The Alliance for Grassland Renewal
The Mission of the Alliance for Grassland Renewal is to reduce or eliminate the negative effects of toxic tall fescue on the livestock forage industry through education and outreach, industry led quality control standards, and incentives, while pursuing new technologies and techniques.
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Our Programs
EDUCATIONAL workshops for farmers to understand both the science and practical management of novel tall fescue varieties.
Rigorous QUALITY TESTING and certifying of commercial products, ensuring availability of live, viable endophyte in the highest quality seed.
INCENTIVE PROGRAMS to assist farmers in the costly but beneficial transition from toxic to novel tall fescue.
About the Alliance
Formed in 2012, the Alliance for Grassland Renewal includes partners from university, government, industry and nonprofit groups. States with representation on the board include:
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Kentucky
- Georgia
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Virginia
Latest blog posts from:
Novel Notes
- Triple Creek Journal, April 15, 2024The usual start of the grazing season for us has been March 15 for ryegrass and April 15 for tall fescue-based pastures. This year we turned out March 2 on the ryegrass and April 1 on the rest of theContinue reading “Triple Creek Journal, April 15, 2024”
- Timely Tips: AprilNew stands of Novel Endophyte Tall Fescue should be growing well. Despite challenging establishment conditions last fall, most reports are of successful establishment. Prepare to remove spring growth by grazing several times or cutting for hay. If grazing, graze forContinue reading “Timely Tips: April”
- Tall fescue establishment in a droughtLast year we began a multi-phase novel endophyte tall fescue conversion process for a number of pastures in our grazing systems area at Virginia Tech’s Shenandoah Valley Agricultural Research and Extension Center. We planted three 2-acre paddocks that had beenContinue reading “Tall fescue establishment in a drought”
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