The LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Center will open its doors to farmers, consultants and others in the agriculture industry Aug. 4 for an Agronomic Crops School.
Read MoreFor the first time since 2019, nearly 1,000 4-H students, volunteers and agents convened on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge to participate in 4-H University.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter Rice Verification Program is in its 25th year of interpreting research data from the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station and applying it to rice growing locations throughout the state.
Read MoreEmmerson Lyons of St. Landry Parish topped seven competitors to win first place in the annual event where Louisiana’s young agricultural advocates compete to highlight their expertise of policies and issues related to agriculture.
Read MoreIn the 1950s, Albert Kirby hitchhiked from his small hometown of Jonesville to Lafayette to study animal science at what was then the Southwestern Louisiana Institute.
Read MoreNematodes are the most numerous multicellular animals on earth. Commonly called roundworms, these tiny animals can cause big problems in large commercial fields or small homeowner gardens. LSU AgCenter correspondent Craig Gautreaux has this report on this major pest.
Read MoreAs more Gulf Coast consumers learn of the potential benefits of locally grown high-protein, low-glycemic index rice, researchers at the LSU AgCenter’s H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station are expanding efforts to develop cultivars with even greater nutritional advantages.
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The Louisiana planting season was ahead of the five-year average and much faster than in 2021.
The condition of the soybean crop is good, but dry conditions have caused some stress on the plants.
Symptoms of manganese deficiency have been seen in several fields this year.
Redbanded stinkbugs have reached threshold in some areas.
The LSU AgCenter will hold its sugarcane field day Wednesday, July 20, at the Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel.
The field day will begin with a field tour covering multiple topics from AgCenter specialists,
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter will hold a field day July 12 to highlight research on best management practices for cotton and grain crops.
Read MoreLuke Laborde has resigned from his role as interim vice president of agriculture and dean of the College of Agriculture. Effective Aug. 1, Matthew Lee, interim executive vice president and provost, will assume the position until a permanent replacement is selected.
Read MoreThe Louisiana County Agricultural Agents Association made educational tours an integral part of its 76th annual meeting June 5 to 8 in New Roads.
Read MoreWeed scientists with the LSU AgCenter are focusing on a pair of herbicides as promising products to control broadleaf weeds and sedge in rice fields.
Read MoreWeeds are the largest economic threat to agriculture as a whole, whether in row crops, aquatics, rangelands or pastures. In Louisiana, the same conditions that help crops flourish also bring weeds. The long growing season, warm weather and high levels of precipitation allow weeds to emerge and set seeds over longer periods of time.
Read MoreThe Louisiana State University AgCenter works with industry experts and soybean growers across the state to test plots, harvesting data for varieties on abiotic and biotic stress resistance, yield, and data necessary to make recommendations.
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