The Tipton Team Research Award went to the precision agriculture team, which includes,left to right, back row: Josh Temple, research associate, Northeast Research Station;Keith Morris, assistant professor, Biological & Agricultural Engineering; Ralph Bagwell,professor, Northeast Region; and Dennis Burns, research associate, Entomology. Middlerow, left to right, Roger Leonard, professor, Macon Ridge Research Station; MauriceWolcott, research associate, Plant Pathology; and Ken Paxton, professor, AgriculturalEconomics. Front row, left to right, Ernie Clawson, assistant professor, and Gene Burris,professor, both at the Northeast Station; Boyd Padgett, associate professor, Macon RidgeStation; Charles Overstreet, professor, Plant Pathology; and Roberto Barbosa, assistantprofessor, Biological & Agricultural Engineering. Not pictured is Randy Price, formerlywith Biological & Agricultural Engineering. (Photo by Mark Claesgens)

• Doyle Chambers Research Award – Lane Foil, professor, Department of Entomology.
• Rogers Excellence in Research Award – Donnie Miller, resident coordinator and weed scientist, Northeast Research Station, St. Joseph.
• Excellence in Extension Award – Johnny Saichuk, rice specialist stationed in Crowley.
• Floyd S. Edmiston Award – Claudette Reichel, housing specialist in the Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering.
• Denver T. and Ferne Loupe Extension Team Award – Albert “Rusty” Gaude, fisheries and coastal issues agent based in Plaquemines Parish; Kevin Savoie, fisheries and coastal issues agent in Southwest Louisiana based in Lake Charles; and Mark Schexnayder, a fisheries and coastal issues agent based in Metairie, who also serves as the coordinator of the AgCenter’s hurricane recovery efforts in that area.
• Ganelle Bullock Staff Outstanding Service Award – Tammy Heil, administrative program specialist for the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station.
• Outstanding Service Award for Associates – Franklin “Randy” Wright, research associate, Central Research Station, Baton Rouge.
• 4-H Service-Learning Award – Angie Arnould, Jan Coussan and Charles Hebert, 4-H agents in Lafayette Parish.

(This article was published in the winter 2007 issue of Louisiana Agriculture.)