To retain the personnel and resources required to continue the rich history of rice variety development at the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station, the Louisiana Rice Research Board opted to expand its endowment offerings.
At its semiannual meeting on June 30, the board agreed to establish a new endowed chair specifically for the LSU AgCenter’s rice breeding program at the Rice Research Station.
Read MoreThe June 2022 Price & Production Summary gives prices for cattle, poultry, hogs and dairy.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station will host its annual field day for green industry professionals July 22.
“This is a perfect opportunity for all of our nursery and landscape professionals to visit the station and see all the ongoing research and the warm-season trials,” said Jeb Fields, assistant research coordinator.
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.
AgCenter research associate Connor Webster said the two products, Loyant and Gambit, are known for their broad-spectrum weed control characteristics.
Read MoreRice 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.
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