Tuesday, January 22

Wednesday, January 23

Agenda subject to change.Agenda

Room E – General SessionsRoom I – MFAUpper Dells Ballroom – PNAAWRoom G – WCO

Family Style Dinner! Black Jack! Prize Auction! Cash Bar! Networking! No Speakers!

Tuesday NightCash Bar @ 5:00pm

Dinner @ 6:00pm

Don’t miss the FUN! FUN! FUN!

“Lucky Doubles” Dinner!!

Monday, January 21

1:00 PNAAW Level 1 Certification Ted Bay, Richard Halopka, Nick Schneider, Jerry Clark - UWEX

Note: Monday sessions are included only with a Tues./Wed. Registration

8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST/EXHIBITS 8:30 What to Expect in the Unlikely Event of an Accident* Lieutenant Michael Klingenberg, WI Highway Patrol 9:30 •The Mechanical Aspects of Making Shredlage Jason Schiebout, Scherer Design Engineering - Tea, SD •Panel Discussion: Shredlage Equipment & Performance Cole Olson, Diversified Farms - Alma, WI Ron Wussow, Milk & More Harvesting - Cecil, WI Steve Ziegler, Ziegler Dairy - Middleton, WI The Millionaire Next Door* Kathy Metzenbauer, UWEX-Juneau County Susan Nagelkerk, UWEX-Sauk County Mary Ann Schilling, UWEX-Adams County 10:40 BREAK/EXHIBIT HALL Sponsored by GEA Farm Technologies 11:00 Silage Shrink: The Cost, Cause, & Cure Troy Brown, Cargill - Reedsville, WI •New Technologies in Manure Separation* Jim Leverich, UWEX On-Farm Research - Sparta, WI •Manure Advisory System & Runoff Risk Forecast Tool * Sara Walling, WI Dept. of Ag., Trade & Consumer Protection - Madison, WI Justifying New Equipment Purchases

John Mortier, BMO Harris Bank - Appleton, WI 12:00 LUNCH/EXHIBIT HALL Sponsored by CLAAS of America 1:30 Midwest Forage Association Annual Meeting & MFRP Research Priority Roundtable Nutrient Availability of Manipulated Manure* Carrie Laboski, University of Wisconsin-Madison

New Product Session: Kernel/Crop Processors Matt Jaynes, CLAAS of America - Omaha, NE

Tim Meister, John Deere Ottumwa Works - Ottumwa, IA 2:30 BREAK/EXHIBIT HALL Sponsored by CROPLAN by WinField 3:00 • Silage Inoculants & Effects on Animal Performance Richard Muck, U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center - Madison, WI • Lime-Treated Corn Stover: How to Do It & Its Feed Value Dave Combs, University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI Motor Carrier Safety Basics: Federal & State Requirement Overview* Jeff Simon, Optima Associates - De Pere, WI

New Product Session: Kernel/Crop Processors Jason Schiebout, Scherer Design Engineering - Tea, SD David Wagner, New Holland North America - New Holland, PA 4:00 Producing & Feeding Winter Rye on Wisconsin Dairies Mike Rankin, UWEX-Fond du Lac County • Roadside Maintenance/Preparing for Roadside Inspection* Jeff Simon, Optima Associates - De Pere, WI • Engine Maintenance: What Oil & Fluid Tests Tell You* Rusty Naylor, Chippewa Valley Technical College - Eau Claire, WI • New Product Session: Kernel/Crop Processors Martin Markert, Krone NA - Memphis, TN • DOT Ag Initiative - What it May Mean to You Cheryl Skjolaas, University of Wisconsin-Madison 5:00 EXHIBIT HALL Regional Manure Application Issues Roundtable 6:00 “Lucky Doubles” Dinner & Auction Sponsored by Bazooka Farmstar, New Holland North America, Puck Custom Enterprises, & Sunova WorX

