LSU Ag Center

While we enjoy a lot of treats around this time of year, many of them can be toxic for your pets!

Louisiana's black bear populations have recovered so well that the Department of Wildlife is proposing a limited hunting season. Here's when that will happen.

Farmers are having a hard time finding enough crop after the historic winter to justify pulling their traps.

Don't be in a hurry to give up on a plant this soon after the extreme cold snap.

Replant the crop or take a chance and hope that the high water won't diminish yields to badly. That's the question Louisiana corn producers are struggling to answer right now.

If you're losing weight and want to have better fitting clothes then this study needs you as much as you need it. Find out how you can be a part of this study.

The avian flu is to blame when it comes to the cost of your Thanksgiving meal costing just a little bit more this year.

The new unit will merge the LSU AgCenter's Organization Development and Evaluation office with the College of Agriculture's agricultural and extension education program.

The acid is extractable from molasses, syrup or mud generated during syrup production.

Continue following this post as we will update it throughout the day as we receive more information on disaster recovery.

It is very likely that prices for food will start going up in the near future.  L-S-U Agriculture Center economist Kurt Guidry says you should more than likely start to budget more for food in the coming weeks due to the drought across much of the United States...

Whether it is biofuels plants, oil and gas activity or wild pigs, the LSU AgCenter is offering a forum to talk about all these in February 23rd in Alexandria.

Stan Dutile with the LSU Ag Center and Angie Arnould with the Lafayette branch of the LSU Ag Center brought two students to "Mornings With Ken and Bernie".  Niki Dutile says she is raising cattle and pigs this year, while Jade Daspit is raising 30 chickens and several goats.  They are all for sale this weekend.

You have a chance to voice your opinion on farming regulation burdens.

The record heat and drought conditions in the state have put a tremendous amount of stress on trees.

The LSU AgCenter has cut more than a quarter of its staff in the last three years and closed several research stations, but still faces a budget $3 million in the red.

(Information in the following story is from: The Advocate, http://www.2theadvocate.com) BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State University is closing three of its Agricultural Center research stations in the face of state budget cuts.

The LSU AgCenter says timber and poultry exports to Asia helped Louisiana's agricultural economy recover to $9.9 billion last year, up 20 percent from the $8.3 billion total in 2009.

NEW ORLEANS — The LSU AgCenter says timber and poultry exports to Asia helped Louisiana's agricultural economy recover to $9.9 billion last year, up 20 percent from the $8.3 billion total in 2009.

Louisiana strawberry crops are bouncing back nicely from the freezing cold of January and February.