(Radio News 05/28/07) Unseasonably cold weather in April did not affect Louisiana’s large wheat crop. But other wheat-producing states did not fare as well. LSU AgCenter wheat specialist Dr. Ed Twidwell says that gives Louisiana growers an advantage. (Runtime: 60 seconds)

(Distributed 05/25/07) Crawfish producers learned at a meeting on May 23 that investigators have few answers to questions about how the White Spot Syndrome Virus infected four crawfish ponds in South Louisiana. Officials from several agencies said they have yet to come up with a key factor.

(Distributed 05/25/07) Restoring the Gulf Coast comes down to questions involving finances, political will and social sciences, John M. Barry told a conference on natural resources economics and policy Monday (May 21).

(Distributed 05/24/07) For many years pine needles have been the fuel for getting rid of underbrush in pine stands or the potential fuel for wildfires. But now the pine straw, which once was regarded only as waste, is proving to be a product with money-making potential.

(Distributed 05/24/07) The LSU AgCenter will again sponsor free educational seminars on gardening during the Sixth Annual Daylily Festival and Garden Show on Saturday, June 2.

(Distributed 05/24/07) By June, many of the final harvests of spring vegetables are under way, and some spring rows are bare from earlier picking. This month, however, still offers opportunities before summer gets so hot you have second thoughts about yard work, according to LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dr. Tom Koske.

(Distributed 05/24/07) As hurricane season begins, the leaders in the Louisiana Water/Waste Water Response Network are traveling the state urging utilities to form partnerships that could help avert service outages.

(Distributed 05/24/07) Organizations collaborating in the America’s Wetland Conservation Corps celebrated the kickoff of the effort recently (May 18) with a coastal restoration planting project.

(Distributed 05/24/07) A major rose project at the LSU AgCenter is a cooperative effort with Texas A&M University and Texas nurseries to study Earth Kind roses.

(Distributed 05/23/07) Southwestern Electric Power Co. of Shreveport has pledged a $10,000 endowment with the Louisiana 4-H Foundation that will positively impact 4-H’ers in six parishes. SWEPCO 4-H Leadership Scholarships will be given annually to select 4-H members to attend 4-H Camp at the Grant Walker 4-H Educational Center near Pollock, said Eric Eskew, executive director of the Louisiana 4-H Foundation.