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MarketMaker online tool helps La. ag-related businesses sell their products
(Distributed 11/24/10) A free Internet marketing tool offered by the LSU AgCenter for Louisiana agriculture-related businesses provides an avenue to increase opportunities to buy and sell locally produced food. John Westra, LSU AgCenter economist, said the MarketMaker website is like a sign that says, "We are open for business."
DNR secretary receives National Friend of Extension Award
(Distributed 11/30/10) Scott Angelle, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and former Louisiana lieutenant governor, has received the national Epsilon Sigma Phi (ESP) Friend of Extension Award for his support and promotion of the LSU AgCenter’s 4-H youth program.
4-H Camp to receive land donation from RoyOMartin
(Distributed 11/12/10) POLLOCK, La. -- The closing on 10.77 acres of land donated to the LSU AgCenter Grant Walker 4-H Educational Center by RoyOMartin is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 18, at 10:30 a.m.
LSU AgCenter seeking photos for 2012 Get It Growing Calendar
(Distributed 11/22/10) The LSU AgCenter is seeking photos for its 2012 Get It Growing Calendar and has issued the call for entries in the contest that selects photos for the annual calendar. Both garden lovers and photography enthusiasts have the opportunity for their work to be chosen for the Get It Growing Calendar by submitting entries in the contest, which closes Jan. 31.
Protect your family with lead-safe home renovation
(Distributed 11/12/10) If your home was built before 1978, it could have lead-based paint. Any renovation, repair or painting project that disturbs lead paint could result in a health hazard if lead-safe work practices are not used before, during and after the project, according to Claudette Reichel, LSU AgCenter housing specialist.
Lafargue Elementary School 4-H team
4-H helps Lego robotics teams
(Distributed 11/30/10) MANSURA, La. – The LSU AgCenter 4-H program helped students participate in a statewide robotics competition in New Orleans, and one of the teams received an award for its rookie performance.
6 Louisiana 4-H’ers compete in national poultry, egg competition
(Distributed 11/23/10) Six 4-H’ers represented Louisiana at the National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 17-18, 2010, according to Theresia Lavergne, LSU AgCenter poultry specialist and leader of the 4-H poultry project.
Caddo Parish schools receive national character award
(Distributed 11/16/10) SHREVEPORT, La. – Caddo Parish Public Schools, winner of the Louisiana Promising Practices award, went on to win a national Promising Practices Award for recognition in social-emotional and character development.
First Caddo Parish cotton bale auctioned
(Distributed 11/2/10) SHREVEPORT, La. – The first bale of cotton ginned this year in Caddo Parish was sold to a group of bidders for $4,100 on Oct. 28 at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum during a producers luncheon at the State Fair of Louisiana.
Thanksgiving dinner costs increase by 9 percent
(Distributed 11/11/10) Louisiana cooks shopping for Thanksgiving will find the costs of basic dinner items up this year. The 2010 Thanksgiving market basket will average $40.64 for 10 people, according to an LSU AgCenter survey.
LSU AgCenter gets $600,000 NSF grant to improve research labs
(Distributed 11/24/10) The National Science Foundation has awarded the LSU AgCenter a $600,000 grant to make upgrades in the biotechnology laboratories in Harry D. Wilson Laboratory building on the LSU campus.
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Students learn about ‘AgMagic’ at Louisiana State Fair
(Distributed 11/05/10) SHREVEPORT, La. – AgMagic at the State Fair answered a question that has been bugging one Bossier City student for years. “What happens if a bug gets into cotton?” asked Dallas Kaiser, 10, a student at Meadowview Elementary School in Bossier City.
LSU AgCenter receives grant for farmers market conference
(Distributed 11/29/10) The LSU AgCenter recently received a grant of $21,350 to support a one-day conference for farmers markets in Louisiana.
Rains prompt start of pecan harvest
(Distributed 11/17/10) Clusters of pecans stayed in trees longer than usual this year in Louisiana. Dry weather throughout summer and into fall kept them in place, according to Randy Sanderlin, coordinator of the LSU AgCenter Pecan Research and Extension Station at Shreveport.
horses crossing a bridge
Dozens participate in Master Horseman trail ride
(Distributed 11/12/10) CADE, La. – Karen Ainsworth of Houma was letting her horse munch on grass as a well-deserved reward for a satisfying day with the first LSU AgCenter Master Horseman trail ride.
TransGenRx awarded $244,479 grant
(Distributed 11/04/10) TransGenRx, a Baton Rouge biopharmaceutical manufacturing company started through licensing agreements with the LSU AgCenter, has been awarded a $244,479 grant under the Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project (QTDP) for its project “Engineered Gylcosylated Interferons for the Treatment of Viral Disease, Melanoma and MS.”
LSU AgCenter announces 3 new rice varieties
(Distributed 11/17/10) CROWLEY, La. – The Louisiana Rice Research Board learned Tuesday (Nov. 16) that farmers will have three new varieties of rice, developed by the LSU AgCenter, to consider for planting.
Louisiana State Arthropod Museum receives NSF grant
(Distributed 11/02/10) The LSU AgCenter has received a major award from the National Science Foundation to support developing a database and image library at the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum and consolidating data from five additional arthropod collections.
Farm panel offers insights on agritourism
(Distributed 11/11/10) START, La. – A panel of farmers practicing agritourism shared their successes at a natural resource enterprises workshop sponsored by the LSU AgCenter on Nov. 9 at Curry Farms near Rayville.
LSU AgCenter gets grant to study sweet potato weed control
(Distributed 11/03/10) The LSU AgCenter has received a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to study weed management options in commercial sweet potato production.
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