Posts in Rice
Annual NELA Growers Meeting Highlights Row Rice

The Northeast Louisiana Row Rice meeting was held here Tuesday morning and was a hybrid get-together, with area growers and extension staff meeting both in-person and virtually to view the presentations. The Thomas Jason Lingo Center hosted, with social distancing and precautions in place.

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Passing Down the Passion

Located in Louisiana’s Acadia and Vermilion parishes is Simon Farms, a multi-generational family farm known far and wide for their dedication to conservation. This close-knit family has a passion for soil health and a thirst for knowledge about ways to improve their agricultural production.

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LSU AgCenter To Hold Virtual Rice Meetings

The LSU AgCenter is planning to shift most of the rice meetings it holds each winter to a virtual format this year. Topics will include rice economics, pest control, fertilization, variety development, soybeans and crawfish. Presentations for Evangeline, Acadia, Jefferson Davis and the rest of southwest Louisiana will be online. Videos can be accessed via the internet at an address to be provided soon.

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Rice, LSU AgCenterdon molino
JT Meleck Louisiana Rice Vodka

JT Meleck is a new craft vodka out of Louisiana. Founder Michael Frugé’s family has farmed the land where he is distilling vodka out of rice since 1896. Frugé’s great-great uncle, JT Meleck, first started farming on the property.

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