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The United States Department of Agriculture's latest agricultural census reveals that the average age of agricultural producers in the United States is slowly rising and fewer young people are entering the profession.
With Louisiana demographics closely mirroring this national trend, there are growing concerns that our state and nation could lose its ability to remain competitive in national and global agricultural markets unless specific action is taken to deal with this critical workforce issue.
In 2010, the LSU AgCenter addressed this challenge by directly engaging Louisiana youth in the exploration of the various career options available to them in production agriculture and to lead them to the knowledge and resources to enter this profession.
This program is designed to provide a year-long intensive, quality educational experience which includes week-long summer institutes on the LSU-Baton Rouge campus, educational field trips, networking with peers and industry representatives, and pairing up with caring and knowledgeable adult mentors from the agricultural production sector.
We completed our first year this past July with a class of thirteen of our best and brightest high school students from across the state and are presently engaged with our outstanding new group of ten. By all indications, I am pleased to report that our initial efforts were met with much success. We therefore we wish to continue moving forward with the recruitment of the 2012-2013 Class.
Attached you will find an application and associated information. I ask all of you to assist us in identifying and nominating qualified student candidates for this unique program.
Thanks for working with us to promote this excellent educational opportunity across Louisiana.
Sincerely,
Paul D. Coreil
Vice Chancellor and Director
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| Last Updated: 12/16/2011 10:27:05 AM |
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