Agriculture

An airplane dropping rice into a flooded field near Jennings flies overhead early in the planting season as farmer John Compton, of Hathaway, sets out a propane-powered scare gun – a non-lethal device used to make a loud noise to scare birds from a field. (Photo by Bruce Schultz)

Warm weather perks up state's rice crop

Warm weather has perked up the 2014 Louisiana rice crop after a cold, wet spring that delayed planting for many farmers.
“In general, the crop is off to a pretty good start,” said Steve Linscombe, rice breeder and director of the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station.

LSU AgCenter animal science researcher Glen Gentry talks about his new research project that is using toxicants to control feral hogs. Gentry’s talk was at one of the stops at the annual wildlife field day at the Bob R. Jones-Idlewild Research Station near Clinton on May 3. (Photo by Johnny Morgan)

Controlling wild hogs, managing deer herd hot topics at Field Day

A new research project designed to control feral hogs was discussed at the LSU AgCenter wildlife field day at the Bob R. Jones-Idlewild Research Station near Clinton on May 3.

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