Sweet potatoes add color, nutrients to holiday meals The holidays are a perfect time to enjoy Louisiana sweet potatoes or yams, as they have come to be known. Louisiana yams are bred to have a soft, moist flesh and to be exceptionally sweet and flavo...
Fried turkey’s not necessarily unhealthful Fried turkey is not as unhealthful as it sounds – if you don't eat the skin of the bird, according to LSU AgCenter nutritionist Beth Reames. In fact, experts recommend not eating the skin no matter...
Louisiana farmers produce record soybean crop Louisiana farmers produced a record soybean crop this year, yielding 44 bushels on 1.11 million acres, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics. The previous high was 43 bushels in 20...
Thanksgiving dinner costs increase by 13.2 percent Louisiana cooks shopping for Thanksgiving will find the costs of traditional dinner items up this year. The 2012 Thanksgiving market basket will average $44.35 for 10 people, according to an LSU Ag...
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Add color to your fall landscape You can include in your landscape many trees and shrubs that will provide significant color in fall and winter year after year. Although decidedly less than spectacular this far south, late Novembe...
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Research focuses on hemorrhagic disease in deer An apparent increase in cases of hemorrhagic disease among deer in the Florida parishes of Louisiana has caused concern among hunters and wildlife experts. But that doesn’t mean the disease is on t...
Researchers study demographic changes in Gulf Region LSU AgCenter researchers are looking at eight key racial and ethnic groups in the Gulf of Mexico region to document their ties to the oil and gas industry and to examine the experiences of each gro...
New Orleans 4-H’ers design robot to clean up ‘oil spill’ NEW ORLEANS – Orleans Parish 4-H club members at Success Preparatory Academy in New Orleans took time away from regular school activities on Oct. 10 to build robots as part of the National Youth Sc...
Vote! Vote! get out, and Vote! Vote, vote, get out and vote! This call to action cannot be stressed enough.
Today, voting eligibility is determined by federal and state law, and unless you are under the age of 18, a convicted fe...
‘Crape murder’ coming early this year A poor horticulture practice in Louisiana and across the South involves one of our most beloved landscape trees. Each year, crape myrtles are pruned improperly. One of the ten commandments of garde...
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Hurricane Isaac survivors warned of fake building contractors With more than $218 million in state and federal recovery dollars in the hands of Louisiana's Hurricane Isaac survivors, fake building contractors and other con artists are angling to get their han...
Suggestions for homeowners, child care providers on Halloween night Suggestions for residents or homeowners for making Halloween a fun night of trick-or-treating:
• Pick up objects in the yard, sidewalk, or driveway that could create safety issues and be sure any t...
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