Slattery McCollam farms 2,800 acres of sugarcane near Schriever and Thibodaux in southern Louisiana, in Terrebonne Parish and Lafourche Parish. It’s a large farm—a land area equivalent to half of all football stadiums in the world.
McCollam is in his second year of a research project with the LSU AgCenter.
Read MoreIt is an understatement to say soybean farmers have had a challenging year in 2022. In April, farmers had to plant around several rain events. Despite the several April showers, 59% of the soybean fields in LA were planted by May 1 compared to the five-year average of 43% and 23% from last year.
Read MoreIn the latest USDA supply and demand report released last week, forecasts for 2022/23 U.S. rice production were lowered 10.9 million (M) hundredweight (cwt) to 165.1 M cwt based on reduced harvested area and lower per acre yield estimates. Overall, U.S. all-rice production is 14% below a year earlier and the smallest crop since 1993/94.
Read MoreThis month’s 2022/23 U.S. corn outlook is for lower supplies, smaller feed and residual use, reduced exports and corn used for ethanol, and tighter ending stocks. Beginning stocks for 2022/23 are projected 5 million bushels lower based on essentially offsetting export and corn used for ethanol changes for 2021/22.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction is now accepting nominations for its annual induction ceremony, which will be held March 2, 2023, in Baton Rouge.
The nomination form can be obtained online at www.louisianaagriculturehallofdistinction.com or through any parish LSU AgCenter office. The deadline for receiving nominations is Nov. 18.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter Bob R. Jones-Idlewild Research Station recently hosted members of the National Association of Conservation Districts and the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
The group spent part of their three-day Baton Rouge conference hearing about the research being done at the station
Read MoreLouisiana rice farmers are certainly having a sense of deja vu as this year’s harvest comes to a close, as they’ve seen consistent, near-daily rainfall that has hampered their operations.
In the spring of 2021, steady rains caused farmers to have to delay planting rice, fertilizing fields and applying other chemicals.
Read MoreLet’s talk about the weather. Even if you’re a climate change skeptic, you cannot deny that weather patterns have affected your life in some way in the past five to 10 years.
Here in Louisiana, for example, many experienced unprecedented flooding in 2016. Then, in 2021, we were hit with deep freezes, Hurricane Ida and the third-wettest year on record.
Read MoreRegistration will begin at 8AM, Tuesday, September 20, at the Sugar Model Farm located on the Dugas Farm, 5585 LA-1, in Napoleonville.
Topics will include overview of best management practices, water quality monitoring, cover crops, soil respiration test kit, soil testing, precision ag and economics of conservation, NRCS and project updates.
Read MoreThe world's largest continuous stand of roseau cane is vanishing from the Mississippi River Delta, and a group of cross-disciplinary researchers is collaborating to find a solution to stop the die-off.
Read MoreNow that the school bells have once again started ringing, hundreds of 4-H'ers from across the LSU AgCenter’s Southwest Region are returning to school with fond memories of 4-H Summer Camp at Camp Grant Walker.
Read MoreNortheast Louisiana farmers are concerned about having food to harvest after rainfall swept through the region, specifically soybeans.
Concordia Parish plants more acres of soybeans than anywhere in the state of Louisiana, according to ANR Agent Kylie Miller of the LSU Ag Center. The damage to soybeans will significantly affect the parish and state economies.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter has renewed agreements with longstanding partners in Honduras to promote cooperation in solving international agricultural issues.
The new memoranda of understanding were signed Aug. 25 by AgCenter officials and those representing three Honduran universities.
Read MoreThe 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.
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