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SUMMARY:Forage Focus 2015
DESCRIPTION:The Ontario Forage Council will soon host the annual Forag
 e Focus 2015 Conference series on Tuesday, December 15th in Shakespear
 e, and on Wednesday, December 16th in Winchester. The conference will
  highlight the importance of forages in improving profitability and ef
 ficiency, which given today’s competitive economic agricultural clim
 ate takes on more importance than ever.\nThe keynote speaker at Forage
  Focus 2015 will be Rick Grant, President of the William H. Miner Agri
 cultural Research Institute. Rick Grant was raised on a dairy farm in 
 northern New York State. He earned a B.S. in Animal Science from Corne
 ll University, a Ph.D. from Purdue University in ruminant nutrition, a
 nd a Post-Doc in forage research at the University of Wisconsin-Madiso
 n.\nFrom 1990 to 2003, Rick was a professor and extension dairy specia
 list in the   Department of Animal Science at the University of Nebr
 aska in Lincoln. Since February of 2003, he has been President of the 
 William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute in Chazy, NY, a priva
 tely funded educational and research institute focused on dairy cattle
 , equine, and crop management. Research interests focus on forages, da
 iry cattle nutrition, and cow behavior. Rick received the Pioneer Hi-B
 red Forage Award and Applied Dairy Nutrition Award from ADSA.\n$40 adm
 ission covers conference proceedings and hot lunch.\n\nFor more inform
 ation visit https://ontag.farms.com/events/forage-focus-2015-1
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CATEGORIES:conference, and, trade, show
LOCATION:Winchester Community Centre
WEBSITE:http://www.ontarioforagecouncil.com/programs/forage-focus
URL:http://www.ontarioforagecouncil.com/programs/forage-focus
CONTACT:1-877-892-8663
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