LSU AgCenter To Host Grassfed Beef Workshop

The LSU AgCenter and USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture will be hosting a Grassfed Beef Production and Marketing Workshop November 16th from 9 AM to 4 PM at the Mega Shelter-Evacuation Center on Highway 71 in Alexandria.

Topics include optimizing resources: Forage Systems and Breed Types…transitioning to a grassfed beef system…marketing your calves…strategic alliances in the grassfed beef industry…functions grassfed beef producers prefer for strategic alliances…grassfed beef attributes preferred by restaurants and retailers.

There will also be a producers panel featuring grassfed beef producers talking about their experiences and the do’s and do not’s of this production system.

The workshop is free and registration is not required.

For more information, contact: gscaglia@agcenter.lsu.edu