Agriculture
Ag Notes
Gustav, Ike cause $950 million in farm losses
Posted October 3rd, 2008 by Derek Albert
Alfred Guidry
AGuidry@agcenter.lsu.edu
Le Clos
Encourage avian activity by managing landscape
Posted October 3rd, 2008 by Derek Albert
Chris Robichaux, Ph. D.
CRobichaux@agcenter.lsu.edu
‘Disaster’ includes Gulf
Feds to help commercial fishermen
Posted September 19th, 2008 by Ken Grissom
BATON ROUGE – Gov. Bobby Jindal has received confirmation from U.S. Commerce Secretary M. Carlos Gutierrez that a formal fishery resource disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has been declared due to the devastation of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
Le Clos
Use garden mums to fill the gap between flower seasons
Posted September 18th, 2008 by Derek Albert
Chris Robichaux, Ph. D.
Crobichaux@agcenter.lsu.edu
With fall approaching, garden mums become one of the popular plants available for home landscape use.
FSA waiver deadlines extended across Louisiana
Posted September 17th, 2008 by Derek Albert
An extension has been granted to some farmers and ranchers in fifty-five Louisiana Parishes who were attempting to meet the Sept. 16, buy-in deadline for certain disaster assistance programs.
AgNotes
Storms ravage parish agriculture
Posted September 16th, 2008 by Derek Albert
Alfred Guidry
AGuidry@agcenter.lsu.edu
Crop damage from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike will be in the millions of dollars for all crops and livestock in the parish. Many of the parish growers were still recovering from Hurricane Rita that was most devastating to our sugarcane industry.