Thirty-five years is a long time to be employed at one job, but when that job is churning out delicious ice cream at the legendary LSU AgCenter Dairy Store, it’s an experience to be savored.
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In 2019, distributing information to agricultural clientele in the LSU AgCenter Northeast Region was undergoing a change. Attendance at field days and production meetings had been declining. Producers were getting information from many sources: consultants, industry and social media. While the AgCenter was still the primary source for unbiased information, reaching clientele was becoming more difficult.
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LSU AgCenter sugarcane breeder Collins Kimbeng has received a $288,690 award over three years from The John Deere Company to study remote sensing and artificial intelligence for supporting sugarcane breeding and forecasting sugar yield.
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Take a captivating journey through Louisiana Agriculture with LSU AgCenter’s AgMagic at the State Fair of Louisiana! AgMagic is an interactive and educational experience for young children and their families. Kids will learn about the important connections among agriculture, the environment, and their lives.
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This newsletter contains a summary of the third quarter’s ag policy developments.
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Growing New Connections, the seventh annual Louisiana Farm to School Conference, gathered hundreds of partners to the Pennington Biomedical Conference Center to share ideas and best practices for bringing healthier, local food options to students throughout the state.
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There’s a small town in Louisiana that is providing fashion designers worldwide an essential material. Much of it is made from the cotton grown in the area and the mid-South. LSU AgCenter reporter Craig Gautreaux has the story from Vidalia, Louisiana
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In Louisiana, saltwater intrusion has been a problem for communities along the Mississippi River, but on the other side of the state, crawfish producers are also struggling with it. LSU AgCenter correspondent Craig Gautreaux has this report from southwest Louisiana.
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The latest domestic and international market news for corn, soybeans, rice, and cotton.
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The LSU AgCenter is developing a new center to better understand and control invasive species as they continue to damage both the state’s economy and ecosystem.
The Center of Research Excellence for the Study of Invasive Species was approved by the Louisiana Board of Regents on Sept. 20. Its objective: Find solutions to the problems associated with invasive species in the South.
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With many uncertainties in the world, people have become interested in homesteading — living self-sufficiently and sustainably. Factoring in this high level of interest in the topic, the LSU AgCenter Red River Research Station recently hosted the inaugural Homesteader’s Conference in Bossier City.
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This month’s 2023/24 U.S. corn outlook is for reduced supplies, lower feed and residual use and exports, and smaller ending stocks. Corn production is forecast at 15.064 billion bushels, down 70 million on a cut in yield to 173.0 bushels per acre. Corn supplies are forecast at 16.451 billion bushels, a decline of 160 million bushels from last month, with lower production and beginning stocks.
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The LSU AgCenter will hold a prescribed burn workshop on Monday, Nov. 6, and Tuesday, Nov. 7, in Amite.
The workshop will take place at the Tangipahoa Parish extension office located at 305 East Oak St.
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The LSU AgCenter and the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture are partnering to bring a drone training curriculum to high school students across the state.
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The LSU AgCenter and the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture are partnering to bring a drone training curriculum to high school students across the state.
The program’s funding comes from a $800,000 grant awarded to Brian Gautreau, LSU AgCenter youth wetlands and education outreach program coordinator.
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