Weed ID & Grazing Management Workshop
Wed, Nov 19
|Ruston
Join us for this training workshop for any interested agriculture professionals and/or producers! Learn how to use pasture management as a solution for weeds.
Time & Location
Nov 19, 2025, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Ruston, 910 N Trenton St, Ruston, LA 71270, USA
About the Event
This training is open to professionals and producers. Taught by Mark Kennedy, who developed the step method of pasture condition scoring.
By the end of this workshop, you should be able to identify North Louisiana's common grasses and weeds, fill out a pasture condition score sheet, and understand and complete the transects and pasture condition score process required when inventorying all pasturelands in Louisiana.
Tentative agenda (subject to change):
8:30-9:00: Sign in, Welcome & Introductions
9:15: Common weeds ID
10:45: Break
11:00: Management problems that cause weeds & management solutions - intro to grazing plans & managed grazing
12:00: Lunch
1:00: Step point sheet how-to, with practical producer applications (discussing bare ground, wet spots, etc)
2:30: Practice Pasture Condition Scoring in the field (with some more Plant ID as needed)
4 :30: Adjourn
