Agriculture
Work on the Environmental Education Center began three years ago. It was used at last summer's camp. But this summer it will be complete with more activities available for campers. (PHOTO/LSU Ag Center)
New environmental center offers more outdoors activities for 4-H campers
Finishing touches are being made to the 30-acre expansion of LSU AgCenter’s Camp Grant Walker that will give 4-H campers the chance this summer to study wetlands ecosystems, to learn about boating ...
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H-2B guest worker wages increased by 32 percent
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said crawfish plants that employ temporary guest workers as crawfish peelers could be forced to pay hourly wages that are on average 32 pe...
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ZHS Agriscience/FFA students with teacher Kathy Conorly, from left, are: Roe Rogers, Conor Fontenot, Kirsten Fontenot, Hannah Thompson and Forest Beavers. (PHOTO/Stacy Gill)
ZHS Agriscience/FFA students welcome spring with annual plant sale
Spring was definitely in the air last weekend on the Zachary High campus. The ZHS Agriscience Department and Future Farmers of America held their annual Spring Plant Sale in the school’s production...
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Louisiana agriculture worth up 7 percent in 2011 to $10.7 billion
Agriculture was worth $10.7 billion to the state’s economy last year, according to numbers from the LSU AgCenter’s 2011 Ag Summary. This was up seven percent from 2010, which represents a strong im...
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Get It Growing: Cucumber family provides many favorite vegetables
The cucumber family, properly known as the Cucurbitaceae (cu-cur-bit-A-cee-ee), provides a wide variety of vegetables popular for the spring, summer and fall home vegetable garden. Members of the c...
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East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden and LSU AgCenter vice chancellor and director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Paul Coreil discuss the LSU and SU AgCenter programs in the parish during the recent appreciation luncheon in the Baton Rouge Metro Council Chambers. (PHOTO/LSU Ag)
LSU, SU AgCenters show appreciation to parish government
The faculty from both the LSU and SU AgCenters met recently in the East Baton Rouge Metro Council Chambers to give their progress report for the year’s activities along with reports from their clie...
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Encore azaleas bloom in spring in the Margie Y. Jenkins Azalea Garden at the Hammond Research Station. (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
Azalea season is here
As we enter late March, we are enjoying the blooms of our main traditional southern garden shrub – the azalea. These plants are abundantly planted and represent a large percentage of landscape plan...
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SU Ag Center Horse Show April 20 - 22
The Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center will host the Annual Horse Show April 20 - 22 at the Maurice A. Edmond Livestock Show Arena in Baker. Trail riders from as far as ...
Mar 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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SU Ag Center Rabbit Show slated for April 14
Youth from across the state will travel to the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center for the annual State and National Rabbit Show, April 14. The Show will take place at th...
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Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program Coupon enrollment process now open
Zachary, Slaughter, Baton Rouge Farmers Markets participating
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Chile is a large producer of vegetables such as carrots and corn.
LSU Ag's Dr. Bobby Soileau explains agricultural differences to fellow Rotarians
Director of LSU AgCenter’s Agricultural Leadership Development program, Dr. Bobby Soileau, also a Rotarian, recently led travel seminars to Washington, D.C., and California, and an intensive two-we...
Mar 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Get It Growing: Dealing with scale insects
Scale insects are one of the more common groups of insects that attack plants. You may find them feeding on trees, shrubs and even indoor plants. When they first hatch out of their eggs, scale inse...
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