ORANGE CITY, Iowa – The Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Dairy Team’s 2023 Dairy Forage Series continues with a webinar on Tuesday, July 25 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. CDT, with a focus on managing critical elements in the building the pile and cutting the silage.
Dr. Nelson Lobos is a skilled technical service manager, trainer and sales support, as well as in research and development of new products. Strong engineering background with a B.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences, a M.Sc. and Ph.D. focused in Dairy Nutrition from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His presentation will focus on the elements to build a pile that is compacted to eliminate air and reduce spoilage.
Dr. Luis Ferraretto, Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist – Ruminant Nutrition, University of Wisconsin- Madison is originally from Brazil where he earned his B.S. in Animal Science from São Paulo State University in 2008. Immediately after the completion of his B.S. Degree, Luiz joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison for an internship (2009) followed by an M.S. (2011) and Ph.D. (2015) in dairy science with a focus on applied dairy nutrition and forage quality. Luiz joined UW-Madison in May of 2020.
His research and extension interests are applied ruminant nutrition and management. His program is focused on understanding and improving starch and fiber utilization by dairy cows, corn silage and high-moisture corn quality and digestibility, the use of alternative by-products as feed ingredients, supplementation of feed additives to lactating cows, and the development of on-farm and laboratory techniques for forage and feed analysis.
Dr. Ferraretto will discuss the importance of a ¾ inch cut and kernel processing for dairy cows.
There is no fee to participate in this webinar; however, preregistration is required at least one hour before the webinar. Preregister online at https://go.iastate.edu/LWZH0F.
For more information, contact the ISU Extension and Outreach Dairy Field Specialist in your area: in Northwest Iowa, Fred M. Hall, 712-737-4230 or fredhall@iastate.edu; in Northeast Iowa, Jennifer Bentley, 563-382-2949 or jbentley@iastate.edu; in East Central Iowa, Larry Tranel, 563-583-6496 or tranel@iastate.edu.