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(02/14/17) Lauren Martin spent her winter break with seven other students studying food and culture in Athens, Nafplion and Aegina, Greece.
(Video) In this story, explore new and old cover crops techniques used to improve the environment and farming conditions.
The 14th Annual Baton Rouge Spring Garden Show will be held March 12-13 at the John M. Parker Coliseum on Highland Road in Baton Rouge.
The 2016 Northshore Garden and Plant Sale will be held at the St. Tammany Parish Fairgrounds in Covington on March 18-19.
The 27th annual Florida Parishes Forestry Forum is scheduled for March 11 at the University Center at Southeastern Louisiana University.
The American Garden Rose Selections program has named it first winners in 2016 – Looks-A-Likes Phloxy Baby, Thomas Affleck and Dee-Lish.
(02/26/16) CROWLEY, La. – Farmers and crop consultants heard about several new chemicals to control weeds in rice from LSU AgCenter experts
(02/26/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – Twenty-two ag leaders have completed the two-year LSU AgCenter Agricultural Leadership Development program.
(02/26/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – A French official who visited the LSU AgCenter hopes to leverage cultural ties between France and Louisiana.
(02/26/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – Charlie Johnson has been awarded life membership in the Louisiana State Horticulture Society.
(02/24/16) NEW ORLEANS – The 37th Annual New Orleans Spring Garden Show will be held at the City Park Botanical Garden April 2-3.
(02/24/16) BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association awarded scholarships.
(02/24/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – As Louisiana gardeners prepare for the warmer days of the coming spring, many are anticipating a new season.
(02/23/16) DELCAMBRE, La. – The LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant will hold a Dock Day for shrimpers on March 8.
(02/22/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – An LSU AgCenter scientist is exploring using byproducts of sugar processing to make polymers.
(02/19/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – Phil Stouffer lived out his childhood dream on the southern slope of Mount Kilimanjaro.
(02/18/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU AgCenter is facing serious budget constraints unless the legislature comes up with significant funding
(02/04/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU AgCenter LaHouse Resource Center will offer a Lead Certified Renovator training course on Feb. 23 and a refresher course on March 10.
()2/04/16) OAK GROVE, La. – The LSU AgCenter will host a workshop on March 2-3 in Oak Grove to educate produce growers, packers and processors about GroupGAP, a new food safety certification program.
(02/04/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU AgCenter has released a guide listing grain sorghum hybrids that offer resistance to the sugarcane aphid, a pest that has caused significant damage to Louisiana’s sorghum crop in recent years.
(02/04/16) JENNINGS, La. – The possibility of exporting rice to China could become reality this year, and work continues to open trade with Cuba, the USA Rice president reported to rice growers at their annual meeting Wednesday (Feb. 3).
(02/04/16) HAMMOND, La. – Roses continue to be one of our most popular ornamental plants, and home gardeners should learn about and be aware of recommended management practices for them, said LSU AgCenter horticulturist Allen Owings.
(02/04/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – A group of Ascension Parish teachers spent a day away from their students to become students themselves. The teachers were learning how to develop school gardens as part of the LSU AgCenter’s Greauxing Gardens program at the AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden.
(02/04/16) BATON ROUGE La. – The LSU AgCenter will offer a seminar on Feb. 17 in Metairie to help educate home contractors, designers, inspectors and owners about new energy efficiency requirements.
(02/03/16) HAMMOND, La. – The Louisiana Nursery and Landscape Association in cooperation with the LSU AgCenter has scheduled a certified nursery and landscape professional manual review and exam for February 23-24, 2016, at the LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station.
(02/03/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU AgCenter vegetable specialist Kathryn Fontenot has been named the recipient of the 2016 John E. Hutchinson Extension Award for Young Professionals from the Southern Region of the American Society for Horticultural Science.
(02/03/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU AgCenter will hold a three-day workshop on April 20-22 to educate food processors about safety regulations and best practices for preventing contamination.
(02/02/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – 2015 was a challenge for many members of Louisiana’s diverse horticulture industry, which includes vegetable crops, fruit crops, pecans, sweet potatoes, sod farming, nursery crops, landscape contracting and retail garden centers, said LSU AgCenter horticulturist Allen Owings.
(01/02/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – Kids can decorate and make their own Valentine sugar cookie box and fill it with candy at What’s Cooking... @Burden on Feb. 13.
(02/01/16) AMITE, La. – The 2016 Camellia Garden Stroll at the LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station will be held on Feb. 21 from 1 to 4 p.m.
(02/19/16) BATON ROUGE, La. – Children between the ages of 3 and 8 are invited to enjoy book readings and related crafts during StoryTime a
