Rice farmers, researchers, wildlife specialists, and others gathered here last Wednesday at the oldest and largest rice research station in the country to learn about the important research being undertaken in breeding, agronomy, weed science, etymology, agronomics, and more.
Read MoreThe development of improved rice varieties has been a primary goal of the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station over the past 100 years. The research station has released more than 50 new varieties, and approximately 70% of Louisiana’s rice acreage is grown with the varieties developed by the AgCenter.
Read MoreHamburgers and hot dogs are common for Fourth of July cookouts, and another traditional menu item is an ice-cold watermelon. In Louisiana, Washington Parish melons are ripe and ready to top off your holiday meal. LSU AgCenter correspondent Craig Gautreaux says now is a good time to get one.
Read MoreJune was extraordinarily hot and dry for much of the Louisiana, causing many farmers to irrigate their fields. In some years, irrigation can mean the difference between a successful crop or a crop failure. LSU AgCenter correspondent Craig Gautreaux has this report from northwest Louisiana.
Read MoreThe 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 MoreIn 2022, the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station Rice Breeding Program has advanced three rice varieties that will soon be commercially available for Gulf Coast producers to add to their repertoires.
Read MoreLSU AgCenter rice researchers are once again inviting producers and industry professionals to the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station for its annual field day to be held here on Wednesday, June 29.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreArticle Highlights:
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.
