“Maximizing Profits Using Digital Tools” was the theme as the LSU AgCenter held its third digital agriculture conference in Alexandria on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
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Jennifer Duhon is leading the LSU AgCenter’s effort to improve the health and wellbeing of central Louisiana residents.
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Following a two-year absence because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the LSU AgCenter and the Meraux Foundation are once again hosting AgMagic on the River.
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The Louisiana State University AgCenter Sugar Research Station breeds and tests hundreds of varieties of sugarcane to boost yield and resistance to pests and diseases.
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Tensas Parish cotton farmers Mead and Marshall Hardwick of Hardwick Planting Company represented the U.S. cotton industry at the Textile Sustainability Conference held Dublin, Ireland late last year.
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Some folks will debate the necessity and techniques of properly purging crawfish before a boil, but the LSU AgCenter studied the issue to find out what different methods of purging actually accomplish.
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LSU AgCenter researchers have recently been awarded three U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture grants totaling more than $1.5 million to study diseases and pests destructive to some of the state’s most important crops — rice, sugarcane and soybeans.
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After having to take a hiatus in 2021, the annual Northeast Louisiana Forestry Forum returned this year along with the Ag Expo in West Monroe.
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The 48th Annual Vermilion Parish 4-H Livestock Show and Sale was a great success. It involved 139 young people who exhibited 272 head of livestock (beef, sheep, goats, dairy, swine) and 57 poultry entries.
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Local kids are showing off their best work this weekend at the Calcasieu Parish Jr Livestock Show.
It’s a showdown of the best at Burton Coliseum as competitions kicked off on Thursday and will be wrapping up on Saturday.
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Five and a half years after the initial discovery of large dead patches of roseau cane on Louisiana’s coast, LSU AgCenter scientists and those from partner agencies have learned a lot about what is causing the marsh grass — which plays an important role in preventing land loss — to die.
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If beef cattle producers don’t start changing the way they handle parasites in herds now, they may risk the effectiveness of dewormers in the future.
That’s the message from Christine Navarre, Louisiana State University Extension veterinarian.
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The LSU Textile and Costume Museum will hold an exhibition and annual membership event on Sunday, Feb. 20.
The museum gallery, which is located on the LSU campus, will be open for viewing of the “Trajé, Maya Textile Artistry” exhibition. Admission is free and open to the public.
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This month’s 2021/22 U.S. corn outlook is for higher production, greater food, seed, and industrial use (FSI), lower exports, and larger ending stocks. Corn production is estimated at 15.115 billion bushels, up 53 million on a 0.3-million acre increase in harvested area.
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The Louisiana sugarcane harvest season will be coming to an end soon. Most mills have completed their grinding, with the last mill set to finish Jan. 20. This year’s crop was a lighter one in terms of cane tonnage, but sugar recovery was excellent. LSU AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux has this report.
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