• By Daniel Stephenson •
The major issue I have discussed with Louisiana crop producers, Louisiana State University AgCenter parish agents, agricultural consultants and agricultural industry this year is glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass. It is not a new problem for Louisiana...
One year after a nighttime tornado destroyed several buildings at the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Center near Alexandria, progress is being made to fully restore facilities.
AgCenter Central Region director Tara Smith said the storm heavily damaged...
Caterpillars like to eat, and soybeans are often a favorite meal.
In Louisiana and other southern states, worms commonly cause economic damage to soybeans. Corn earworm larvae feed on every major row crop. Though they start in corn, the second...
• By David Moseley •
The soybean planting season in Louisiana has had a slow start in 2021 due to weather conditions. The U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Agricultural Statistics Service report March 28 indicated there were no soybean acres planted....
• By David Moseley •
The first planting of a planting date trial was sown at the Dean Lee Research Station on March 22. This research trial will also be planted at the Rice Research Station in Crowley and the...
• By Bruce Schultz •
An Louisiana State University graduate student has identified and named a new fungal species that causes a devastating soybean disease, and the finding has been published in a scientific journal.
LSU doctoral student Teddy Garcia-Aroca identified...
• By David Moseley and Rasel Parvej •
I am hearing that producers may plant soybean in fields that have not been planted to soybean during the last few years. Soybean plants have the ability to fix nitrogen, however, the...
• By Kenneth Gautreaux •
Having a healthy farm economy is important on the local and national levels. To help farmers make informed choices, Louisiana State University AgCenter economists have released their latest budget planning and decision tools for the...
• By Donna S. Gentry and Lisa M. Fultz •
Integrating winter cover crops into an agricultural system is not new, but the potential for improved soil health and crop production have renewed producer interest over the past decade. According...
Like many other meetings during the past several months, the Tri-State Soybean Forum has moved to a virtual format for 2021.
Hosted by the Louisiana State University AgCenter this year, the annual meeting includes crop updates from specialists from Louisiana,...
• By Kenneth Gautreaux •
The LSU AgCenter and the LSU College of Agriculture announced the winners of their annual faculty and staff awards during a recent virtual ceremony.
Blair Hebert, an area agricultural agent from Iberia Parish, received the Floyd...
• By Johnny Morgan •
A group of LSU AgCenter scientists have been awarded one of 20 national grants to look at ways to decrease the use of groundwater and increase the use of fresh water in agricultural production.
The grant...
The Louisiana Soybean Grain Research and Promotion Board awarded a grant to Louisiana State University weed scientist Lauren Lazaro to find ways of controlling weeds at harvest through a tactic called harvest weed weed control.
Lazaro’s soybean board grant focuses...
• By David Moseley, Daniel Stephenson, Sebe Brown, Boyd Padgett, Trey Price and Michael Deliberto •
The 2020 soybean season has been one for the history books.
In March, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated Louisiana producers would increase soybean acres...
• By Daniel Stephenson and Josh Copes •
Glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass has been an issue in the mid-South for the past 10 to 15 years. In Louisiana, growers have been battling this pest for five to 10 years, and the...
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