(Distributed 05/27/11) Temple-Inland’s Bogalusa Paper Mill recently donated $5,000 to the Washington Parish office of the LSU AgCenter to help fund its programs.

(Distributed 05/27/11) MAMOU, La. – New Clearfield lines of rice are being tested that show promising results, LSU AgCenter rice breeders told Evangeline Parish farmers at a field day Tuesday (May 24).

(Distributed 05/27/11) LAKE ARTHUR, La. – An informational meeting on the increasing problem of saltwater spreading into marshes and irrigation canals will be held at 9 a.m.-noon, June 3 by the LSU AgCenter.

(Distributed 05/27/11) FENTON, La. – The LSU AgCenter Southwest Louisiana Rice Tour will be held June 1 starting at the Fenton Cooperative.

(Distributed 05/26/11) LSU AgCenter mapping websites with localized flood and wind hazard information became inundated with inquiries from the public concerned about their vulnerability of their property to rising water as the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers strain the levees.

(Distributed 05/26/11) The warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico produce nearly 30 percent of domestic seafood in the United States. Due to its diet of phytoplankton, our wild-caught seafood is more heart-healthy than farm-raised warm-water seafood from other parts of the world, said LSU AgCenter seafood specialist Lucina Lampila.

(Distributed 05/26/11) FRANKLINTON, La. – Drought conditions around the state were on the minds of most participants at the pasture renovation field day May 18 at the LSU AgCenter Southeast Research.

(Distributed 05/26/11) Louisiana farmers are waiting for rain, and planting is a little behind normal because of drought throughout the state, according to experts with the LSU AgCenter.

(Distributed 05/25/11) The Louisiana Master Gardener program, a service organization of the LSU AgCenter, continues a wide array of volunteer activities around the state.

(Distributed 05/25/11) Approximately 1,500 4-H members from across the state will participate in 43 contests and 12 Clover College tracks during the annual 4-H University June 21-24 on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge.