Agriculture

CROWLEY, February 23, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation is soliciting applications from landowners interested in restoring or enhancing wetlands on private agricultural land in Louisiana through the Wetlands Reserve Program

The Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association inducted Dr. Ben Legendre, LSU AgCenter sugarcane scientist, into the Agricultural Hall of Fame during the organization’s annual conference recently

South Louisiana rice farmers are reporting some of their best yields ever this year as the harvest season winds down.
 
Yields in excess of 50 barrels – or 8,100 pounds – per acre have

LAKE ARTHUR, La. – Brutal summer heat that lasts into the night could bring bacterial panicle blight to this year’s rice crop, an LSU AgCenter plant pathologist warned Tuesday, July 7, at the Vermilion Parish Rice Field Day held at the Lounsberry farm near Lake Arthur.

HOUSTON—The US Rice Producers Association announced today that ample funding has been provided to the Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service

MAMOU, La. – Two new long-grain rice varieties could be released by the LSU AgCenter this year if they continue to show solid results, according to Dr. Steve Linscombe, LSU AgCenter rice breeder.