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NAFA USAFRI Now Accepting 2018 Proposals
The National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance's U.S. Alfalfa Farmer Research Initiative, better known as the Alfalfa Checkoff, is now accepting proposals for 2018 projects. Proposals are due no later than Friday, August 10, and must be capped at $50,000.
Once proposals are received, a NAFA board-appointed review panel will review, score, and discuss proposals to determine which will receive approval for this round of funding. Proposals will be scored using the following categories: 1) methodology and analytical approaches; 2) industry need; 3) cost effectiveness/budget/matching funds; 4) partnerships; and 5) outreach.
Priorities for this round of funding include: New and Updated NAFA Publications (i.e., Alfalfa Germination & Growth; Alfalfa Wildlife & the Environment); Agronomic Management; Feed Value Consistency (i.e., digestibility, sampling); Forage Quality Improvements; New Uses and Market Development; Fertility, Soil Management, Soil Health, Macro/Micro Nutrients; and Yield Improvements. Preference will be given to projects which include support letters from industry.
For more information and a full copy of the 2018 request for proposals, click here.
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John Deere Hosts NAFA
Summer Board Meeting
Olathe, KS, a southwestern suburb of Kansas City, served as the location for the National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance's Annual Summer Board Meeting. NAFA member John Deere served as meeting host and held the meeting at its Ag Marketing Center on June 26-27. NAFA board members met to discuss industry issues and tour the John Deere facility, and in the process learned more about John Deere's unique history and the surrounding area.
In addition to hosting NAFA's board meeting, John Deere used the opportunity to hold a customer focus group and collect feedback from NAFA's hay producing board members on a range of topics related to John Deere's forage products.
NAFA would like to specially thank meeting host and sponsor John Deere for its hospitality in hosting NAFA's 2018 Summer Board Meeting.
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Pricing Standing Forage
Dr. Dan Undersander, Forage Agronomist and Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison
From time to time farmers want to buy or sell standing forage. A key is the agreement on price. Following are several factors which should be considered when calculating a value for standing forage.
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here for the complete article.
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Make the Most of Your Alfalfa Quality Testing
Dr. David Weakley, PhD, Director of Forage Nutrition Research, Forage Genetics International
There are many variables involved in testing for forage quality. Is Relative Feed Value (RFV) or Relative Forage Quality (RFQ) a better quality measure? Did testing involve wet lab analysis or near infrared reflectance (NIR) spectroscopy prediction? When and how were samples collected?
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here for the complete article.
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AFRP/APRI
Research Summaries
NAFA has been fortunate to secure funding for two public research programs - the Alfalfa Seed and Alfalfa Forage Systems Research Program (AFRP) and the Alfalfa Pollinator Research Initiative (APRI). NAFA News will feature both progress and final reports from these programs to keep you informed of progress in these areas. Click
on the project title to access
the full report.
•The Effect of Hay Rake Type on Ash Content of Alfalfa Hay - Undersander - University of Wisconsin-Madison
"High levels of ash content are problematic in hay since ash
provides no nutritional benefit to livestock. Hay raking may impact ash content, but the effect of different hay rake types on ash content is unknown."
All
AFRP/APRI final reports and current project objectives can
be found on NAFA's website at
http://alfalfa.org/research.php
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"Hay,"
Mark Your Calendar!
- Second World Alfalfa Congress
Sunday-Wednesday, November 11-14, 2018
Holiday Inn Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina
- California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium
Tuesday-Thursday, November 27-29, 2018
Grand Sierra Resort
Reno, NV
- Mid-America Forage Expo
Tuesday-Wednesday, January 15-16, 2019
Adams County Fairgrounds
Hastings, NE
- NW Hay Expo
Wednesday-Thursday, January 16-17, 2019
Three Rivers Convention Center
Kennewick, WA
- Western Alfalfa Seed Growers Assn. Winter Seed Conf.
Sunday-Tuesday, January 27-29, 2019
Astor Crowne Plaza
New Orleans, LA
- MFA's Symposium
Monday-Wednesday, February 18-20, 2019
Chula Vista Resort
Wisconsin Dells, WI
- Joint XXIV International Grassland/XI Rangeland Congress
Sunday-Friday, October 25-30, 2020
Nairobi, Kenya
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