* PNAAW Level 2 Certification Sessions Session Key: General, MFA, PNAAW, WCO

7:00 WCO Annual Meeting Complimentary breakfast for paid WCO members - ticket required 8:30 The Grass Isn’t Always Greener on the Other Side: Communication with Employees & Compensation* Justin Rueb, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 9:15 •Effects of Timing of Weed Management in Establishing Roundup Ready vs. Conventional Alfalfa Systems Mark Renz, University of Wisconsin-Madison

•Effects of Foliar Fungicides on Corn Silage During the V5 Stage of Development

Amanda Gevens, University of Wisconsin-Madison Nutrient Management Regulation Update* Andrew Craig, WI Dept. of Natural Resources - Madison, WI Pat Murphy, USDA-NRCS - Madison, WI Sue Porter, WI Dept. of Ag., Trade & Consumer Protection - Madison, WI

New Product Session: Yield, Moisture, & Mapping Systems Martin Markert, Krone NA - Memphis, TN David Wagner, New Holland North America - New Holland, PA

10:15 BREAK/EXHIBIT HALL Sponsored by Scherer Design Engineering/Shredlage 10:45 •Does the Use of a Foliar Fungicide Improve Alfalfa

Forage Production? Deb Samac, USDA-ARS - St. Paul, MN

•Improving Forage Yield & Quality in Alfalfa & Silage Corn with Headline®

Paul Vassalotti, BASF - Cross Plains, WI PNAAW Annual Meeting

•Biodiesel - Energy Independence Perspectives Dieter Harle, Best Options - Bettendorf, IA •Bunker/Pile Covering Options & Techniques Brian Holmes, University of Wisconsin-Madison 12:00 LUNCH/EXHIBIT HALL Sponsored by H&S Manufacturing 1:00 •FeedVal 2012: An Online Decision Tool to Interactively Estimate Market Value of Dairy Feed Ingredients Victor Cabrera, University of Wisconsin-Madison

•Tools for Making a Forage Inventory Brian Holmes, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Cost of Hauling & Applying Manure* Tim Harrigan, Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI New Product Session: Yield, Moisture, & Mapping Systems Matt Jaynes, CLAAS of America - Omaha, NE Tim Meister, John Deere Ottumwa Works - Ottumwa, IA 2:00 BREAK/EXHIBIT HALL Sponsored by NEXGROW 2:30 Shredlage Research & Practical Applications Feeding It Roger Olson, Zinpro Corporation - Baldwin, WI Randy Shaver, University of Wisconsin-Madison Agitation & Manure Consistency in Application* Becky Larson, University of Wisconsin-Madison 3:30 Adjourn

Ag Bag/Forage Storage Solutions - 1Agri-King - 26Bag Man - 24

Bazooka Farmstar - 3Byron Seeds - 19

CLAAS of America - 11CROPLAN by WinField - 28, 39

Dairyland Laboratories - 37Dairyland Seed - 22, 23

DATA - 14Deaton Nutrition - 12

GEA Farm Technologies/Houle - 2Grouser Products - 16

H&S Manufacturing - 7Krone NA - 13

Kuhn North America - 29, 30La Crosse Forage & Turf Seed - F4

Legacy Seeds - 4Meyer Manufacturing - F1

MFA - F6Mycogen Seeds - 35

New Holland North America - 38NEXGROW - 8

Oxbo International - 32Partners in Production - F2

Poettinger US - 17Poly Excel - 18, 27

PNAAW - 40Puck Custom Enterprises - 21

Riesterer & Schnell - 5Rock River Laboratory - 31

Scherer Design Engineering/Shredlage - 33, 34St Joseph Equipment - 25

Stearns DHIA Central Laboratories - F3Sunova WorX - 6

Traeder Enterprises - F5Univar Environmental Sciences - 15

V & H - 20Vine Vest North Crop Insurance - 36

WCO - 41

Exhibitors

2013 Symposium &Annual Meeting

January 21 - 23, 2013Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

NEW!

Dedicated

Exhibit Hall