Grass class teaches benefits of native, warm season grasses

Democrat photo/Garrett Fuller — Drexel Atkisson, a soil health specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, discusses the benefits of using native and warm season grasses for feeding livestock over fescue and other modern grasses Feb. 15, 2024, during a workshop in Moniteau County.
Democrat photo/Garrett Fuller — Drexel Atkisson, a soil health specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, discusses the benefits of using native and warm season grasses for feeding livestock over fescue and other modern grasses Feb. 15, 2024, during a workshop in Moniteau County.

Drexel Atkisson, a soil health specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service, discussed the benefits of using native and warm season grasses for feeding livestock over fescue and other modern grasses during a native and warm season grass establishment workshop Thursday, Feb.