World Dairy Expo® is quickly approaching. One of the events planned in conjunction of World Dairy Expo® is the World Forage Analysis Superbowl. The World Forage Analysis Superbowl evaluates a total of eight forage categories: baleage, commercial hay, dairy hay, grass hay, organic hay and haylage, standard corn silage, and brown midrib corn silage. The forage will be evaluated through visual and lab analysis. Each winning entry will be displayed at World Dairy Expo®, October 3-7 in Madison, Wis., in the Alliant Energy Center’s Arena Building, adjacent to the Forage Seminar Stage.
Thursday, September 7, marks the entry deadline for the contest. The categories accepting samples until the deadline include baleage, commercial hay, dairy hay, grass hay, organic hay and haylage.
From the entries there will be over $25,000 in cash prizes awarded on Wednesday, October 4 at the Mycogen Seeds Forage Superbowl Luncheon. The cash award for each division winner is $1,500, with additional cash prizes presented to second through fourth place finishers. Cash awards will also be given to the Grand Champion Forage Producer, First-Time Entrant, Quality Counts Corn Silage and Quality Counts Hay/Haylage.
Cash prizes are made possible through generous sponsors Ag-Bag, Agri-King, Agrisure Traits, Barenbrug USA, Blue River Hybrids Organic Seed, CROPLAN By WinField United, Kemin, Kuhn, Mycogen Seeds, NEXGROW Alfalfa, Passion Ag, Inc., The National Hay Association and W-L Research.
The World Forage Analysis Superbowl is organized in partnership with DairyBusiness Communications, Dairyland Laboratories, Inc., Hay & Forage Grower, US Dairy Forage Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison and World Dairy Expo.
More information about the contest, official contest rules, and entry form can be found online at foragesuperbowl.org or by calling 920-336-4521.
