Best Management Practices Following A Freeze In Sugarcane
A severe freeze is forecasted beginning on December 23, 2022, and for a series of nights afterwards. At the time of the December 23rd freeze, the industry will be about 83% harvested. All sugarcane remaining in the industry will be damaged to some extent. Every freeze event is different and forecasting the extent that harvest can be completed is impossible. Deterioration following a freeze is temperature dependent – higher temperatures will increase deterioration and lower temperatures will reduce deterioration.
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Ten Acres of Litter Removed from Burden Wetland
The LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden and the Louisiana Stormwater Coalition finished the second phase of an Environmental Protection Agency-funded litter remediation and prevention program Dec. 14.
The Osprey Initiative, the organization contracted to remove and study aquatic trash from a borrow pit and wetland at Burden Museum and Gardens, has now completed its tactical removal process that began in June 2022.
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Take Precautions for Coming Arctic Blast
It’s official — winter is here! And with it comes many questions about protecting landscape plants, pipes and pets during the cold months of December, January and February.
According to the National Weather Service, a considerable change in the temperatures can be expected by week’s end.
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Carbon Credits Focus of Forage Meeting
Forage producers heard about a new potential income stream during a recent Louisiana Forage and Grassland Council and Louisiana Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative meeting in Alexandria.
Producers normally assess their forage profit potential by what’s above ground, but carbon guidelines offered during the Dec. 2 annual forage conference shows that there’s cash underground as well.
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December Crop Market Update
The USDA WASDE report released late last week did not contain any major surprises for the markets. Traders have their attention on South American production-which will impact U.S. export competitiveness. Traders and Growers continue to monitor new crop price ratios and cost of production for 2023 crop acreage decisions. Input price volatility remains present, but recent weeks in the fertilizer and fuel markets seem to suggest that prices are on the decline.
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Louisiana Sweet Potato Farmers Pondering Future Of Industry After Bad Year
Challenging. Discouraging. Just plain bad.
These are some of the words that Louisiana sweet potato farmers and scientists who study the crop use to describe the 2022 growing season. From high input and labor costs to adverse weather conditions, this year brought a range of problems to an industry already struggling with declining acreage and fewer outlets for selling the flavorful orange tubers.
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LSU AgCenter Marks 50-Year Milestone
The LSU AgCenter is celebrating 50 years of advancing agricultural excellence in Louisiana.
In 1972, the LSU Board of Supervisors established the LSU AgCenter, requesting that agricultural activities have an identity separate from that of the existing campuses.
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LSU Ag Center Team Receives Grant To Help Farmers Irrigate Efficiently
When drought conditions set in across Louisiana this summer, many farmers resorted to irrigation to try to save their crops. While it helped preserve yields and quality in some cases, the sharp uptick in irrigation raised an alarm among those who monitor water usage in agriculture.
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LSU AgCenter, College of Agriculture Announce Award Winners at Annual Conference
The LSU AgCenter and LSU College of Agriculture announced the winners of their annual faculty and staff awards during a joint ceremony with the Southern University Ag Center and Southern University College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences Dec. 12 at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center.
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LSU AgCenter Names New Directors For Research, Extension
The LSU AgCenter has named two well-established leaders to key director positions.
Michael Salassi will serve as interim executive associate vice president and director of the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station and Tara Smith as interim executive associate vice president and director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.
In these positions, Salassi and Smith will support the statewide efforts of research and extension.
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Preliminary Results Of The 2022 Grain Sorghum Official Hybrid Trials
The 2022 Grain Sorghum Official Hybrid Trials spreadsheet provides a summary of yield performance of grain sorghum hybrids in the 2022 official hybrid trials.
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Preliminary Results For The 2022 Corn Official Hybrid Trials
The 2022 Corn Official Hybrid Trials spreadsheet provides a summary of yield performance of corn hybrids.
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On-Farm Cotton Demonstration Preliminary Results
The 2022 Cotton On-Farm Demonstrations spreadsheet provides a summary of the core block demonstrations at nine locations identified by parish.
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Rural Parishes Bounce Back Post-Pandemic, Metropolitan Areas Slower To Recover
While state gross domestic product (GDP) adjusted for inflation (real GDP) had only recovered to approximately 93% of pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021, several Louisiana parishes outpaced the statewide average — and many of these were in rural areas.
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Animal Sciences Through a Different Lens
Animal sciences meets biological engineering through Ashton Dalton’s undergraduate research project.
Dalton is an animal sciences major conducting research in Kevin Hoffseth’s biological image processing laboratory. He is exploring new methods to enhance detection of microstructures in bone samples from livestock.
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