(Distributed 08/24/05) Eight LSU AgCenter inventors who received patents during the past year were inducted into the LSU AgCenter’s Patent and PVP Club during a recognition reception at the Lod Cook Conference Center here Wednesday (Aug. 24).

(Distributed 08/24/05) Making pecans profitable is the idea behind a new orchard being planted at the LSU AgCenter’s Pecan Research and Extension Station near Shreveport. The new orchard is just one topic that will be discussed during the station’s field day Sept. 22.

(Distributed 08/22/05) The LSU AgCenter is once again opening its Farm Financial Assistance Hotline to help farmers who may be facing tough financial decisions because of stagnant commodity prices and increased production costs.

(Distributed 08/16/05) Agronomic crop research will be the focus of the 2005 Red River Research Station Field Day slated for Sept. 8 at the LSU AgCenter research facility near here.

(Distributed 08/16/05) Louisiana farmers are pleased with the 2005 rice harvest so far, but good yields are being offset by uncertainty and low prices.

(Distributed 08/16/05) LSU AgCenter researchers are studying how cows’ temperaments affect profitability of cattle herds in Louisiana.

(Distributed 08/15/05) Keeping Louisiana’s waterways clean takes everyone working together, and meetings such as the LSU AgCenter’s Northwest Louisiana Watershed Summit help keep the channels of communication open.

(Distributed 08/15/05) Jacob Stout is riding the technology wave across the country to learn new things and to meet new people.

(Distributed 08/15/05) Louisiana farmers will have an opportunity to learn about the latest in organic vegetable and fruit production at a workshop and farm tour Sept. 13-14 at LSU AgCenter’s Burden Center in Baton Rouge.

(Distributed 08/04/05) The LSU AgCenter is teaming up with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Southern Rural Development Center at Mississippi State University to bring the Southern Institute for Rural Development conference to Louisiana Sept. 12-15.