This is a new fundraiser for DeSoto Parish 4-H. For every magazine purchased or renewed, we receive 40 percent profit. It's simple and easy. Make sure to use the DeSoto Parish Webcode # WC3310.

A quarterly newsletter from the LSU AgCenter's Family and Consumer Sciences Division.

A quarterly newsletter from the Horticulture Division of the LSU AgCenter's School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences.

This 2010 guide was compiled by LSU AgCenter experts and includes regulations, precautions and suggestions for pest control in Louisiana. Detailed topics include drift of pesticides, hazards of pesticides to beneficial insects and wildlife, phytotoxicity and use of beneficial insects to control pest populations. A section on organic gardening also is included.

This 2010 guide includes helpful information on herbicides and weed control with detailed suggestions for aquatics, commercial nursery stock, field crops, forestry, fruit crops, home gardens, lawns and many other Louisiana crops. It includes information on different types of herbicide registrations, as well as information on herbicide labels and restricted uses. Also included are sprayer calibration techniques, suggestions for reducing herbicide drift and a guide to proper spray tip selection.

Quarterly reports of forestry and wildlife management information for 2009 provided by Ricky L. Kilpatrick, area agent in forestry.

Links to the monthly DeSoto Parish 4-H newsletters with information for 4-H members and their families.

DeSoto Parish Family and Consumer Science Advisory Leadership Council minutes and members

Timber Tales is a quarterly newsletter which provides forestry and wildlife management information for 2010 and is provided by Ricky L. Kilpatrick, area agent in forestry.

Form needed to send chicken litter samples to the the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Lab in Homer, LA. The Lab is also able to do necropsy, bacteriology and serology test on poultry

Form needed to send potting mix samples to the the LSU AgCenter Soil Test Plant Analysis Lab.

Form needed to send leaf samples to the the LSU AgCenter Soil Test Plant Analysis Lab in order to get fertility recommendations for that Plant.

The 2009- 2010 cool-season pasture and forage varieties publication and 2010 Warm Season Pasture and Forage Crop Variety Suggestions contains information on cool season grass and legume varieties recommended to be planted in Louisiana in the fall and warm season grasses recommended to be planted in the spring. Recommended varieties, seeding date and seeding rate are also included in this publication

The DeSoto Parish Extension Service and DeSoto Cattleman Association will host a Quarterly meeting on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at the David Means Memorial 4-H Center in Grand Cane at 6:30 p.m. You do not have to be a member to attend.

Form needed to send water samples for irrigation and aquaculture to the LSU AgCenter Soil Test and Plant Analysis Lab

Form needed to send soil samples to the the LSU AgCenter Soil Test Plant Analysis Lab.

This guide for 2010 contains suggestions for management of the most important or more prevalent diseases of Louisiana plants. It includes information on fungicides, bactericides and nematicides, as well as safety precautions for using them.

Results of the 2010 LSU AgCenter Spring Livestock Show

DeSoto Parish Agriculture and Natural Resources Advisory Leadership Council Minutes and Members.

Nutrition and health news releases provided by Connie Aclin, Expanded Food and Nutrition Educational Program (EFNEP) Coordinator for DeSoto Parish.

Two Pesticide Recertification meetings will be held in DeSoto Parish on Wednesday, February 24 and Thursday, February 25th at the David Means Memorial 4-H Center in Grand Cane.

DeSoto Parish Extension Service program highlights, local issues and plans for this year.

Form used to send in forage samples to the LSU AgCenter Southeast Research Station Forage Lab.

Form used to send in feed and fertilizer samples to the LSU Agriculture Chemistry Lab

The attached file contains educational information on Handling Food Safely. Topics include: Shopping, Storage, Preperation, Thawing, Cooking, Serving, Leftovers, and Refreezing.

Useful links to State Fair of Louisiana, LSU AgCenter Livestock page , Louisiana Junior Show circuit and other related sites.

The Fertilizing Summer Hay Fields publication gives information on fertilizer recommendations for Bermuda grass and Bahia grass hay.

The Fertilizing Pastures publication gives information on fertilizer recommendations for warm and cool season pastures grown in Louisiana.

On Friday, May 1, 2009, six DeSoto youth attended the state 4-H Shooting Sports Competition in Lake Charles, La.

Results from the DeSoto Parish Spring Contest Day and the Area Cookery Contest.

Provides list of members and links to meeting minutes for the Joint Advisory Council.

DeSoto Parish Northwest Louisiana Dairy Advisory Council Minutes and Members.

Louisiana Wildlife News is a bi-monthly publication intended to serve as an outlet for wildlife issues relevant to Louisiana and the Southeast. In addition to current news events, profiles on specific plant, wildlife and nuisance wildlife species are included in each issue.

This guide for 2010 contains suggestions for management of the most important or more prevalent diseases of Louisiana plants. It includes information on fungicides, bactericides and nematicides, as well as safety precautions for using them.