Traveling Lift Goes Distance To Get La. Boats Back In Water (Distributed 03/15/06) One gleaming ship stands out among the others in a Plaquemines Parish shipyard crowded with boats damaged by last year’s hurricanes. That vessel, the Pat-Al, went back in the water this week thanks to a device known as a Marine Travelift and the generosity of people from Alaska. |
Market ‘Wide Open’ For Organic Produce Growers (Distributed 03/17/06) With only 10 certified organic growers in Louisiana, selling organically grown produce is easy. That’s what more than 65 people learned Wednesday (March 15) at a seminar held by the LSU AgCenter and its Lafayette Master Gardeners. |
Financial Adviser, Best-selling Author To Speak March 29 In Baton Rouge (Distributed 03/17/06) An acclaimed financial advisor and author will be the keynote speaker for a special sesson on "After the Hurricanes: Rebuilding Communities and Strengthening Families" March 29 in Baton Rouge. Sponsored by the LSU AgCenter and the Credit Bureau of Baton Rouge Inc., the session will begin at 1 p.m. March 29 in the Lod Cook Conference Center on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. |
Penn State Students Forego Spring Break To Help Gulf Coast Recovery Efforts (Distributed 03/14/06) As New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region struggle to recover from last year’s hurricanes, help continues to arrive, and LSU AgCenter faculty members continue to assist in coordinating those efforts. Among the latest to help was a group of students from Penn State University, who gave up their spring break last week (March 4-10) to visit the New Orleans area and help to get the city back up and running. |
LSU AgCenter Bringing ‘AgMagic’ Back To Baton Rouge April 24-30 (Distributed 03/10/06) The LSU AgCenter will bring the "magic" of agriculture back to its Parker Coliseum in Baton Rouge April 24-30. Known as "AgMagic," the successful event is in its third year. It is designed to help children and adults understand that food, clothing, lumber and other products all are part of the agricultural system. |
LSU AgCenter Researchers Receive Award From Rice Group (Distributed 03/14/06) A team of LSU AgCenter scientists that released 17 major rice varieties in 14 years received the Distinguished Rice Research and Education Team Award at the meeting of the Rice Technical Working Group held recently (Feb. 26 – March 1) in Houston. |
4-H’ers Recognized At Hornets Game (Photo Gallery) (Distributed 03/22/06) Approximately 1,900 Louisiana 4-H members, volunteers, parents and agents participated in the 4th annual 4-H Game with the Hornets March 18 in New Orleans. Parishes with the highest attendance were East Carroll, St. John, East Baton Rouge, Washington, Plaquemines and St. Charles. 4-H’ers were featured in various special events, including a high-five greeting of players, the color guard, a group photo with the Honeybees and a center-court recognition at halftime. |
Teen Collects Books For 'Katrina Kids' (Distributed 03/06/06) The images of children sitting idle moved Tennessee high school student Emily Hollingsworth to take action, and Hollingsworth inspired a whole community. |
LSU AgCenter Schedules Master Farmer Field Day In Ville Platte March 23 (Distributed 03/06/06) The LSU AgCenter will offer a Master Farmer Model Farm Field Day March 23 in Ville Platte. The field day is intended for rice and cattle producers from the Vermilion-Teche and Mermentau watersheds who are enrolled in the Louisiana Master Farmer Program and Louisiana Master Cattle Producer Program. |
Board Approves LSU AgCenter’s ‘Exigency’ Plan (Distributed 03/10/06) Years of budget cuts have taken their toll on the LSU AgCenter, and Friday (March 10) its chancellor received approval from the LSU Board of Supervisors to proceed with a plan for financial "exigency." |
Avoyelles Parish Man Named 2006 Farmer Of Year; Finalists From Pine Grove, Vinton (Distributed 03/17/06) Avoyelles Parish is known as the Cajun Crossroads and home to a diverse agricultural economy. It’s where you will find Larry Sayes doing what he does best – growing bumper crops of corn, cotton and soybeans on nearly 3,000 acres. Sayes does it so well he was named the 2006 Louisiana Farmer of the Year. |
LSU AgCenter Provides Greenhouse Tomato Growers With New Ideas (Distributed 03/06/06) LSU AgCenter experts at its Red River Research Station gave greenhouse tomato growers some new ideas to save money and boost production at a recent field day (Feb. 24). |
Financial Adviser Speaks About Storm Recovery (Photos Posted 03/31/06) Nationally acclaimed financial adviser Ric Edelman spoke about hurricane recovery March 29 at an LSU AgCenter meeting focused on rebuilding communities and families. |
Spring Pests Arrive Early; LSU AgCenter Entomologist Says Warmer Weather To Blame (Distributed 03/08/06) Insects don’t watch the calendar. Instead, weather is a big factor in their life cycles. So this year’s mild winter and the rising temperatures we’ve seen lately have set up a perfect scenario for early emergence of spring pests, according to an LSU AgCenter expert. |
LSU AgCenter Scientists Testing Weed Control For Louisiana Iris Growers (Distributed 03/30/06) LSU AgCenter scientists are nearing the end of a two-year weed control study designed to help Louisiana iris growers save money. It is the only weed control study in the state concentrating on field production of Louisiana iris, and its purpose is to increase yields and reduce weed competition. |
Master Farmers Told Rotating Cattle, Rice Production On Land Still A Good Idea (Distributed 03/24/06) The once-common practice of rotating cattle pastureland with rice fields is still a good idea that makes agricultural sense. Dr. Johnny Saichuk, LSU AgCenter rice specialist, told approximately 40 people at an LSU AgCenter Master Farmer Field Day Thursday (March 23) that the rice-cattle rotation was once widely used throughout Louisiana. |
LSU AgCenter Faculty Members Receive Forage Awards (Distributed 03/22/06) Two LSU AgCenter faculty members received awards at the annual meeting of the American Forage and Grassland Council earlier this month (March 10-14) in San Antonio, Texas. |
Low Timber Prices, Other Problems Expected To Improve After Hurricane Cleanup Ends (Distributed 03/17/06) Prices for timber products should begin a slow improvement once the market absorbs the wood being salvaged from hurricane-ravaged forests, a Mississippi professor predicted at the LSU AgCenter Forestry Forum held recently in Shreveport. |
Katrina Flooding Killed Some Fire Ants; Now Is The Time To Keep Them Away (Distributed 03/17/06) Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the surrounding area suppressed fire ants in some areas and eradicated them in others, according to experts from the LSU AgCenter. As families move back into the devastated areas, they’re offered a unique opportunity – a red-imported-fire-ant-free landscape, said Dr. Linda Bui, an entomologist with the LSU AgCenter. |
2006 Spring Garden Show April 1-2 In New Orleans (Distributed 03/08/06) The Botanical Garden in City Park will once again be the site of the New Orleans Spring Garden Show on April 1-2. This year’s show – the 27th annual event – will go on despite last year’s hurricanes, flooding and the massive cleanup effort. |
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