2015 Central Oregon Forage Seminar Thursday, January 29, 2015 4-H Clover Club Building, 502 SE Lynn Blvd., Prineville, Oregon (please RSVP to 541-447-6228 by January 28, helps to plan lunch, breaks, & number of handouts) 8:16 am 8:53 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 10:30 am 10:40 am 11:30 am Noon 1:00 pm 1:50 pm 2:00 pm 2:10 pm 3:00 pm 3:20 pm 4:00 pm Coffee and Donuts (sponsored by local area agribusinesses) Introduction * Ground Squirrels, Pocket Gophers, Voles and Rock Chucks Biology and Control - Jeff Amaral, APHIS, Bend Reducing Hay Costs by Using Forage Soybeans – Steve Norberg, WSU Regional Extension Forage Specialist, Pasco, WA Break * Oregon Department of Ag Update – Laurie Gordon, ODA, Bend Using a Chlorophyll Meter and Leaf Samples for Determining In Season Nitrogen Fertilization in Timothy Hay - Steve Norberg, WSU Regional Extension Forage Specialist, Pasco, WA Pizza Lunch (sponsored by local area agribusinesses) * Phenoxy Cautions and New Products for Use in Pasture, Range, and Hay Andy Hulting, OSU Extension Weed Specialist, Corvallis OSU Cereal Variety Program – Hannah Kammeyer, OSU, Corvallis Break * Diseases of Alfalfa and Grasses in Central Oregon – Jeremiah Dung, Plant Pathologist, OSU-COARC, Madras COARC Update - Carol Tollefson, Operations Director, Madras Research Opportunities for Soil Fertility and Soil Health – Tracy Martin, Soil Research Scientist, COARC, Madras Central Oregon Forage Research Update – Mylen Bohle, OSU Central Oregon Extension Agronomist, Prineville  Potassium Rate Effect on Alfalfa Hay  Potassium Source and Rate Effect on Mixed Grass Hay  Organic Alfalfa Fertility Trials I & II  Future Research Projects  Project Costs and Resources Needed Door Prize Drawing of a $500 Pro-Line Fabrication Gift Certificate (2015 COHGA Members are eligible). Adjourn * Four (4) ODA Pesticide Recertification Credits have been applied for. The 2015 Central Oregon Forage Seminar is sponsored by: The Central Oregon Hay Growers’ Association in cooperation with Oregon State University Extension Service and supported by local area agribusinesses.