
The Alliance for Grassland Renewal is a national organization focused on enhancing the appropriate adoption of novel endophyte tall fescue technology through education, incentives, self-regulation and promotion.
The Alliance for Grassland Renewal formed in 2012. Participants include partners from the university, government, industry (including producers, seed companies, testing labs) and nonprofit groups. The current board members are from Georgia, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Kentucky, Virginia, and Missouri.
The goal of the Alliance is to work together in replacing toxic tall fescue grass with a tall fescue that hosts a nontoxic endophyte, sometimes called a “novel” endophyte. This goal is pursued through four objectives: education, seed quality control, incentives, and promotion.
The Alliance submitted their bylaws to the Secretary of State of the State of Missouri and was approved for 501(c)5 tax status from the US IRS.
Board Member | Affiliation | |
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John Andrae | Clemson University | jandrae@clemson.edu |
Dean Askew | Producer | askewd150@gmail.com |
Peter Ballerstedt | Barenbrug USA | pballerstedt@barusa.com |
Joe Bouton | Grasslanz | jhbouton1@gmail.com |
JB Daniel | USDA-NRCS | j.b.daniel@usda.gov |
David Davis | University of Missouri | davisdk@missouri.edu |
Drew Denman | Pennington Seed | ddenman@central.com |
Leanne Dillard | Auburn University | dillasa@auburn.edu |
Nick Hill | Agrinostics | nick@agrinostics.com |
Jerome Magnuson | DLF | jmagnuson@dlfna.com |
Will McClain | Missouri State University | willmcclain@missouristate.edu |
Gabe Pent | Virginia Tech | gpent@vt.edu |
Matt Poore | North Carolina State University | mhpoore@ncsu.edu |
Craig Roberts | University of Missouri | robertscr@missouri.edu |
Gene Schmitz | University of Missouri | schmitze@missouri.edu |
Ray Smith | University of Kentucky | raysmith1@uky.edu |
Bart Snyder | Producer | janesnyder1989@gmail.com |
Mark Thomas | Mountainview Seeds | markt@mtviewseeds.com |
Jennifer Tucker | University of Georgia | jjtucker@uga.edu |
Carolyn Young | North Carolina State University | cyoung6@ncsu.edu |