The LSU AgCenter will host a Sugarcane Field Day on Oct. 20 at Keith Dugas Farm in Assumption Parish.
The forum is supported by the Patrick F. Taylor Foundation and Natural Resource Conservation Service. The Foundation awarded a grant to the LSU AgCenter to fund a four-year research and demonstration project on reducing nutrient runoff from crop fields.
Read MoreSoybeans receive a quality grade of 1 through 5 as they enter the supply chain. That grade has implications for contract fulfillment and the price farmers earn for those soybeans – but that rating can be subjective.
Read MoreIn 2022, the Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission will celebrate its 70th year representing sweet potato growers, shippers, processors and bankers by educating consumers on the yam’s many nutritional attributes and versatility.
“The alluvium soils of Louisiana produce a high-quality product and our growers have been doing it a long time,” said Rene Simon, director of the Louisiana Sweet Potato Commission. “We also have the added benefit of the LSU Ag Center Sweet Potato Research Station, which is dedicated fully to sweet potatoes. Our growers have that knowledge available to them.”
Read MoreCultivating Your Consciousness: Raising Wheat and Saving Soil virtual field days will be held online Oct. 22, Nov. 3 and Nov. 30
The virtual field days will cover raising wheat and soil conservation tailored to three different growing regions.
Read MoreLouisiana's largest medical marijuana producer is expanding its growing operation to Ruston, where LSU AgCenter partner Good Day Farm is putting a 225,000-square-foot warehouse into production.
Good Day Farm President John Davis said Louisiana Department of Agriculture regulators are inspecting the facility Tuesday.
Davis said he expects the company to begin moving plants from Baton Rouge into the warehouse this month after the facility gets the green light from the regulators.
Read MoreBoxwood dieback disease caused by a fungal plant pathogen is spreading at an alarming rate in the United States. LSU AgCenter plant doctor Raj Singh identified it in Louisiana and first reported in the United States in 2015.
Singh will be leading a disease identification and management training on Oct. 19 in Forest Hill geared toward accurate identification and effective management of the disease in both nurseries and landscapes
Read MoreGet ready for fun for the entire family during Corn Maze at Burden 2021 happening at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens each Saturday in October.
Dates for the event are Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participants can choose from three sessions to attend. The morning session will run from 10 a.m. to noon. The afternoon session will be from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. And the evening session will run from 3 to 5 p.m.
Read MoreThe Northeast Louisiana Beef and Forage Field Day was held September 16 at the Goldmine Plantation in Mangham, La. Field Day visitors heard from LSU AgCenter livestock specialists and a local veterinarian on best practices for cattle operations as we move into fall and winter. Here are three key takeaways from the event.
Read MoreThe Louisiana agriculture industry has suffered at least $584 million in damage after Hurricane Ida walloped the southeastern portion of the state last month with strong winds and flooding, according to a new report from LSU AgCenter experts.
Timber damage makes up about half that amount, economist Kurt Guidry wrote in the report. Another 35% is attributable to the loss of infrastructure such as fences, machinery, equipment and buildings. Sugarcane, fruit, vegetable and ornamental horticulture crops as well as livestock were affected too.
Read MoreLouisiana seafood restaurant Fiery Crab is expanding its products into area supermarkets thanks to the LSU AgCenter’s Food Innovation Institute.
Fiery Crab was founded in Lafayette, but now has locations in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lake Charles.
The restaurant has 16 locations, says district manager Victoria Crigan, and when the pandemic hit, she and her team began brainstorming how to make Fiery Crab products more accessible to customers who were staying home.
Read MoreCotton is one of the oldest textile fibers in the world, reaching back until the fifth or fourth millennium B.C., with some of the earliest cultivation occurring in Mexico, India, Egypt and China. One of the earliest reports of its cultivation in what is now the United States dates to 1556 in Florida, though it was found growing in the wild by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and along the banks of the Mississippi and its tributaries by subsequent explorers. The first reported cultivation in Louisiana dates to 1729, but reports tracing to the early 17th century exist. Louisiana State University Agricultural Experiment Station bulletins mentioning cotton fertility research appeared in 1886, and the first testing of 22 different cotton varieties appeared in 1887. Then, cotton variety trial yields ranged from 420 to 586 pounds of lint per acre. More than a century later, the state’s average yield has doubled.
Read MoreMark your calendar! October 2, 2021 is when Louisiana Farm Bureau, Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association, LSU AgCenter Extension Agents, along with St. Helena, Tangipahoa and Lafourche Parish Farm Bureaus and Lafourche Cattlemen’s Association will distribute donated fencing supplies to ranchers in need.
Read MoreEstimating the Forgone Revenue from Harvesting Dry Soybeans
When soybeans are delivered to the elevator, any difference between actual and desired moisture content can potentially result in lower producer revenue. For example, soybeans testing over 13% moisture are assigned a penalty that is shown directly on the scale ticket. Soybeans testing under 13% moisture are accepted by the elevator with the assumption that 60 pounds of soybeans constitutes a bushel. So, by definition, a standard bushel of soybeans weighs 60 pounds at a moisture level of 13%. Given that 13% of the weight is comprised of moisture that leaves 87% (52.2 pounds) as dry matter.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter will sponsor a meeting for landowners, farmers and producers located in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, St. Charles and surrounding parishes who sustained damage from Hurricane Ida. The meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 23, at 10 a.m. at the New Orleans Botanical Garden Garden Study Center at 9 Stadium Drive in New Orleans. The meeting also will be recorded and streamed online.
Read MoreThe LSU College of Agriculture has named Allen Rutherford executive associate dean.
Rutherford has served as director of the college's School of Renewable Natural Resources, interim associate dean in the College of Agriculture, interim department head of the Department of Experimental Statistics, interim director of the School of Nutrition and Food Sciences and interim head of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.
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