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| LBlack@agcenter.lsu.edu | |
| 202M Knapp Hall Baton Rouge, LA 70803 |
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| 225-578-3629 |
Click the link above to find online training available through SharePoint which includes: CMS/Page Editor, Sitecore Express and Web Accessibility Guidelines. If you would like personalized or group training, please contact me at lblack@agcenter.lsu.edu or cms@agcenter.lsu.edu to schedule an online training session through Teams. We also have a CMS Training Moodle Course.
This club is open to all 4-H members regardless of experience. Youth will learn the basics of sewing utilizing sewing machines.
Unwanted Pesticides will be collected for disposal at no cost to producers, applicators or homeowners. All pesticides will be accepted.
Ancient peoples have used honey for medical purposes. Modern medicine uses a special grade of honey for treating wounds.
This week’s RSFF looks at trees. Some trees are drought-stressed and need irrigation. There are a couple of tree identifications and tree health.
This club is open to all 7th -12th grade 4-H members and meets on the first Monday of every month at 5:30 p.m.
Here is an article for beekeepers regarding honeybees and how they address queen distress.
The document contains reference methods for analyses performed in the Agricultural Chemistry Laboratory.
RSFF mostly identifies elderberry, mulberry, and a tree fungus. There is a narrative about controlling crabgrass.
Beehive Buzz looks at several predatory insects including the cicada killer wasp, a robber fly and a long-legged assassin bug.
This is a joint event with the LSU AgCenter and Mendel University.
This week RSFF looks at vegetables and the questions of some gardeners like blossom end rot, potato scab, preventing insects, and a bacterial disease.
Youth from all over Franklin parish experienced the first ever KidChef & TeenChef Camps in Crowville, LA.
National Blueberry Month, Healthy Recipe Box: Blueberry and Watermelon, Salad with Marinated Feta, Farmers' Market Update, Kid Stuff and more.
Many beekeepers know that honey is harmful to infants less than 12 months old, but they are unusually unaware of the reason.
Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR), 4-H Youth and Family Development, and Family and Consumer Science (FCS).
This version of BHB looks at bees in the news around the world from bee behavior to varroa control to environmental concerns to bee nutrition.
Tomatoes with mozzarella cheese and fresh basil star in this recipe for Baked Italian Tomatoes.
This week’s RSFF looks at four flying insects including: horse guards, long-horned bee, leaf-cutting bee and bumblebee.
This publication reports on land values of irrigated cropland and cash rents.
This publication reports on land values of non-irrigated cropland and cash rents.
This publication reports on land values of pastureland and cash rents for 2020.
Understanding our organization, orientations and checklists for first two years, ANR Mentoring Program and Evaluation Process, and more.
This recipe for Southwestern Roasted Vegetables features sweet potatoes, zucchini, and onion. This dish is prepared on a sheet pan and makes a tasty side dish.
Follow along with us over the next few months as we visit our Furrow Irrigated Rice plots and soybean plots to view projects and research efforts.
Elisabet Trujillo has joined the LSU AgCenter team! When Elisabet is not at work, she resides in the Touro area caring for her rescue cats.
Commercial Pesticide Applicators, Agricultural Consultants, & RUP Salespersons.
Topics include injury from weather conditions such too cold or to dry or to sunny. The last narrative identifies marsh parsley, a tropical, invasive weed.
This version of BHB looks at the Slovenian hive from the inside.
This blog looks at Southern Blight, a blue native wildflower, a robber fly and barklice.
(06/24/2022) CROWLEY, La. - Louisiana rice farmers have a few new faces to get to know among the faculty at the H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station.
The topics in this RSFF include a predatory stinkbug, a larval form of the grape flea beetle, a liriope infestation and Virginia buttonweed.
7th & 8th grade youth will get the opportunity to have fun with science by attending the annual 4-H LOST Camp.
Bollworm and Budworm moths caught nightly with low temperatures and rainfall during 15-21 May.
RSFF looks at Tomato wilts, bumps and fruit worms. Also, various asters have strange deformity.
Gardeners asked about goumi and maypop fruits while other gardeners asked to identify some plants, particularly burclover and wetland sedges.
List of members who were present and the discussions and motions made during the meeting.
The meeting minutes and a list of members that were present.
(7/21/2022) We will talk with two loan officers from Farm Credit about the process of and tips for getting a loan.
(6/23/2022) Online platforms can be key to marketing success! Learn about the variety of ways you can use these tools to get the word out about your products.
(6/8/2022) Bookkeeping with renowned farm consultant, Ellen Polishuk and then Dr. Achyut Adhikari with the LSU AgCenter Food Safety Lab.
(6/16/2022) Part 2 will dive into more complex subject matter and answer some of the questions from Part 1.
(6/1/2022) As a new and beginning farmer, knowing where you will sell your product is one of the early challenges. Learn about various direct market channels.
