Project Type: Graduate Student
Funds awarded in 2016: $14,258.00
Projected End Date: 12/31/2017
Grant Recipient:
Penn State University
Region: Northeast
State: Pennsylvania
Graduate Student:
Faculty Advisor:
Dr. Paul Patterson
Penn State University
Description:
This presentation was given to the Association of Warm Season Grass Producers on June 24th, 2017 at their annual meeting in Wapwallopen, PA. The purpose was to give these farmers an idea of the particle size they needed to process their warm season grasses to in order to produce a product that would be effective in the commercial poultry industry. At the time of this presentation, they were also interested in producing switchgrass for the backyard bird market, so this was also included in the powerpoint.
The presentation goes into some background on the reasoning and procedures used to test switchgrass and miscanthus grasses, which are the two most popular warm season grasses grown by members of the association. The miscanthus and switch project 1 were completed by PSU at a cooperator's farm and at the PSU Poultry Education and Research Center, respectively. Switch project 2 was completed using funds from this grant. Both switch projects were used in these presentation because together they give a more robust explanation of how we have come to our conclusions surrounding optimal particle sizes for both commercial and backyard poultry.
The presentation goes into some background on the reasoning and procedures used to test switchgrass and miscanthus grasses, which are the two most popular warm season grasses grown by members of the association. The miscanthus and switch project 1 were completed by PSU at a cooperator's farm and at the PSU Poultry Education and Research Center, respectively. Switch project 2 was completed using funds from this grant. Both switch projects were used in these presentation because together they give a more robust explanation of how we have come to our conclusions surrounding optimal particle sizes for both commercial and backyard poultry.
Type:
Conference/Presentation Material
File:
Download file (PDF)
Target audience:
Farmers/Ranchers
This product is associated with the project "Renewable alternative bedding for commercial broiler chicken production"
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