I-29 Moo University
Advocating for Agriculture
Successful collaboration since 2006
Advocating for Agriculture
Successful collaboration since 2006
The I-29 Moo University is Extension and Industry Personnel from North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska all working to grow the dairy industry via outreach education.
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, in partnership with I-29 Moo University and the Northern Plains Forage Association, invites producers, agronomists and forage enthusiasts to attend the 2025 Forage Field Day on July 31 at the Western Research and Demonstration Farm near Castana.
This all-day event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and feature field demonstrations, expert talks and hands-on learning opportunities. Forage topics will focus on summer annuals for silage, baleage and grazing, interseeding strategies, as well as pasture management.
Attendees will hear from leading Iowa State University researchers and industry professionals on topics such as the agronomics of grazing summer annuals, sorghum breeding objectives, interseeding summer annuals into alfalfa and heifer grazing economics.Cows grazing on sudan grass.
Highlights from the day will include:
“This field day is a great opportunity to see the versatility of summer annuals in action — whether for silage, grazing or interseeding,” said Shelby Gruss, extension forage specialist with Iowa State. “These crops offer flexible options to fill forage gaps, extend alfalfa stands and improve both productivity and profitability across diverse forage systems.”
The cost to attend the field day is $20 for individuals or $50 for farms and family groups up to five people. All participants are asked to register online by July 21 to be eligible for a door prize. Members of the Northern Plains Forage Association may attend for free, but must register in advance for an accurate food count.
A complimentary lunch will be provided under the hoop barn, where participants can test their forage ID skills and network with speakers and fellow attendees.
The Western Research and Demonstration Farm is located at 36515 Highway E34, Castana.
For more information, contact Gail Carpenter at ajcarpen@iastate.edu.
REGISTER AT HTTPS://GO.IASTATE.EDU/2025FORAGEFIELDDAY
The beef and dairy cross webinar series continued on June 19, 2025 and featured Melanie Pimentel-Concepcion speaking about the effects of corn silage inclusion rate in the finishing diet on performance, carcass characteristics, and liver abscess incidence of Holstein and Beef x Holstein steers.
The I-29 Moo University Dairy Webinar Series continued Thursday, May 8, 2025 focusing on an avian influenza vaccine development with Dr. Alan Young.
Dr. Young founded VST/Medgene Labs to assist in the translation of early stage technologies to the marketplace and to develop new vaccine and diagnostic tools for human and veterinary medicine. He will discuss how Medgene’s platform is being applied towards a vaccine for Avian Influenza in dairy cattle.
I-29 Moo University is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
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