Dr. David Boethel, Vice Chancellor, LSU AgCenter and Director for the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station

The LSU AgCenter operates 20 research locations across the state. These stations work with crops and animals in the same environments and conditions as the state’s farmers, ranchers and foresters to ensure the information they supply meets the needs of Louisiana’s producers. The research focus, special features, size, location and contact information for each research station is included.

The mission of the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station is to enhance the quality of life for Louisiana's citizens through basic and applied research. "Research Highlights" focuses on a few of the latest and greatest developments from our research.

A grassy plant used worldwide for erosion control and a new pop-up termite indicator may provide new, environmentally safe weapons in the arsenal to combat subterranean termites.

2008 Issue: Agriculture is a multibillion dollar industry for Louisiana -- creating jobs and generating income in rural and urban areas. This publication contains facts about Louisiana's agricultural commodities, agriculture's monetary value, what agriculture is and what agriculture means to you.

(Distributed 02/27/09) Gene Reagan, LSU AgCenter entomologist, has been doggedly studying the Mexican rice borer’s spread northward from the Rio Grande Valley for almost 30 years. The insect, which damages rice and sugarcane, has been migrating through Texas at the rate of 15 miles a year. In 2006, it was found in east Texas just one county away from Louisiana, and, sure enough, two weeks before the end of 2008, borers showed up in two traps on the Louisiana-Texas line north of Vinton.

To reduce losses caused by hungry birds, aquaculture farmers spend as much as $100,000 a year on abatement programs. Now, two LSU AgCenter agricultural engineers have developed robotic boats to keep these predators out of commercial ponds.

Sugar mills in Louisiana may be able to produce high-quality, value-added products, thanks to innovative techniques developed by Dr. Michael Saska, a researcher at the LSU AgCenter’s Audubon Sugar Institute.