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Richland Parish: A Rural Farming Community Rich in Tradition
Richland Parish Map

Richland Parish is a rural farming community with a history that reflects a population that has overcome great odds in taming wild canebrakes and swamps and converting the rich soil underneath into the most productive farmland in an agricultural state.

Enjoy Your Food, But Eat Less
Food

Many dieters believe that losing weight means giving up delicious foods. Try these 10 tips to help you make healthier choices when planning and serving family meals.

Beginning the New Year with a Healthy Food Plan
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Danna Gillett, Family & Consumer Sciences Agent, provides easy to use suggestions for maintaining a healthy food plan after the Christmas holidays.

How to Care for Fresh Christmas Trees
Christmas tree

Richland Parish County Agent, Keith Collins, provides tips about the proper care and maintenance of freshly cut Christmas trees.

Warm Up with Healthy Soups
Child with soup and garden salad
Great tips for one-pot soups prepared with less fat and salt can be part of a healthy meal plan for your family.
Ground Covers in the Landscape
Ivy
Living ground covers are defined as plants used to cover areas of the landscape. They generally have a creeping or prostrate growth habit and grow no taller than two feet.
September is National Childhood Obesity Month
Children
In an effort to increase awareness, prevent childhood obesity and save billions of dollars in unnecessary health care costs, September has been designated as National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month.
Early Season Wheat Production
Wheat
County Agent, Keith Collins, writes about early season wheat production based on the 2011 certified acres by parishes/percent of state in northeast Louisiana.
Fall Lawn Fertilization and Maintenance
How to take soil samples
Louisiana lawns continue to grow into the fall and should continue to be mowed and watered as needed; however, it is getting time to put away the fertilizer spreader for the winter.
Water: It's Good for You
Water
Lack of adequate moisture, whether rain or a glass of water, can cause serious problems for all living organisms, especially humans. Just like your garden, pets and livestock, you need an adequate supply of water for good health.
Cotton Harvest Aid Guidelines for Louisiana
harvest aids
2011 Recommendations. One of the last, but most important, steps in producing a cotton crop is harvest preparation. Successful preparation includes scheduling for defoliation and harvest operations, removing foliage and facilitating boll opening. Use these recommendations for a successful cotton harvest. (PDF Format Only)
Ag Newsletter: July 2011
Soybeans
County Agent Keith Collins provides information about soybean harvest aid timing, determining when to apply harvest aids, soybean irrigation termination and pest management update on corn, soybeans, rice and cotton in Richland Parish.
Recognizing and Controlling Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy
"Leaves of three, let it be" is the old saying regarding poison ivy, a tall vine that climbs tree trunks, wood fences, or other flat surfaces.
Ag Newsletter, May 2010
Corn
Newsletter with information about 2,4-D (as a burndown) potentially injuring corn and about cotton seed treatments and thrip protection. Please click on the links to the PDF and Word document below the second photo.