2025 Louisiana Forage Conference
- Louisiana GLCI
- Sep 4, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Dec 4, 2025

Join us in Alexandria for a full day of learning from experts and networking with farmers from all over Louisiana! Pre-registration is required for this event.
Tentative Agenda (subject to change)
8:00 a.m. Registration & View Exhibits
9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
9:15 a.m. The Land is the Canvas, the Cattle the Paintbrush; How we use
Grazing Cattle to Manage our Forage Production
Mr. Ted Miller | Baskin, LA
10:00 a.m. Effect of Adopting Multiple Management Technologies on Cattle
Performance in a Small Grazing Beef Cow-Calf System
Dr. Ashley Edwards | Alexandria, LA
10:30 a.m. Product Update from Exhibitors
10:45 a.m. Break
11:05 a.m. Grazing for Soil Health
Dr. Charles Rohla* | Noble Research Institute, Ardmore, OK
12:05 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Forage Research & Extension Program in Northeast Louisiana
Dr. Jose Pereira Neto | Winnsboro, LA
1:15 p.m. NRCS Update
1:30 p.m. State Hay Show Winners
1:45 p.m. Plant ID Contest Results
Mrs. Tara Morris | Slaughter, LA
2:00 p.m. Producer Panel on Grazing Management Systems
Dr. Charles Rohla, Emcee
Mr. Conner Hays, Vinton, LA
Mr. Josh Morris, Slaughter, LA
Mr. Robby “Butch” Royer, Denham Springs, LA
3:00 p.m. Adjourn and Networking
*About our keynote speaker:
Charles Rohla, Ph.D., serves as a senior regenerative ranching advisor at Noble Research Institute, where he has worked with agriculture producers since 2006. He is actively involved with several state and national pecan and other agricultural boards and organizations. Charles has a bachelor’s degree in animal science, a master’s degree in agricultural education, and a Ph.D. in crop science from Oklahoma State University. He owns a ranch in Southern Oklahoma where he, his wife and son are involved in raising Miniature Hereford Cattle, American Quarter Horses, American Paint Horses and pecans.
At Noble, Charles focuses on pecan production, silvopasture, grazing management and profitability. Dr. Rohla is widely respected in his field. In 2013, he was named one of The Journal of Record's “Achievers Under 40” for his leadership in agriculture.
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