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Rice Industry Holds 3 Key Winter Meetings
Rice Meeting

These meetings remain one of the best avenues for technology transfer because they provide access to many different sources of information, as well as the opportunity for dialogue and information exchange.

Coastal Marsh Plants Field Day
Coastal Marsh Plants Field Day

The Coastal Marsh Plants Field Day will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at the Rice Research Station located in Crowley, La. Click for more details.

Rice Research Station starts second century
Rice fields

The LSU AgCenter’s Rice Research Station in Crowley, La., is celebrating a century of operation in 2009, making it the oldest facility of its kind in the Western Hemisphere.

A century of rice research
Rice Research Station Video

For 100 years, the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station has been conducting research and developing new rice varieties that benefit the rice industry in Louisiana as well as other states. This video takes you through history and research of the Rice Research Station.

Rice Research Station turns 100
puerto rico nursery
Nearly all of the rice grown in Louisiana was developed at the LSU AgCenter’s Rice Research Station in Crowley. The world’s first herbicide-resistant rice, which helps Louisiana producers fight the weeds that historically have plagued their rice, was discovered at the station. The station celebrates 100 years in 2009.