Seven 4-H'ers represented Morehouse Parish at 4-H University on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge June 23-26, 2009.

Topics covered include: upcoming events, pet show, summer news, clover corner, article submissions, October club meetings, why breakfast, character counts, shooting sports, commodity cookery and junior leader club.

Description of 4-H activities in Morehouse Parish

Many different strategies are available for fertilizing pastures. They vary according to stocking rate, presence or absence of legumes and whether the pastures consist of summer or winter plants. Includes information on soil testing, pH, liming and winter annuals. (PDF Format Only)

Sweet potato nutrition information, per-capita consumption, products and U.S. production statistical information. (PDF Format Only)

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

This publication includes information on conserving existing trees, planting and transplanting, pruning, tree fertilization, street and parking area plantings, tree evaluation, tree lists and a quick tree selection guide.

Based on information from the Centers for Disease Control, this fact sheet provides details about the latest "swine flu" virus and ways you can try to protect yourself and others from it.

This 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.

This report presents estimates of projected production costs for the production of cotton, soybeans, corn, grain sorghum and wheat in Northeast Louisiana for the 2009 crop year.