LFGC
Annual Meeting
Ed
Twidwell, Extension Specialist, LSU AgCenter
The
Louisiana Forage and Grassland Council (LFGC) plans to address the importance
of soil health and the production and marketing of pasture-raised animal
commodities at its 2015 annual conference.
The conference will be held on Friday, December 4 in Alexandria. The meeting site will be the LSU AgCenter’s
Woodrow Dewitt Livestock Barn Facility, located on the south end of the campus
at LSU-A at Alexandria. The campus is
located south of Alexandria off of Highway 71.
One
of the main topics of discussion at this year’s annual meeting will be the topic
of soil health. Presentations will be
made on the importance of soil microbes and the importance of maintaining
adequate soil moisture in pastures.
There will be also be several producers on the program who will discuss
using annual ryegrass as a cover crop and a grazing resource, forage
alternatives for small ruminants and also producing and marketing pastured
poultry, forest pigs and grass-finished beef.
Louisiana will be hosting a national forage conference in Baton Rouge in
January, and the details of that conference will be discussed.
Registration
and viewing of commercial exhibits will begin at 8:15 a.m. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and
conclude with a lunch at 12:45 p.m.
Lunch will be included in the $10 registration fee and anyone interested
in forage production and management is invited to attend. Membership in LFGC will be available at the
meeting for $35. Membership in LFGC is
not required for attendance. The
complete program is published below:
8:15 a.m. Registration and view exhibits
9:00 a.m. Welcome
and Introductions
Dr.
Kun-Jun Han, LFGC President
9:05 a.m. Linking
Soil Microbial Ecology and Ecosystems Functions to Systems
Management
Dr.
Lisa Fultz
LSU
AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA
9:25 a.m. The
Importance of Maintaining Adequate Soil Moisture in Pastures
Dr.
Stacia Davis
LSU
AgCenter, Bossier City, LA
9:45 a.m. Native
Legume Potential for Louisiana Pastures
Dr.
Buddy Pitman
LSU
AgCenter, Homer, LA
10:05 a.m. Break
10:25 a.m. Overcoming
Obstacles to a Bountiful Sheep Industry in Louisiana
Mr.
Earl Jones
Slaughter,
LA
10:45 a.m. Ryegrass
Establishment and Utilization as a Cover Crop and Grazed
Forage
Resource on Sugarcane Fallow Acreage
Mr.
Warren Hurang
Donaldsonville,
LA
11:15 a.m. From the Pasture to the Plate
Mr.
Galen Iverstine
Kentwood,
LA
11:30 a.m. 2016
AFGC National Meeting
Dr.
Ed Twidwell
LSU
AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA
11:45 a.m. NRCS
Update
Mr.
Kevin Norton
Alexandria,
LA
12:00 noon LFGC
Awards Presentations
12:30 p.m. LFGC
Business Meeting
12:45 p.m. Lunch