Welcome to the Northeast Research Station

Dr. Bob Hutchinson, Northeast Regional Director

The Northeast Research Station is a component of the LSU AgCenter's Agricultural Experiment Station, which conducts basic and applied research through 20 departments on the campus in Baton Rouge and 17 research stations located in strategic locations across the state. The Northeast Station is actually composed of two research locations, the Northeast Station at St. Joseph and the Macon Ridge Branch Station at Winnsboro. The two locations are approximately 40 miles apart but represent extremes in soil productivity and crop yield potential. Research conducted at the two stations is generally quite similar, but results and the recommendations that stem from the research are often quite different because of the variations in soils and environmental conditions.

The Northeast Research Station administrative office is at St. Joseph. Most of our personnel and business affairs are handled out of this office. Both stations are well staffed with project leaders who develop their own projects and are responsible for conducting research. Our scientists work closely with researchers from the other branch stations and the various LSU campus departments to solve problems and develop improved technologies for production agriculture. In addition, they work closely with LCES personnel, scientists from most of the major seed companies and agrichemical companies, and private crop consultants across the state to identify production problems and find solutions through cooperative research projects. This team approach to planning and conducting our research has been a key to our success. Both locations have excellent equipment and facilities to conduct agronomic and pest management research with all of the row crops and forages produced in this part of the state; however, some of our equipment is shared between the two stations.