Sprouted rice. Photo by Ken Lyon near Roberts Cove in Acadia Parish.
Heavy rains that recently caused historic flooding in south Louisiana will cost the state’s agriculture industry at least $110 million, according to preliminary estimates from the LSU AgCenter.
A flood-damaged home requires special attention to avoid further damage and health hazards from molds, other fungi, algae and bacteria.
LSU AgCenter soybean specialist Ron Levy talks about the benefits of planting soybeans early during the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research Station field day on July 14. Photo by Bruce Schultz
Row crop farmers and consultants attending the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research Station field day on July 14 heard about research to help them improve their operations and increase profits.
St. Landry Parish farmer Charlie Fontenot explains an experimental rice crop grown on a 40-acre field with limited irrigation during an LSU AgCenter field day held on his farm on July 6. Fontenot said the crop used 48 percent less water than an adjacent field that was conventionally flooded. (Photo by Bruce Schultz)
An LSU AgCenter field day held on July 6 at the Charlie Fontenot farm in St. Landry Parish offered a smorgasbord of information on a variety of crops and ways to grow them.
LSU AgCenter undergraduate researcher Elizabeth Pohlman separates mosquitoes in pupal stage from those in larval stage at an LSU mosquito lab. The researchers are conducting a number of projects to understand more about the habits of particular mosquito species and how to resist them. Photo by Randy LaBauve
Summer is not far away, and with it will come swarms of mosquitoes, which bring the threat of West Nile virus, eastern equine encephalitis and the potential for other diseases like Zika virus.