With more than 30 million students enjoying school meals through the National School Lunch Program each day, schools provide a long-term market option.
Dr. Kantrovich specializes in Farm Management related topic areas including Financial Analysis, Succession & Transition planning, Tax Management, and more.
Video: Grant Estrade tells us all about his farming operation and how the quality and safety of their compost is checked before use!
Video: Composting is an aerobic method of decomposing organic solid wastes.
Video: The Solvita compost maturity test is a procedure that uses two test probes to simultaneously measure CO2 and NH3.
Video: An easy and fast method to test the moisture content of your compost is the hand-squeeze test.
Video: Bulk density is needed to convert compost recipes from weight to a volume basis for field mixing.
Healthy Communities and Smart Growth America hosted a four-day summit to help the community learn how to make equitable changes.
The eastern cicada killer wasp, Sphecius speciosus, is a large, solitary digger wasp that typically appears in Louisiana mid to late July.
RSFF answers questions about common chickweed, the identity of a juvenile long-horned beetle and of a caterpillar of the giant swallowtail butterfly.
200 pages of recipes to improve your kitchen skills by the Southeast Region 4-H members.
View and share the Growing Farmers 2022 events.Registration is open for all events.
An annual bluegrass called Poa annua consists of small tufts of grass that do not spread by runners but by seed.
In this issue: 4-H Events, Best Wishes to Assumption Parish 4-H Seniors, Congratulations Mikaela Comeaux, 4-H U info, and Lost on the Bayou.
Quarterly publications from the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station with current activities and research updates for 2022.
Formosan subterranean termite colonies grow slowly at first but will eventually become huge and can survive for decades.
This version of RSFF looks a hammerhead worm, a couple of garden snakes, a harmless flying insect, infected cedar branch and dandelion edibility.
Dates and locations of the Northeast District Horse Show and The State Horse Show.
After homeowners mow their lawns for the first time in the spring, it's time to start thinking about controlling those winter weeds and fertilizing their lawns.
RSFF discusses a common garden mushroom, black stinging caterpillars, a common lawn weed, and tiny plant mites.
EFNEP LSU AgCenter Nutrition programs.
Overview of the activities and accomplishments of faculty, staff, and students of the LSU Department of Entomology in 2021.
April events, Agriculture Photography Contest, 4-H Outdoor Grilling Workshop, 4-H Summer Camp and more.
The license may be renewed by attending a recertification training meeting offered by the LSU AgCenter.
This article updates an earlier story about the Slovenian bee hive.
This RSSF looks at carpenter ants and at spider mites. Also, a slime mold and a soil fungus are in this blog.
Nutrition agent to conduct workshop to ready graduating seniors on preparing meals using small appliances.
ANR - Carol Pinnell-Alison, 4-H Development - Bethany Corona, and FCS – Brittney Newsome.
The purpose of this advisory meeting is to meet with Board Members of the Calcasieu SWCD at their convenience to consult with them.
The purpose of this advisory meeting is to meet with Rosepine Council members at their convenience to consult with them.
The purpose of this advisory meeting is to meet with BMG members at their convenience to consult with them.
Readers of RSFF asked to identify a flower, causes of different types of tree damage, and cause of malformed carrots.
Citizens of West Feliciana Parish met with discuss the Family & Consumer Sciences Program and provide recommendations for future programming.
The U.S. floriculture industry products include bedding plants, garden plants, flowers and foliage in pots, propagations, cut flowers and cut cultivated greens.
Some pharmaceutical firms are promoting hemp propolis on the market, but there is little unbiased research about this product.
4-H Pet Show, 4-H Outdoor Grilling Workshop, 4-H Summer Camp, 4-H University, and more.
The topics for this RSFF include: home soil testing, azalea leaf spots, low magnesium and successful vegetable seedlings in a greenhouse.
The 2020 Sugarcane Research Annual Progress Report is broken down into smaller sections for your review.
Become a certified Duct and Envelope Tightness (DET) Verifier qualified to perform the diagnostic testing required for new homes.
The evaluation form for the SW LA Forestry Forum asked forest stakeholders for their thoughts regarding forestry programs.
The purpose of this advisory meeting is to meet with City Council Member of DeRidder at their convenience to consult with them.
Bagworms are aptly named for the bag the larva make of silk and bits of twigs or leaves interwoven to disguise and strengthen the case.
ANR - Carol Pinnell-Alison, 4-H Development - Bethany Corona, and FCS – Brittney Newsome.
RSFF looks at a common tree caterpillar, the fall webworm. A gardener asks about gardening southern Louisiana and the invasiveness of gooseneck loosestrife.
Shortly after the USDA approved a plan for Louisiana to produce industrial hemp, some beekeepers asked me to research the possible effect on honeybees.
