vents

Time (EDST)	Activity
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.	Registration, Purchase Lunch Tickets, and  View Displays
9:00 - Noon	Six educational sessions are being offered. Forage Producers and the Indiana Sales Tax George Patrick, Purdue University Ag Economics Department Indiana Department of Revenue representative             Considerations Regarding Forage Fertilization Keith Johnson, Purdue University Agronomy Department Co-ensiling Forage and Distiller Grains Lori Snyder and Ricardo Arias, Purdue University Agronomy Department Feeding Value of Wet Distillers Grains for Lactating Dairy Cows When Co-ensiled with Corn Silage or Haycrop Silage Nicole S. Schmelz, Graduate Research Assistant, Animal Sciences, Purdue University Possible Double Crop Forage Crops that Follow Winter Wheat Dave Robison, The CISCO Companies Brad Shelton, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service Educator, Washington County Attributes of a Viable Lignocellulosic Biofuel Forage Crop Chad Martin, Purdue University Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department What Size of Forage Harvest Equipment Should I Buy? Dennis Buckmaster, Purdue University Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department
Noon - 12:45 p.m.	Lunch & View Displays
12:45  - 1:15 p.m.	Interview of  Gary and Ann Hodupp (hosts) and Awards Presentation
1:15 - 4:00 p.m.	Equipment demonstrations •  Mowers   - Tedders and Rakes - Balers, Wrappers, and Other Related Equipment

Hay Quality Contest (Must be entered by 11 a.m.)
To participate in the contest, bring an unbroken bale of hay. A certificate will be awarded by the Indiana Forage Council and forage-related products will be provided by agribusinesses to the winner of each division (grass, legume and mixed). Hay will be tested with a Near Infrared Reflectance Spectrophotometer. Results will be announced within 2 weeks following the field day. Hay may be taken by the owner after the day’s activities.