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DDGS Feeding Seminars Offered For Hog, Dairy and Beef Producers

WISCONSIN DELLS – December 27, 2006 -- Specialty feeding sessions for dairy, pork and beef producers considering dried distillers grains (DDGS) are scheduled for Thursday, February 1, at the Kalahari Conference Center, Wisconsin Dells.

Expert nutritionists leading these sessions are dairy feeding specialist, Ken Kalscheur, Ph.D., associate professor at South Dakota State University; Hans Stein, Ph.D., Extension swine specialist at University of Illinois and Allen Trenkle, Ph.D., professor of animal science at Iowa State University.

The DDGS feeding sessions are part of the program scheduled for Corn/Soy EXPO Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Pork Association (WPA) and Wisconsin Agri-Service Association (WASA) annual meetings. Registration for the DDGS feeding sessions include lunch, an evening reception and all events associated with these meetings at no extra charge. Members of sponsoring organizations pay only $60 Thursday, or $80 for Thursday and Friday admission. Special $99 room rates that include admission to the Kalahari indoor water park are available to anyone registering for these meetings.

Along with the DDGS feeding seminars, educational breakout sessions planned for Thursday afternoon at Corn/Soy EXPO cover corn and soybean pest control, crop fertility, crop insurance, technical market analysis, reduced tillage, precision agriculture and trading in carbon credits. Two sessions especially for women are included: One on cooking with corn, pork and beans, presented by a master chef; another on marketing for women only, presented by Stewart-Peterson representatives.

The Thursday morning program features Farm Advisor Moe Russell, DTN Market Analyst Darin Newsom and Advanced Trading Consultant Jim Cronin discussing new realities of biofuels. An industry trade show, reception and Taste of Elegance also are on tap Thursday.

Friday, February 2, the program starts with a market update from University of Wisconsin-Extension Economist Randy Fortenbery. A general session sponsored by the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation includes Teresa Lasseter, head of the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Services Agency and David Kruse, ComStock Investments. University of Wisconsin Band Director Mike Leckrone addresses the conference during Friday’s luncheon and brings along a few friends to entertain the crowd.

Farm Journal Agronomy Consultant Ken Ferrie presents a 2-hour session on maximizing yields in continuous corn to concluding the 2-day Corn/Soy EXPO.

Complete program brochures and registration materials are available online at www.wisoybean.org and www.wicorn.org or by calling the Wisconsin Soybean Program at 608-274-7522 or Wisconsin Corn Program at 262-495-2232.