPosterCompetition8:00am-9:15am NATIONALFORAGEBOWLCOMPETITIONwithBreakfast

SponsoredbytheForageandGrasslandFoundation9:15am-9:45am Break,Exhibits,SilentAuction,PhotoContest,ForageIDContest,HayEvaluationContest EmergingScientistPosterCompetition9:45am-11:15am Workshop:RuminantAgriculture:EssentialforSustainableSocieties CoordinatedbyPeterBallerstedt

AFGCpromotestheroleofforageagricultureinsustainableagriculture,whichisessentialtoasustainablesociety.Thisworkshopwillpresentthreewell-respectedindividuals,eachanexpertintheirfield.Theywilldiscuss:Theroleofdietarypolicyinopposinganimalsourcefoodconsumption;Ruminantlivestock’sessentialroleandimpactintheenvironment;Theroleofanimalsourcefoodsinpromotingsustainablehealthcare.

2020 AFGC Annual Meeting Agenda January 5-8, 2020—Greenville, SC

“The More You Know the Smarter You Grow!”

Workshop—TallFescueManagement–WhataretheChoices?CoordinatedbyAlanFranzluebbers,USDA-ARSTallfescueprovidesreliableforageduringspringandfallseasons,buthowforageismanagedtogetthemosteffectiveproductionfromforage-fedlivestockmaynotalwaysbemostobvious.Thisworkshopwillexploreperspectivesonhowtomanagetallfescuepasturesforproduction,soilhealthimprovement,ecosystemhealth,andeconomicoutcomes.

VolunteerOralPresentations

11:30am-12:30pm CompetitionAwardsLuncheon 12:45pm-2:15pm Workshop:ManagedGrazingforProductionandBobwhiteHabitat CoordinatedbyJamesRogers,NobleFoundationandJefHodges,NationalBobwhite

ConservationInitiative SponsoredbyTruax Northernbobwhiteshavebeenexperiencingaprotractedpopulationdecline.TheNorth

AmericanBreedingBirdSurveyhasrecordedanoveralldeclineof85percentfrom1966through2014,evengreaterinsomeregionstothepointthatsomestateshavedesignatedtheirpopulationextirpated.Thisworkshopwillprovideabriefbackgroundaboutthebobwhitedeclineandthelatestresearch-supportedmethodsforgrazingmanagementtomaintaingrassvigorandanimalperformancethroughsummerandrealworldexamplesandresultsofbobwhitemanagementusinggrazing.

Workshop:MixingthingsupwithAlfalfaintheSouth! CoordinatedbyJenniferTucker,UniversityofGeorgia SponsoredbyfundsfromUSDANIFAAlfalfaandForageResearchProgramGrant#2017-04168 AlfalfaisoneofthetopforagesgrownforlivestockintheU.S.,howeveralfalfaproductioninthe

Southhasbeenverylimited.Thisworkshopwillintroducebestmanagementpracticesandalternativesforsuccessfuluseofalfalfaintheregion,highlightrecentresearcheffortsfromland-grantuniversities,provideandin-deptheconomicdiscussionwithproductiondecisiontools,andgiveanindustryoutlookofwhat’snextwithalfalfaproduction.

VolunteerOralPresentations

2:15pm-3:00pm Break,Exhibits,SilentAuction,PhotoContest,ForageIDContest,HayEvaluationContest2:15pm-3:00pm PosterPresentations(Author'sPresent)3:00pm SilentAuctionCloses 3:00pm-5:00pm EMERGINGSCIENTISTCOMPETITION SponsoredbyCortevaAgriscience 5:00pm-6:00pm “HotTopics”Session 7:00pm-9:00pm AFGCAwardsBanquet

January8,2020—Wednesday 8:00am-10:00am USDA-NRCSWorkshop