(Distributed 10/25/10) GREENSBURG, La – Students had the hands-on experience of touching a goat, a horse or a cow at St. Helena Parish Central Elementary School during Ag and Science Week the week of Oct. 18.

(Distributed 10/22/10) The LSU AgCenter will present a feral hog seminar at 6 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the David B. Means 4-H Center in Grand Cane.

(Distributed 10/18/10) RUSTON, La. – About 500 fifth-graders from Lincoln Parish schools spent a day at Lincoln Parish Park where specialists from the LSU AgCenter and other state and federal agencies taught them about conservation and water quality at the 2010 Water Festival Oct. 14-15.

(Distributed 10/18/10) Getting a handle on the bullying problem in New Orleans schools is the job of Traig Varnado, LSU AgCenter 4-H youth development agent.

(Distributed 10/14/10) HOMER, La. – The first flock of chickens in the new poultry demonstration houses at the LSU AgCenter Hill Farm Research Station has reached the target weight and has been processed by House of Raeford.

(Distributed 10/14/10) Agriculture is a major economic driver in Louisiana. To acknowledge the exceptional contributions of Louisiana farmers, the Louisiana Agri-News Network, Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry will honor the 2011 Louisiana Farmer of the Year.

(Distributed 10/13/10) The LSU AgCenter will conduct a one-day, comprehensive workshop on how to make biodiesel from used vegetable oil on Oct. 30 at the W. A. Callegari Environmental Center in Baton Rouge.

(Distributed 10/11/10) BATON ROUGE La., -- With childhood obesity continuing to be a major issue in Louisiana and around the country, the LSU AgCenter is taking steps to help correct the problem by helping teach healthy eating through school gardening.

(Distributed 10/11/10 Two LSU AgCenter faculty members were part of a group who were honored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 6.

(Distributed 10/06/10) Grazing and nutrition will be highlights of the LSU AgCenter dairy field day Nov. 11 at the Southeast Research Station in Franklinton.