Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition bringing Allen Williams to CSC Nov. 17

The $15 registration fee covers the cost of a meal. NGLC will cover the cost of student registrations. Participants must register by Monday, Nov. 7. To register, contact Jack Arterburn, Nebraska Extension in Box Butte, Dawes, Sheridan and Sioux counties at 308-432-3373 or 308-327-2312.

For more information, contact Ron Bolze, Coordinator, Nebraska Grazing Lands Coalition, 402-321-0067 or ron@nebraskagrazinglands.org.

Williams is a sixth generation family farmer and founding partner of Grass Fed Beef, LLC, Grass Fed Insights, LLC, and a partner in Joyce Farms, Inc. in Mississippi. He has consulted with more than 4,000 farmers and ranchers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and South America on operations ranging from a few acres to over 1 million acres. Williams pioneered many of the early grass fed protocols and forage finishing techniques and has spent the last 15 years refining them.

He is featured in the film, “Soil Carbon Cowboys” and “Soil Carbon Curious” and co-published “Before You Have A Cow,” with Teddy Gentry. Williams is a regular contributor to “Graze” and has written articles for the “Organic Broadcaster,” “Stockman Grass Farmer,” and other publications.

He earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Animal Science from Clemson University and a Ph.D. in Genetics and Reproductive Physiology from Louisiana State University.

He has written more than 400 scientific and popular press articles and is a speaker at regional, national and international conferences. Major areas of research and business focus include soil health, adaptive forage and grazing management, high attribute pasture-based meat production and alternative marketing systems.

Williams and his colleagues specialize in whole farm and ranch planning based on the concept of regenerative agriculture. Their approach prepares the landowner for multiple enterprise/revenue stream opportunities that stack enterprises and acres. This approach allows for enhanced profitability and/or investment value.