The Southern Piedmont AREC 2016 Annual Forage Field Day is scheduled for Thursday, July 28, 2016.  The topics for field day are listed below.

Registration for Pre-Dinner Tour will begin at 2:00 PM.  Pre-Dinner Summer Annual and Forage Sorghum Variety Tour begins at 2:30 PM with the topics below and will finish with dinner and guest speaker at 5:00PM.

• Update on hay export project, Kyle Quick
• Impact of shade on cool-season forage mixtures, Kelly Mercier
• Selecting summer annual varieties, Deidre Harmon
• Forage sorghums for silage systems, Chris Teutsch

Registration for Post-Dinner Tour will begin at 5:00 PM and the Silvopasture Tour will begin at 6:00 PM.  The topics for the post-dinner tour are listed below.

• NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant overview, Blaine Delaney
• Silvopasture project overview, Chris Teutsch
• Opportunities and challenges with silvopasture, J.B. Daniel
• Considerations for silvopasture establishment, John Fike
• Forage species for silvopastures, Barenbrug USA
• Forage establishment: seedbed preparation, seeding, and post seeding management, Chris Teutsch

Please RSVP by emailing Margaret Kenny at makenny@vt.edu or call 434-292-5331.