Agronomy 505

Syllabus – Spring 2003

Date	Topic	Exercise	Readings*
January 13	Introduction; Forages and US Agriculture	Pre-test	3 to 23
January 15	Grass ID		25 to 50
January 17	Legume ID		51 to 72
January 20	Martin Luther King Holiday-No Class
January 22	Forage Physiology I: Ps, Rd		73 to 84
January 24	Forage Physiology II: Stored reserves	Quiz 1	87 to 97
January 27	Forage Physiology III: Mineral nutrition		84 to 87
January 29	Stress tolerance		99 to 124
January 31	Forage Quality I: Introduction		391 to 414
February 3	Forage Quality II: Fiber analysis
February 5	Forage Quality III: Digestibility
February 7	Forage Quality IV: Management effects	Quiz 2
February 10	Forage-related Animal Disorders I		415 to 441
February 12	Forage-related Animal Disorders II
February 14	Soil Fertility		263 to 293
February 17	Forage Establishment I		239 to 261
February 19	Forage Establishment II		Ext. Pub. AY-253
February 21		Exam I
February 24	Legume Management: Alfalfa I		171 to 190
February 26	Legume Management: Alfalfa II		Alf. Mgmt Guide
February 28	Legume Management: Alfalfa II Pests
March 3	Legume Management: Red clover
March 5	Legume Management: Red and Ladino clover
March 7	Legume Management: Ladino and alsike clover	Quiz 3
March 10	Legume Management: Birdsfoot trefoil I
March 12	Legume Management: Birdsfoot trefoil II
March 14	Grass Management: Orchardgrass		125 to 148
March 24	Grass Management: Tall fescue
March 26	Grass Management: Tall fescue toxicosis
March 28	Grass Management: Reed canarygrass	Quiz 4
March 31	Grass Management: Timothy and Bromegrass
April 2	Grass Management: Warm-season perennial grasses I		149 to 169
April 4	Grass Management: Warm-season perennial grasses II
April 7	Forage preservation		443 to 457
April 9	Silage chemistry		457 to 471
April 11		Exam II
April 14	Silage management: corn and sorghum		Silage Mgt Guide
April 16	Forage and horse nutrition - Dr. Mark Russell
April 18	Forages in sheep production systems- Dr. Mike Neary
April 21	Pasture Management I		473 to 501
April 23	Forages and beef production – Dr. Kern Hendrix
April 25	Pasture Management II	Quiz 5
April 28	Pasture Management III
April 30	Pasture Management IV
May 2	Course Wrap-up

*Forages Volume I. An Introduction to Grassland Agriculture; 6^th Edition. R.F. Barnes, C.J. Nelson, M. Collins, K.J. Moore