Posts in LSU AgCenter
Louisiana Suggested Chemical Weed Control Guide

This guide includes helpful information on herbicides and weed control with detailed suggestions for aquatics, commercial nursery stock, field crops, forestry, fruit crops, home gardens, lawns and many other Louisiana crops. It includes information on different types of herbicide registrations, as well as information on herbicide labels and restricted uses. Also included are sprayer calibration techniques, suggestions for reducing herbicide drift and a guide to proper spray tip selection.

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LSU AgCenter Variety And Fungicide Trials Help Determine Best Management Practices

The LSU AgCenter conducts research that provides valuable information for Louisiana farmers. To help growers make informed decisions about variety selection and fungicide use, the LSU AgCenter conducts side-by-side soybean official variety trials (OVT) at research stations. For the OVT, seed companies and university-based breeding programs enter varieties to be evaluated in different growing conditions across Louisiana.

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Research Team Awarded Grant to Better Train Farm Workers on Food Safety, Handling

A team of researchers in Louisiana and Florida recently received nearly $500,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute for Food and Agriculture to better train farm workers and underserved farmers in food safety practices.

The team, composed of researchers from the LSU AgCenter, Southern University Ag Center and Florida A&M University, will use the funds to provide interactive techniques, which the researchers believe will provide better learning opportunities for the farm workers.

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LSU AgCenter Researchers Slated to Speak at Midsouth Multi-conference Event

LSU AgCenter experts will be featured speakers during a national multi-conference event, Jan. 27 and 28 in East Memphis, Tennessee. The conferences include the National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice, Southern Soybean and Corn, Delta States Irrigation and the Southern Precision Ag Conferences.

The conference will mark the 28th year that LSU AgCenter along with six other Midsouth universities have co-sponsored these conferences. The other universities are Auburn University, Mississippi State University, University of Arkansas, University of Missouri, University of Tennessee and Texas A&M University.

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Soybean Preliminary OVT Results 2024

The 2024 OVT Trial was planted at these LSU AgCenter research stations: Central Station, Baton Rouge; Dean Lee, Alexandria; Iberia, Jeanerette; Macon Ridge, Winnsboro; Red River, Bossier; and Rice Station, Crowley. The MG 3.9-4.4 OVT data from the Red River Research Station was not included due to extreme weather damage.

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