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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)

St Landry Parish field day provides plethora of information

Mon, 07/11/2016 - 7:27am Harlan Kirgan

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.

Susan McCouch, of the Cornell University Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, will talk about the potential for advances in rice breeding at the annual field day at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station on June 29. (Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter)

Top rice geneticist to speak at rice field day

Thu, 06/02/2016 - 3:16pm Harlan Kirgan

One of the world’s leading rice geneticists will speak at the annual field day at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station on June 29.

LSU AgCenter weed scientist Eric Webster, standing far right, talks with farmers in Crowley about new herbicides. The LSU AgCenter held three meetings for rice and soybean farmers Jan. 5-7 in Welsh, Ville Platte and Crowley. More meetings are scheduled for Jan. 19 in Mansura, Feb. 2 in Rayville and Feb. 25 in Breaux Bridge. (Photo by Bruce Schultz, LSU AgCenter)

Rice farmers hear optimistic outlook for 2016

Sat, 01/09/2016 - 6:30pm Harlan Kirgan

Rice farmers attending the first three of a series of LSU AgCenter producer meetings came away with reasons for optimism this year, with the start of planting season only two months away.

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