Press Release from WY Business Council on Agriculture

Farmers, ranchers invited to compete in forage quality contest

CASPER – Wyoming farmers and ranchers are invited to enter forage samples in the World Ag Expo Forage Challenge quality contest.


All forage samples must be submitted to the University of California Davis for judging by Dec. 10, 2010. Cost to enter the 2011 World Ag Expo Forage Challenge is $25 per entry. The winner of the contest will be announced Feb. 8, 2011 at the World Ag Expo.


Entries will be judged in three categories: alfalfa hay, standard corn silage and brown mid-rib (BMR) corn silage. Cash prizes will be awarded based on forage lab analyses, along with a visual evaluation of the entries by experts in dairy nutrition and forage production.




Kelly Hinman from Wheatland, Wyo., won the first Ag Expo Forage Challenge last year.



For more information on the contest and to access an entry form, please visit http://www.worldagexpo.com/General-Info/Forage-Challenge.htm.





The contest is administered in part by UC Davis which coordinates the testing of the samples and educates producers about the benefits of producing high quality forages.


For more contest information call 800.999.9186 or email Kerissa Chapman at kerissa@farmshow.org.

The mission of the Business Council is to facilitate the economic growth of Wyoming. The Business Council, a state government agency, concentrates its efforts on providing assistance for existing Wyoming companies and start-ups, helping communities meet their development and diversification needs, and recruiting new firms and industries targeted to complement the state’s assets. For more information, please visit www.wyomingbusiness.org.