Viewing 2008 Symposium Proceedings

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Hay Market Trends in California
Seth Hoyt
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Dairy Situation and Outlook 2008
Eric Erba
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Salinity Tolerance and Management in Alfalfa
Blake Sanden, Bob Sheesley
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Shallow Groundwater Use by Alfalfa
James Ayars, Peter Shouse, Scott Lesch
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Phosphorus Runoff Management for Alfalfa in Desert Regions
Khaled Bali, Juan Guerrero, Daniel Putnam
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Flood vs. Pivot Irrigation for Forage Crops. What are the Advantages and Disadvantages?
Paul Brown
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

The Changing Nature of Dairy Rations and how it Affects Forage Demand
Jerry Higginbotham, Joel Karlin
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Strip Tillage in California’s Central Valley Forage Production Systems
Jeff Mitchell
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Using Dairy Manure as a Nitrogen Fertilizer for Forage Crops
Marsha C. Mathews, David Crohn
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Stewardship Practices That Facilitate Coexistence When Producing Alfalfa Seed Including Gm Traits
Mike Moore
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Lygus Bug Management in Seed Alfalfa
Eric Natwick, M. Lopez
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Arthropod Pest Management on Alfalfa Seed 2008
Doug Walsh
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Weed Management Research in Alfalfa Seed Production in Washington State
Rick Boydston
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Agricultural Research Service and Bee Lab Update
Rosalind James
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Chalkbrood Control in the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee
Rosalind James, Junhuan Xu
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Future Trends in Corn Genetics and Biotechnology
Bill Curran
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Forage Sorghum and Silage Corn: Yield, Quality and Water
Brent Bean
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Sudangrass Quality and Yield Traits: What to Look for
Juan Guerrero
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Teff as an Alternative Summer Forage
Don Miller
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

What’s New in Forage Equipment?
Dan Undersander
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

An Analysis of Alfalfa Harvesting Costs: Implications for Custom Harvest Charges
Karen Klonsky, Steve Blank, Kate Fuller, Steve Orloff, Dan Putnam
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Switchgrass and Alfalfa as Cellulosic Biofuels: Possibilities and Limits
Dan Putnam
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Growing Crops for Biofuels: Implications for Water Resources
Mike Ottman
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

How Much Water does Alfalfa Really Need?
Blaine Hanson, Khaled Bali, Steve Orloff, Blake Sanden, Dan Putnam
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Producing Quality Alfalfa Seed for the Forage Industry
Shannon Mueller
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

What in the World? A Global Fertilizer Perspective
Rob Mikkelsen
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Maximizing Fertilizer Efficiency through Tissue Testing and Improved Application Methods
Steve Orloff, Dan Putnam, Rob Wilson
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

The Security of Food Production: What does the Future Hold?
Bryan McDonald
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

State of the Seed Industry
Mark McCaslin
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Regulatory Review of Roundup Ready Alfalfa
Virgil Meier
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Alfalfa Weed Control in the Low Deserts: 40 Years of Discovery and Innovation
Barry Tickes
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Summer Annual Grass Control - What Are the Strategies?
Mick Canevari, Jerry Schmierer
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Plant Poisonings in Livestock
Birgit Puschner
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Alfalfa Weevils: A New Look at an Old Pest
Larry Godfrey, Rachael Long, Mick Canevari, Steve Orloff
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Alfalfa Nematodes: What can be Done?
Becky Westerdahl
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Controlling the Worm Complex in Alfalfa
Eric Natwick, M. Lopez
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

An Economic Threshold for Thrips in California Timothy
Dominic Reisig, Larry Godfrey, Daniel Marcum
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Irrigation Management for Alfalfa Hay Production on Beds
Dean Currie, Bob Schettler
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference

Irrigation Scheduling of Alfalfa Using Evapotranspiration
Rick Snyder, Khaled Bali
2008, 38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference