The LSU AgCenter realizes that good leaders are made, not born, and with that in mind is offering a Management Development Institute for interested employees.
The Management Development Institute is designed to cultivate and enhance the culture of learning and development within the LSU AgCenter and College of Agriculture, said Ashley Gautreaux, AgCenter human resources director.
Read MoreThe youngest of ten children, Gina Elaine Eubanks grew up in rural Clinton, Louisiana, participating in 4-H. Her 35-year career in higher education brought her back to her native state, where she serves as the associate vice president and program leader at the Louisiana State University AgCenter.
Read MoreThe Louisiana rice harvest is more than 50% complete, and the yields have been excellent. The weather doing the growing season was very cooperative, but the harvest season has been plagued by rain. LSU AgCenter correspondent Craig Gautreaux has the story from southwest Louisiana.
Read MoreThe Louisiana corn harvest is near the halfway point, and farmers have been mostly pleased with the results. It was an expensive crop to grow this year, but good prices are offsetting much of the cost. LSU AgCenter correspondent Craig Gautreaux has the story from northeast Louisiana.
Read MoreOn August 29, Louisiana marks the 17th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the first anniversary of Hurricane Ida.
August 29 to September 2 is Louisiana Flood Awareness Week, an opportunity to educate citizens, businesses and students on ways to best prepare for, and mitigate against, flood damage.
Read MoreIn the fourth grade, Luke Parks became determined to start his own business and share his family’s delicious recipes with the world.
Now a junior at Zachary High School, Luke’s longtime goal is becoming a reality with help from the LSU AgCenter Food Innovation Institute (FOODii).
Read MoreRain is a welcome sight in northeast Louisiana these days, so when storm clouds gathered the morning of Aug. 18, sweet potato farmers who have been contending with dry conditions all summer breathed a sigh of relief.
Read MoreUnified by their commitment to helping southern rice farmers manage and steward the Provisia Rice System, a group of industry leaders met recently at the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station to discuss Best Management Practices (BMP) to minimize the threat of weedy rice outcrosses developing to the ACCase-inhibiting herbicide technology.
Read MoreNearly one-third of college students are likely to face food insecurity in some capacity. International students are a population most likely to be affected.
Two graduate students in the LSU School of Nutrition and Food Sciences have taken notice of food insecurity among international students and are looking to make an impact on LSU.
Read MoreAbout 40 agriculture students from Marcus Oldham College in Australia were part of the annual Interagency Rolling Ag Field Tour in central Louisiana Aug. 10.
This year, the students’ scheduled tour of farm operations in Texas and Louisiana coincided with the traditional tour of central Louisiana farms, said Tara Smith, director of the LSU AgCenter Central Region.
Read MoreFeral swine populations continue to expand across Louisiana and much of the United States, causing substantial physical damage to agricultural lands. This report presents results from a statewide survey to estimate economic losses from feral swine activity on agricultural lands in Louisiana.
Read MoreJoin Seeds to Success: The Louisiana Farm to School program for the 2022 Farm to School gathering in Baton Rouge on September 28 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Pennington Biomedical Convention Center.
Read MoreAs 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.
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