2024 Louisiana Forage Conference
About Keynote Speaker, Dr. Allen Williams of Understanding Ag
Allen Williams is a 6th generation family farmer and founding partner of Understanding Ag, LLC, the Soil Health Academy, and Regenified, LLC. He has consulted with thousands of farmers and ranchers in the U.S. and 45+ other countries, on operations ranging from a few acres to over 1 million acres.
Allen pioneered many of the early regenerative grazing protocols and forage finishing techniques and now teaches those practices and principles to farmers globally. He is a “recovering academic”, having served 15 years on the faculty at Louisiana Tech University and Mississippi State University. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Animal Science from Clemson University and a Ph.D. in Genetics & Physiology from LSU. He has authored more than 400 scientific and popular press articles, and is an invited speaker at regional, national, and international conferences and symposia.
Allen and his colleagues specialize in whole farm & ranch planning based on the concept of regenerative agriculture. Their approach creates significant “value add” and prepares the landowner for multiple enterprise/revenue stream opportunities that stack enterprises and acres. This approach allows for enhanced profitability and/or investment value. They routinely conduct workshops and seminars across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, UK, Ireland Sweden, and other countries.
He has been featured in several of the Carbon Nation film series, "Soil Carbon Cowboys", the Roots So Deep documentary series (Roots So Deep Documentary | Regenerative Farming And Climate), the Dr. Oz show, ABC Food Forecast News, in A Regenerative Secret, the Farmer’s Footprint film series, the Sacred Cow film series, and TedX Boston (First, heal the soil | Allen Williams | TEDxBoston (youtube.com). He co-authored a book with Teddy Gentry, “Before You Have A Cow”. Allen is a regular contributor to several leading industry publications.
AGENDA:
2024 Forage Conference Program
Friday, December 13, 2024
Evacuation Center- Alexandria, LA
8:00 a.m. Registration, View Exhibits & Visit with Keynote Speaker Mr. Allen
Williams
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Mr. Josh Salley, LFGC President
LFGC Current & Future Board Members- Josh Salley/Wink Alison
LGLCI Board Members- Ted Miller/Tara Morris
2025 AFGC Meeting Update- Dr. Ed Twidwell
New LSU AgCenter Personnel – Dr. Ashley Edwards
9:15 a.m. Using High Density Grazing to Improve Soil Ecology and Increase
Carrying Capacity, Mr. Bob Blanchet, Abbeville, LA
9:45 a.m. Beef Cattle Research Program at the Hill Farm Research Station
Dr. Matheus Ferreira, Homer, LA
10:00 a.m. Solar Grazing Sheep: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Ms. Shannon Forbes, Franklinton, LA
10:30 a.m. Product Update from Exhibitors
10:45 a.m. Break
11:05 a.m. Regenerative Ag: The Genesis of Ecosystem & Profit Restoration
Understanding Ag
Dr. Allen Williams, Starkville, MS
12:00 Noon Lunch
12:45 p.m. NRCS Update
NRCS State Conservationist
Alexandria, LA
1:00 p.m. State Hay Show Winners
Josh Salley/Lee Faulk
LSU AgCenter
1:15 p.m. Hay Quality & Plant ID Results
Ms. Tara Morris
Slaughter, LA
1:30 p.m. Producer Panel on Weed Management in Forage Crops
Mr. Ted Miller, Moderator, Baskin, LA
Mr. Cooper Hurst, Woodville, MS
Mr. Stuart Gardner, Lafayette, LA
Dr. Ron Strahan, Bossier City, LA
2:30 p.m. Adjourn and Networking
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