Layne Langley, area nutrition agent with the LSU AgCenter, visited summer camps in East Feliciana and West Feliciana parishes to present hands-on nutrition programs for the campers.
Be Fit and Healthwise is an annual summer camp hosted by RKM Primary Care. It is for children ages 6-14 of East Feliciana Parish and the surrounding area.
Read MoreEveryone in Louisiana already knows rain has been hard to come by this summer.
But exactly how bad and widespread is the drought? Without enough data points, it can be hard to say — and that can prevent local farmers, ranchers and others from qualifying for assistance programs.
Read MoreExtreme heat and periods of drought this summer will likely lead to losses in several of Louisiana’s agricultural sectors.
Economists from the LSU AgCenter expect the worst losses in the beef cattle sector as reduced hay production, the forced downsizing of cattle herds and other factors could lead to estimated losses of $135 million to $290 million.
Read MoreAugust 21 to 25 is Louisiana Flood Awareness Week, an opportunity to educate citizens on the many ways to prepare for floods and mitigate future damage.
“Anywhere it can rain, it can also flood,” said Carol Friedland, director of the LaHouse Research and Education Center. “Staying prepared and weather aware during a flood is important to keep Louisiana communities safe.”
Read MoreThree years after a tornado and two hurricanes ripped through central Louisiana, the LSU AgCenter is making progress on rebuilding facilities in the region that play key roles in its research and education efforts.
Read MoreSome of the most innovative minds in agriculture from across the country gathered last week to share ideas on numerous topics at a multistate meeting hosted by the LSU AgCenter.
Read MoreThis month’s 2023/24 U.S. corn outlook is for reduced supplies, lower domestic use, smaller exports, and tighter ending stocks. Projected beginning stocks for 2023/24 this month have been raised 55 million bushels higher based on a lower use forecast for 2022/23, reflecting reductions in corn used for exports, glucose and dextrose, and starch.
Read MoreAfter years of research aimed at finding an effective way to control exploding populations of feral hogs, a patent has been issued for a bait developed by scientists with the LSU AgCenter and LSU Department of Chemistry.
The bait uses sodium nitrite, which is lethal to feral swine, the culprits behind millions of dollars in damage to agricultural fields and forestlands in Louisiana and across the country.
Read MoreOne might think with temperatures hitting the triple digits on a Thursday afternoon in August, Louisiana producers might shy away from attending a typical field day, but the Dean Lee agronomic crops school is anything but typical.
Read MoreJoy Sims has been dreaming of booming produce markets in Tensas Parish since she started working as a Healthy Communities agent for the LSU AgCenter four years ago. That dream is finally taking shape thanks to the Tensas Healthy Communities Coalition.
Read MoreGov. John Bel Edwards says more work is needed to close the gap in funding between the state’s two land-grant universities.
Across the nation, there is a huge gap between funding for historically Black and historically white land-grant universities within the same state, a report from the left-leaning think tank The Century Foundation finds.
Read More“It’s like a cross between dog food and burnt pizza,” said one attendee of the smell permeating the hot July air at Omega Protein, a sustainable menhaden processing plant near Abbeville. He was part of a group of 4-H youths participating in Marsh Maneuvers.
Read MoreFall armyworms, Spodoptera frugiperda, are chronic insect pests in the state, with more than 60 plants reported as hosts, including various pasture grasses (and lawns) and agronomic crops including corn, alfalfa, cotton, soybeans, grain sorghum, and rice. They migrate to Louisiana from neighboring regions like Florida, Texas, Caribbean islands, and Central-South America, with infestations most common from late July to early August.
Read MoreThe East Baton Rouge Parish offices of the LSU AgCenter and Southern Ag Center are sponsoring a back-to-school Youth AgBash at Burden Museum & Gardens on Sept. 22.
This urban extension event is designed to expose inner city students to programs and careers in agriculture.
Read MoreIt tastes like fish oil, has the mouthfeel of rubber and looks like a ball of earwax, but wild pigs are literally dying to eat it.
Louisiana scientists have patented a tasty but deadly bait that could help curb the rapid spread of feral hogs, an invasive species that causes widespread damage to croplands and coastal wetlands.
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