Information and updates about agriculture in and around Evangeline Parish.

Inside this Issue: Calendar of Activities, Blackbird Baiting Program to Begin in Mid-February, Variety Selection by Dr. Johnny Saichuk, Crawfish Meeting, Plant Back Interval For Popular Rice Burn-Down Herbicides, Winter Weed Burndown Prior to Rice Planting, Pesticide Re-Certification Meetings, E-Mail List Updating.

Inside this issue: January-March 2011 Calendar of Activities, Evangeline and St. Landry Parish Crop Production School Scheduled, Foundation Seed Rice Allocations and Three New Rice Varieties.

Information about: Master Farmer Training, Commercial Pesticide Applicator Training, Crawfish Referendum, Soybean Variety Test Plot Results, Calf to Carcass Program, Burn Ban Declared.

Newsletters providing news and information for Evangeline Parish agricultural producers and dealers.

Information about: Calendar of Activities; Rice Harvest Notes; Harvest Aid Application and Timing For Soybeans; Considerations When Planting Cool Season Forages; Dean Lee Bull Performance Testing Program; McNeese Heifer Enhancement and Development; Equi-Day and Evangeline Beef Classic.

Information about: Calendar of Activities; Rice Harvest Notes; Gramoxone Inteon Use as a Soybean Harvest Aid; Harvest Aid Application Timing to Soybeans; Considerations When Planting Cool Season Forages; McNeese State University Heifer Enhancement and Development.

Information about: Calendar of Activities; Sweet Potato Field Day; Rice Harvest Underway; Second Crop Rice; National Rice Month Scholarships; Fall Armyworm Invasion in Pastures; Evangeline Nitrogen Research Project.

Information about: Calendar of Activities; Rice Harvest; Second Crop Rice; Louisiana Market Maker; National Rice Month Scholarships; Fall Armyworm Invasion in Pastures; Louisiana Calf to Carcass Program; and McNeese State University Farm Beef Bull Grazing Program.

Information about: Calendar of Activities; Evangeline Parish Beef Cattle/Forage Field Day; 2010 Rice Research Station Field Day; 2010 Master Farmer Program Field Days; Rice Stink Bugs; Rice as Crawfish Forage; and Drain Timing.

This issue includes the following articles: Louisiana Suggested Chemical Weed, Insect and Disease Management Guides, Pesticide Applicator Recertification, Performance Evaluation of Beef Bulls -- Dean Lee Bull Test, Rice Seeding Rates and Dates, Email List Updating.