(Distributed 07/28/05) Forest landowners and professionals will get a better understanding of managing their forests to increase productivity and sustainability during the first Western Gulf Silvicultural Technology Exchange slated for Sept. 1 here.

(Distributed 07/27/25) A process for recycling treated wood products could save on disposal costs and liability concerns by keeping treated wood out of high-cost landfills, according to developers at the LSU AgCenter.

(Distributed 07/27/05) Hundreds of sea oat plants bent in the breeze on a sandy beach as LSU AgCenter researchers walked among them, looking for plants with potential to help stem erosion on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast.

(Distributed 07/26/05) Researchers from the LSU AgCenter and Mississippi State University are starting a project to measure how well nonindustrial private forest landowners understand certification programs.

(Distributed 07/25/05) Brian Howard admits he sometimes wonders why he makes the effort to grow crops using conservation tillage methods. But then he says he sees the long-term benefits and realizes "it’s all worth it." Conservation tillage was just one of several best management practices Louisiana Master Farmer candidates learned when they toured Howard’s model farm here Thursday (July 21).

(Distributed 07/22/05) Solutions for many of the problems in West Carroll Parish are formulated by community leaders and residents who gather around a little yellow table in the back of an old country store here and discuss local issues. Dr. James Barnes, director of the LSU AgCenter’s Rural Development Center, frequently joins in those discussions, and he says every community should have a yellow table where ideas can be hashed out.

(Distributed 07/22/05) Forests will continue to be an integral part of the landscape of Louisiana and the entire South for years to come, according to speakers at a recent conference sponsored by the LSU AgCenter’s School of Renewable Natural Resources.

(Distributed 07/21/05) LSU AgCenter sugarcane researchers showcased new varieties at the sugarcane field day Wednesday (July 20). And LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station resident coordinator Dr. Kenneth Gravois said there is a tremendous amount of interest in these new varieties.

(Distributed 07/21/05) Louisiana produces about a million pounds of alligator waste – primarily carcasses – each year, and Texas, Georgia and Florida produce another 800,000 or so pounds a year. If LSU AgCenter researchers have their way, that waste will be turned into a usable product – collagen.

(Distributed 07/18/05) About 600 young horse enthusiasts participated in the LSU AgCenter’s 2005 State 4-H & FFA Horse Show, held for the first time at the Ike Hamilton Exposition Center here July 11-16.