There are many disease problems that will plague tomatoes grown in our parish. Some of the major problems are Fusarium wilt, early blight, buckeye rot, blossom-end rot and spotted wilt viruses---just to name a few.

The Washington Parish Advisory Leadership Council met to discuss local, state, and national situations as it relates to the AgCenter

The Washington Parish Dairy Advisory Committee met to discuss local, state, and national dairy situations.

Click here for the March 13, 2012, edition of the Washington Parish newsletter, Let's Get Growing. Topics covered include: Spring vegetable planting; pest affecting azaleas and roses; weeds in the lawn.

The 2012 Washington Parish Achievement Day will take place at the Washington Parish Fairgrounds in Franklinton, Louisiana, on April 19, 2012. Find out about information and materials you will need to compete.

This report provides information on funding sources, program highlights for the area, and local issues that are being faced by the parish through the Extension Service.

Click here for the December 12, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish newsletter "Let's Get Growing." Topics covered include: Poinsettias and Christmas Tree care, gardening during the holidays, last minute gift ideas, foundation sweet potato seeds and pruning fruit trees

Check out the new Food, Family & Finance Blog. Experts from the LSU AgCenter’s Southeast Region invite you to read and discuss all things relating to food, family and finance.

Click here for the Sept. 8, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish newsletter, Let's Get Growing. Topics covered include: Vegetables that can be planted during the month of September, insect control and rose care.

Click here for the September 2011 Washington Parish 4-H Newsletter. Find out about how to join 4-H, sign up for project clubs, enter projects in to the fair, and how to fill out your enrollment card.

Information about the 4-H Program in Washington Parish

Click here for the August 8, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish newsletter "Let's Get Growing." Topics covered include: Heat tolerant tomato varieties, pruning and planting roses, crape/crepe myrtle suckers and sooty mold.

Click here for theJuly 7, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish newsletter, Let's Get Growing. Topics covered include: Watermelon, Heat-tolerant vegetables and fruit care for blueberries.

Click here for the May 18, 2011, edition of the Washington Parish newsletter, Let's Get Growing. Topics covered include: Crape myrtles, heat tolerant plant suggestiions, lawn care in dry conditions and galls on pecan trees.

The High School Financial Planning Program is offered statewide each summer in nine cities. On July 8, 2010, LSU AgCenter agents Valerie Vincent and Deborah Cross taught the Baton Rouge, La. session at the LSU AgCenter.

The LSU AgCenter offers a valuable Character Critters program for students. To find out how to offer the Character Critters program in your Washington Parish school, contact Valerie Vincent.

The Louisiana Department of Social Services and Family & Consumer Sciences staff of the LSU AgCenter are pleased to recognize the outstanding graduates that have completed First Step Fund’s Child Care Business Curriculum Series.

LSU AgCenter Agents Valerie Vincent and Emily Becnel have been conducting nutrition lessons weekly all summer throughout the parishes summer camps.

Educators who want to learn how to teach high school students about money management may enroll in the High School Financial Planning Program workshops. The workshops are open to high school teachers, home school parents, youth group organizers, church youth leaders and the public and are offered at no charge.

Are you ready to own a home? Home ownership may be closer than you think! Charting Your Course to Home Ownership Home Buyer Education Classes are being offered in Franklinton, La.

Okra is one of the favorite summer vegetables in the Southern diet because it grows through the hot summer months when few other fresh vegetables are available from the garden. The fresh flavor of okra can be enjoyed all winter by freezing the summer surplus. Use these freezing guidelines to enjoy okra year-round. (PDF Format Only)