Agriculture
USDA designates several La. parishes as drought disaster areas
On Aug. 15, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., received notice from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that four Louisiana parishes ...
Aug 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sunflowers flourish at the LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station. (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
You can plant sunflowers now
Sunflowers are among the easiest flowers to grow, and they thrive in the heat of our summers. It may be towards the end of summer, but you can still plant sunflowers and enjoy them during fall. In ...
Aug 15, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Strain cautions citizens to prepare for Influenza Season
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) and Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) are monitoring reports of influenza virus H3N2v from county fairs in other states....
Aug 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mosquito repellants offer various levels of protection
The best way to avoid mosquito bites and the threat that comes with them is to avoid infested areas, wear protective clothing and use insect repellant, according to LSU AgCenter entomologist Dennis...
Aug 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Heirloom tomatoes tend to be misshapen and off-color, which makes it hard to produce them for today’s market. They also tend to have a softer texture, which makes them juicier to eat but not good for shipping. (PHOTO/Linda Foster Benedict)
Heirloom tomatoes thought to taste better
The fascination with heirloom tomatoes has some backyard growers willing to give up the qualities that brought improvement to hybrid varieties in exchange for old fashioned flavor, according to LSU...
Aug 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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LRN, La. Farm Bureau Merge Ag News Programming
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Farm Bureau Radio Network is merging its farm broadcasting operations with the Louisiana Radio Network’s Agri-News division, creating one of the largest farm radio netwo...
Aug 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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A well-managed neighborhood pond, such as this one in Baton Rouge can increase property values five to 15 percent. (PHOTO/Linda Foster Benedict)
Ponds provide recreational opportunities, increase property values
Many people enjoy living near a body of water. For this reason, there has been an increase in the number of recreational ponds built in Louisiana over the past 10 years, according to Greg Lutz, an ...
Aug 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Financial Education Boot Camps provide training, free resources for teachers
A Financial Education Boot Camp to train teachers to teach financial skills to high school students will be Sept. 12 in Baton Rouge and Sept. 14 in Alexandria, according to Jeanette Tucker, LSU AgC...
Aug 06, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fish kills likely during drought, high temperature conditions
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has asked the public to be aware of a possible increase in fish kills throughout area water bodies as a result of the recent weather conditions tha...
Aug 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Louisiana hay restrictions waived to help Texas ranchers
An executive order was issued Aug. 1 waiving size restrictions and permit fees on oversized loads of hay enroute to Texas. The Departments of Transportation and Development, Public Safety and Reven...
Aug 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Qis Carmine gomphrena. (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
New gomphrena varieties offer more landscape options
A tough plant that will keep blooming through summer and into fall, gomphrena likes really high temperatures. Sometimes called globe amaranth, legend has it that the original planting was at the ga...
Aug 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Donald G. Luther, Jr. working a cow. (PHOTO/anaplasmosis.com)
Anaplasmosis vaccine gains additional approvals
Missouri and Kentucky have have joined the list list of states approved by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture for sales of an anaplasmosis vaccine marketed by University Products LLC of Baton R...
Jul 31, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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