As we approach late into the summer, we should be on the lookout for late-season lepidopteran pests of soybean. Soybean loopers can build large populations in a short amount of time and can be exaggerated by the use of broad-spectrum insecticides for stink bugs and three-cornered alfalfa hoppers.
Read MoreHeathy eating is a challenge for many Americans even in low inflationary times, but for African Americans, additional obstacles pile on to make it especially burdensome.
An LSU AgCenter researcher recently conducted a study demonstrating that little research has addressed the cycle of structural inequality leading to disparities in obesity and food insecurity among African Americans — but he and his colleagues are working on solutions.
Read MoreThe 2022/23 U.S. corn outlook for this month calls for lower supplies, reduced feed and residual use, slightly higher food, seed, and industrial use, smaller exports, and lower ending stocks. Projected beginning stocks for 2022/23 are 20 million bushels higher based on a lower use forecast for 2021/22, where a reduction in corn used for ethanol is partially offset by greater use for glucose and dextrose.
Read MorePomegranates are unique fruits whose origins have been traced to Persia. Native to Iran through northern India, they are grown around the world today. The fruit is considered sacred and is believed to provide abundance, fertility and even luck. Fortunately, we can grow the fruit in Louisiana and throughout the Gulf South.
Read MoreAfter two and a half years of not being able to travel internationally, faculty, staff and students with the LSU AgCenter and Mendel University in the Czech Republic finally were able to reunite for in-person activities in Baton Rouge this summer.
Read MoreFour-wheelers are a leading cause of injuries in young people. In an effort to reduce accidents, the LSU AgCenter offered a training session for eight people to become certified riding instructors. LSU AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux has the story from Baton Rouge.
Read MoreThis summer, students in the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences participated in the LSU Ag Center sponsored Agricultural Sciences Professional Internships in Research and Extension (ASPIRE) program. This 10-week paid internship allowed undergraduates to develop their skills and knowledge in agricultural research and outreach and to help expand the diversity of talent pool in the agricultural workforce.
Read MoreGrapes are one of the oldest and most extensively cultivated food crops in the world.
The earliest archaeological evidence of the domesticated grape comes from an area between the Black Sea and Iran.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter is releasing its 2022 Dean Lee Research and Extension Center virtual field day Aug. 10.
Read MoreTwo Tennessee 4-H cooking teams walked away with first and second place from the Great American Seafood Cook-Off: 4-H Edition 2022 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on Aug. 7.
Read MoreLate-afternoon thunderstorms forced the LSU AgCenter’s second annual Agronomic Crops School indoors — but farmers and others who came to the Dean Lee Research and Extension Center for the Aug. 4 event were still able to get updates on research projects and current crop issues.
Read MoreThe annual Florida Parishes Dairy Day recently brought out the spirit of winning in youth showing off their culinary and artistic skills, and farmers received bragging rights with high-yielding milk cows.
The event, which is held every summer, began early in the morning with young people judging dairy cows and others preparing dishes for the cookery contest at the LSU AgCenter Southeast Research Station.
Read MoreMonarch butterfly numbers have declined enough that one group of concerned scientists has placed the beloved insects on a watch list of endangered species.
Many Louisiana gardeners want to help the migratory monarchs by planting milkweeds, the host plant for the butterfly’s larvae, but knowing which species of milkweed to plant can require research, said Anna Timmerman, an associate extension agent for horticulture for the New Orleans area who researches native plants.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Board of Regents has awarded the LSU AgCenter Louisiana Institute for Bioproducts and Bioprocessing (LIBBi) a grant of nearly $1 million to upgrade equipment for the state-approved institute.
LIBBi and the scientists that work with it are dedicated to expanding and strengthening Louisiana’s role in developing novel bioproducts and new technologies from the state’s forestry and agricultural industries, said Qinglin Wu, professor in the AgCenter School of Renewable Natural Resources and the lead scientist on the grant.
Read MoreCharles Hebert is among thousands of people who have memories of spending a week at Camp Grant Walker during childhood summers.
Making the trek to the Pollock campgrounds for a few days of doing outdoor activities, making new friends and sleeping in cabins has long been a highlight of the Louisiana 4-H experience. Hebert had such a good time that he went on to become a camp counselor and volunteer — and ultimately, a 4-H agent with the LSU AgCenter.
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