The Louisiana agriculture industry lost one of its greatest champions when Ray Young died last month after more than half a century of service to the farming community. Yet his legacy lives on through the Ray and Dorothy Young Endowed Graduate Student Award in Field Crop Integrated Pest Management.
Read MoreVolume 14, Issue 1 of the LSU AgCenter’s Louisiana Crops Newsletter includes Estimating the Redbanded Stink Bug Threat for the 2024 Soybean Growing Season, Inoculating Soybean with Bradyrhizobium japonicum for Nitrogen Fixatio, and Kicking Around DIRT and Other Irrigation Recommendations.
Read MoreThis crop market update contains relevant information on the domestic and international market dynamics of the corn, soybean, rice, and cotton markets.
Read MoreJon Carr has been named executive director of the Louisiana 4-H Foundation.
Previously serving as director of development for the LSU Foundation as a fundraiser for the College of Engineering.
Read MoreInside a small building on the grounds of the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center near Cottonport, a group of prison staff and trusties gathered around a table where LSU AgCenter agent Keith Hawkins had spread out an array of tools used in beekeeping.
Following along in a thick stack of printouts, the correctional officers and inmates listened intently as Hawkins ran through a slide presentation outlining the basics of setting up beehives, caring for bees and extracting honey.
Read MoreThe Herb Society of America Baton Rouge Unit will host Herb Day on Saturday, Feb. 24, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden.
At Herb Day, guests can find thousands of healthy herbs and All-America Selections vegetable plants as well as local vendors selling their handmade wares and food trucks selling delicious fare.
Read MoreSince the passing of legislation in Louisiana in 2019, farmers have been able to grow hemp once again. With only three years of growing since the passing of this legislation, growers have faced challenges and look to the future for promising opportunities in the production of this specialty crop.
Read MoreAlthough she grew up in a massive city in India known for its information technology industry, Babitha Jampala’s mind was never far from the family farm and agriculture.
Jampala’s father worked at a nuclear fuel complex in Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana, but at home he constantly talked of his childhood on a rice farm a few hours away.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter will hold an agritourism education meeting for people involved or interested in agritourism from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23, at the LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station, 21549 Old Covington Hwy., Hammond.
Registration for the meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 23.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter is partnering with USDA to offer the ASPIRE [Agricultural Sciences Professional Internships in Research and Extension] Program during the summer of 2024. Undergraduate students (from any college or educational institution, including LSU) are encouraged to apply for various 10- week paid summer internships. There are internships focused in animal science, horticulture, 4-H, nutrition, entomology and aquaculture.
Read MoreDr. Muhammad Rassel Parvej, Assistant Professor and State Soil Fertility Specialist, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, is starting a biweekly Soil Fertility & Nutrient Management webinar series starting next month. It’s free and welcomes anyone (including students and RA) keen on delving into theoretical and practical aspects of soil fertility and nutrient management for row crop production.
Read MoreWhen considering a sugarcane soil fertility program, follow these guidelines. The number one priority should be the soil pH. Soil pH that is outside the optimum ranges will adversely affect the availability of all other applied nutrients. The second most important component of your fertility program should be nitrogen, followed by potassium, sulfur and phosphorus. Soil testing should be a regular part of your soil fertility program. Periodic leaf tissue analyses can verify midseason plant health
Read MoreA watermelon cultivar developed at the now closed LSU AgCenter Calhoun Research Station has been nominated for boarding onto the Slow Food Ark of Taste.
Read MoreLouisiana 4-H and FFA youth will gather in February for the 89th annual LSU AgCenter Livestock Show at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.
AgCenter officials expect more than 2,000 exhibitors to bring thousands of animals for competition during the week of Feb. 10 to 17.
Read MoreThe LSU AgCenter will hold its annual Precision Agriculture Summit Feb. 16 near Alexandria.
The event was originally slated for Jan. 17. Winter weather caused it to be rescheduled.
A joint effort of the AgCenter and Fletcher Technical Community College, the summit will take place at the State Evacuation Shelter, 8125 U.S. Highway 71, adjacent to the LSU Alexandria campus.
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