Rice Research Board Adds Funds To AgCenter Endowed Super Chair
By Bruce Schultz
LSU AgCenter
The Louisiana Rice Research Board has provided an additional $500,000 earmarked for an endowed super chair in the LSU AgCenter, bringing the total to $3 million to help fund research.
The board approved the allocation at its Nov. 5 meeting.
Interest generated by the account may only be used to support research at the rice station, and the board’s allocation will not be touched. Mike Salassi, AgCenter associate vice president and program leader for plant and animal sciences, said the fund should generate about $100,000 a year to help fund projects at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station.