January 16, 2008

Contact: Wanda Emerich at 518-846-7121 ext 117 or email emerich@whminer.com.

MINER INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES MARCH 4 DATE
FOR ANNUAL CORN CONGRESS

Chazy, NY – January 16, 2008 – The William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute will host its annual Corn Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 beginning at 10:00 a.m. The focus of this educational event is corn and forage crops. Corn Congress is open to the public at no charge, with no advance registration required. Lunch is available for $5.00.
This year’s guest speaker is Dr. Limin Kung, Jr., Dairy Nutrition and Silage Fermentation Laboratory, University of Delaware, who will be discussing “Getting the most out of bunks, piles and bag silos” and “Evaluating Corn Hybrids using Milk 2006 and Corn Picker”. Other topics include “Optimizing the Starch Digestibility of Your Corn Silage” by Dr. Rick Grant, President of Miner Institute, and “Reflections after 42 years of heat, cold, ice, wind, rain, drought and the occasional ‘normal’ growing season” presented by Ev Thomas, Vice President, Agricultural Programs of Miner Institute.

Commercial exhibits open at 10:00 a.m., guest speakers will begin at 11:00 a.m. with about half hour presentations each, and the event will conclude at 3:00 p.m. with door prize drawings.

Corn Congress is held in the Miner Center Education Building of Miner Institute and is located on Route 191, just west of Exit 41 off I-87. For more information regarding this event please visit our website at www.whminer.org and click on the calendar link. For specific information you may contact Wanda Emerich at 518-846-7121 ext 117 or email emerich@whminer.com.