When babies are born, a knit hat is one of the first pieces of clothing they will wear. But what if that hat could be used for more than a warm and cozy covering?
One LSU researcher is exploring ways to use “smart clothing” to track newborns’ temperatures.
Read MoreHarry L. Laws & Company, the majority owner of the Catherine Sugar Company, is creating a non-endowed fund to further research at the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station in St. Gabriel.
Read MoreThe attached January Crop Market Update for Corn, Soybeans, Rice, and Cotton contains a discussion on USDA-reported supply and demand dynamics, export sales, and farm price implications for the 2022/23 marketing year.
Read MoreHerbicide-tolerant soybeans expand weed control options to include dicamba, 2,4-D and more. Yet many soybean varieties are still sensitive to herbicides that other varieties have been bred to tolerate. That means herbicide residue left in spray tanks and booms from a previous application can damage crops much like herbicide drift.
A new potential cleaning solution may be available from an unlikely source.
“While researching medicinal plants, I discovered natural ingredients that can solubilize a wide range of substances, or force oil and water to mix,” says Zhijun Liu, professor in the School of Renewable Natural Resources at Louisiana State University.
Read MoreThe Louisiana Master Farmer Program recognized three new graduates, two people who have completed recertification and the winner of the Outstanding Master Farmer Award at a ceremony Jan. 12.
The event was held in Baton Rouge in conjunction with the Louisiana Association of Conservation Districts annual meeting.
Read MoreLouisiana youth from Ruston to Raceland and everywhere in between will gather in February for the 88th annual LSU AgCenter Livestock Show at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.
AgCenter officials expect more than 2,000 4-H and FFA exhibitors to bring thousands of animals for competition during the week of Feb. 11 to 18.
Read MoreIn his 33 years of farming sugarcane, Ricky Gonsoulin had never had as good of a crop as the one he saw growing in his fields in 2022. And in 33 years, he had never lost so much as a stalk of sugarcane to a freeze.
But that unlikely scenario came to pass in late December when an arctic blast sent temperatures below freezing for three days across Louisiana.
Read MoreGov. John Bel Edwards will give the keynote address as he joins 20 researchers, five farmers and six certified crop advisors, all from Louisiana, who will speak at the upcoming Conservation Systems Conferences on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at the Crowne Plaza hotel conference center in Baton Rouge.
Read MoreU-Nichols Manalo, director of the National Corn Program of the Philippine Department of Agriculture, recently gave a presentation detailing his research during his time at LSU working with LSU AgCenter economist Naveen Adusumilli.
Read MoreIn her role as the executive director of Big River Economic and Agricultural Development Alliance, Darlene Adams Rowland oversees four locations of the Red Stick Farmers Market in Baton Rouge. Her background includes experience in marketing, fundraising, market management, farmer development, technical assistance and oversight of BREADA’s nutrition outreach programs.
Read MoreThe cotton leafroll dwarf virus causes yellowing and distortion of leaves (Figure 1) and is believed to be vectored by the cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) during feeding (Figure 2). A litany of other symptoms has been attributed to the virus including missing fruit and bolls, over-tall plants, reddening of veins, dwarfed plants and leaf cupping. In some situations in the southeast United States, significant yield losses have been attributed to the virus.
Read MoreFor many beef cattle producers, evaluating breeding soundness of their herd bulls is often an overlooked practice. Selection of bulls based on genetic potential is one of the most progressive ways to improve the beef herd. However, bulls that do not properly settle cows contribute to reproductive inefficiency and lost income — no matter how genetically superior they may be. Performing an annual bull breeding soundness exam (BBSE) on every bull in the herd is the only way producers can predict with relative certainty that their bulls can adequately service the cow herd during the breeding season.
Read MoreThe House recently approved and sent to President Biden's desk a $1.7 trillion year-end spending bill that includes $3.7 billion in farm disaster aid, resolving some key unfinished business for agriculture, including measures to help producers take advantage of carbon markets.
Read MoreFor cousins Adam and Jonathan Knight, the cattle business is a part of their heritage.
Their family once ran a dairy farm on hundreds of acres that straddled East Baton Rouge and East Feliciana parishes, and they grew up around beef cattle. Now the Knights both run small cattle operations on those pastures and on leased land adjacent to them.
Read MoreThe 2023 Projected Costs and Returns (crop enterprise budgets) have been posted to the LSU AgCenter website. To access the enterprise budgets, please click on the desired “Crops” tab followed by the “Budget” icon. T
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