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LSU AGCENTER/ Derek Albert
Members of the Louisiana 4-H Food and Fitness Board look on at a cooking demonstration of low glycemic index rice during a No. 22 seminar at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station. Demonstrationg how to cook the rice cultivar werre AgCenter biotechnologist Ida Wenefrida, right, and farm specialist Hayden Dugas.

La. 4-H Food and Fitness Board visits Caffey Rice Research Station

Members of the Louisiana 4-H Food and Fitness Board visited the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station Nov.

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LSU AgCenter plant doctor Raj Singh, who directs the Plant Diagnostic Center, during a site visit to train McIlhenny Company employees in diagnosing and treating pest problems in their pepper fields. (LSU AgCenter file photo.)

Agriculture business relies on Plant Diagnostic Center

In the past 10 years, Raj Singh and his staff at the LSU AgCenter Plant Diagnostic Center have examined thousands of plant samples mailed to them by home gardeners and commercial growers in search

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The 2021 Acadiana Master Cattlemen graduates include, seated, from left, Kim Louviere, St. Martin Parish; Rosann Williford, St. Martin Parish; Phyllis Berard, Iberia Parish; and Angela Catalon, St. Landry Parish. Standing, from left, Kenneth Primeaux Sr., Vermilion Parish; Kenneth Primeaux Jr., Vermilion Parish; Marc Berard, Iberia Parish; Chase Berard, Vermilion Parish; Calvin Catalon, St. Landry Parish; and LSU AgCenter agent Stan Dutile, Lafayette Parish. Not pictured are Richard Ball, Lafayette Parish; Bradley Choate, Vermilion Parish; Cory Glaude, Lafayette Parish; Emma Granger, Vermilion Parish; Landon LeBlanc, Iberia Parish; Anne Patout, Iberia Parish; Greg Richard, Acadia Parish; Troy Rue, St. Martin Parish; Fernando Santiago, Lafayette Parish; Faye Talbot, St. Martin Parish; and Dorthea Wilson, Acadia Parish. (Photo by Derek Albert/LSU AgCenter)

20 in Acadiana earn Master Cattleman distinction

The LSU AgCenter recognized 20 new graduates from the Louisiana Master Cattleman program at a ceremony Nov. 1.

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