The 2008 Joint Meeting of the Society for Range Management and the America Forage and Grassland Council.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008: 8:30 AM-12:00 PM
Stopher - E3 (Galt House Hotel & Suites)
AFGC Emerging Scientist Competition
Special session for AFGC Emerging Scientist Competition
Moderator:M.J. Williams
Organizer:M.J. Williams
8:30 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:40 AMManagement Practices for Reducing Nitrate Content in Bermudagrass Forage
Tara L. Woods, Benjamin D. Neale, Richard E. Joost
9:00 AMBuilding Soil Organic Matter While Extending the Grazing Season With Cover Crops
Giovani Fae
9:20 AMCan Grazing Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Dairy Farms?
Dawn M. Sedorovich, C. Alan Rotz, Tom L. Richard
9:40 AMPlant Constituents Affecting Preferences of Horses for Cool Season Grasses
K.C. Watson, S.R. Smith, L.M. Lawrence
10:00 AMBreak
10:20 AMIdentification of P and K Fertility Regimes That Enhance Long-Term Productivity of Alfalfa Using Cluster Analysis
Sofia Lissbrant, Sylvie Brouder, Brad Joern, Suzanne Cunningham, Jeff Volenec
10:40 AMHarvest Frequency Effects on Yield, Quality, and Regrowth Rate Among New Alfalfa Cultivars
Thomas A. Probst, S. Ray Smith
11:00 AMUsing Microhistological Techniques to Predict Botanical Composition of Horse Diets on Cool-Season Grass Pasture
Jesse I. Morrison, S. Ray Smith, Glen E. Aiken
11:20 AMPasture Growth and Decomposition under Continuous and Rotational Grazing
Amanda L. Hensler, David J. Barker, R. Mark Sulc, Steven C. Loerch, Lloyd B. Owens
11:40 AMPre-Graze Mowing: A Cost-Benefit Analysis
Thomas M. Smith, David J. Barker, Monte R. Anderson
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