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FY 2009 Budget
2008 Louisiana Agricultural Sciences Association Call for Papers
Five Louisiana Crops Set Record Yields in 2007
USDA Funding Opportunities
Louisiana Plant Disease Management Guide
Verenium Plans 30 million Gallons Per Year Cellulosic Ethanol Plant in 2009
Dr. Richard Vlosky Presented With Two Silver Awards
Dr. Ron Sheffield Named Extension Engineer in Bio and Ag Engineering
Ed Schafer Named New Secretary of Agriculture
Fontenots Named Among the National Outstanding Young Farmers by NACAA
2008 Annual Greenhouse Tomato Seminar
Grodner Recognized as a Fellow of the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators
Girouard Awarded the Guy Caire Memorial Award
Cormier Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
New State 4-H Faculty Member, St. Romain
New Family Brand for Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Texas Cooperative Extension
Freshman Levee School Class Graduates
New Personnel
Avoyelles Parish Extension Office - New Address
Print Request Form
FY 2009 Budget
On Feb. 4, President George W. Bush forwarded the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Budget to Congress. The FY 2009 Budget for the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) includes funding totaling $1,009,660,000. This represents a decrease of $189,117,000 or approximately 15.78 percent below the FY 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act (less a .7 percent rescission) amount of $1,198,777,000Some highlights of the FY 2009 President’s Budget request for CSREES are:
- The FY 2008 President’s Budget proposed to expand and continuously recompete the multistate/multi-institutional awards of the Hatch Act Program (Hatch); and established a similar, though separately authorized, program for McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry (McIntire Stennis). The FY 2009 budget proposal continues the redirection of a portion of the Hatch and McIntire Stennis formula programs to nationally, competitively awarded multistate/multi-institutional projects.
- The budget proposes funding of $256,500,000 for the NRI to support increases in: (a) bioenergy and biobased fuels from agriculture; (b) disaster resilience in rural and agriculturally-based communities; (c) long-term integrated project in agroecosystems; and (d) water quality, food safety, organic transition and pest management section 406 programs formerly funded under Integrated Activities. This is an increase of $65,617,000 (including $45.130 million for the Section 406 programs) over the FY 2008 appropriated amount. As part of the department’s bioenergy and biobased fuels research initiative, $19 million of the proposed increase in NRI will support biomass activities.
- The budget proposal includes $2,970,000 for the New Technologies for Ag Extension Program to support systems that will make available research-based information and education offered by the Cooperative Extension network(eXtension). The budget proposes funding in the amount of $14,277,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative to continue efforts being conducted at the animal and plant diagnostic laboratories networks including support to maintain and enhance pest risk management tools for Asian soybean rust and other pathogens of legumes.
- In FY 2009, increases are proposed for a new Higher Education Agrosecurity program to expand current efforts that address agricultural security issues. Increases also are proposed for the Institution Challenge Grants program to establish a Biobased Products and Bioenergy Academic Center of Excellence and the Outreach and Technical Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers grants program under Section 2501.
- The FY 2009 Budget includes funding to continue program activities for most of the other CSREES programs at the FY 2008 President’s Budget level.
- Earmarked Special Research Grants, Extension and Research Federal Administration projects and grants and several specific, targeted programs are not proposed for funding in FY 2009.
- The FY 2009 Budget proposes changes in the general provisions, including increasing the amount provided for the NRI that may be used for competitive integrated activities from a maximum of 26 percent to a maximum of 30 percent. Also proposed is the elimination of the cap on indirect costs for competitively awarded grants. This proposed elimination allows full indirect cost recovery under competitive awards. The FY 2009 Budget maintains the current general provision which provides that institutions eligible for Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program funds receive at least $100,000.
At this time, the House Appropriations Committee hearing is scheduled for April 3. The Senate Appropriations Committee hearing schedule has not been released. We will provide additional information on congressional hearings and action as it becomes available.
View the FY 2009 Proposed Budget
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2008 Louisiana Agricultural Sciences Association Call for Papers
An invitation and call for papers for the annual Louisiana Agricultural Sciences Association meeting has been issued. The meeting will be held on March 26 at J. Norman Efferson Hall located on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. Please note that the deadline for title and abstract submissions is March 18. The keynote speaker will be Commissioner Mike Strain. The meeting will with a social and crawfish boil.
This organization is open to multiple agricultural disciplines. Contact Dr. David Lanclos, Asst. Professor and Soybean, Corn and Grain Sorghum Specialist for the LSU AgCenter at (318) 473-6530 if you have any questions about the meeting.
For more information, visit the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association website at http://www.laagcon.org/.
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Five Louisiana Crops Set Record Yields in 2007
Louisiana farmers had a phenomenal year for several crops, setting state record yields in 2007 for cotton, corn, soybeans, rice and sweet potatoes. According to Nathan Crisp, Director of the Louisiana Field Office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, crop yields were helped by several factors: a wet spring, new seed varieties and favorable weather during harvest. On the down side, Louisiana’s 2007 cotton planted acreage was the lowest in the last 32 years.
- Cotton production is estimated at 690,000 bales, down 44 percent from 2006. The 2007 planted acreage was estimated at 335,000 acres, down 47 percent from the previous year. An estimated 330,000 acres were harvested, down 48 percent from 2006. Yield per acre was 1,004 pounds, up 58 pounds from 2006. This is the highest yield in the state’s history. Upland cotton production for the United States is estimated at 18.2 million bales, down 13 percent from the 2006 production.
- Sugarcane production for sugar and seed is estimated at 12.6 million net tons, up 6 percent from 2006. Production for sugar is estimated at 11.7 million net tons, and production for seed is estimated at 900,000 net tons. An estimated 420,000 total acres were harvested, down 3 percent from 2006. An estimated 390,000 acres were harvested for sugar and the remaining 30,000 for seed. Net yield for both sugar and seed is estimated at 30.0 net tons per acre, up 2.7 tons from the 2006 yield. U.S. production of sugarcane for sugar and seed in 2007 is estimated at 30.8 million tons, 4 percent above the previous year’s 29.6 million tons.
- Louisiana’s soybean production is estimated at 24.8 million bushels, down 16 percent from 2006. Total planted acreage was 605,000 acres, down 30 percent from 2006. Louisiana farmers harvested an estimated 590,000 acres, down 30 percent from the previous year. Yield was a record 42 bushels per acre, up 7 bushels from the 35 bushels per acre record yield set in 2006. U.S. soybean production is estimated at 2.6 billion bushels, down 19 percent from last year.
- Louisiana’s all rice production is estimated at 23.2 million cwt, up 16 percent from 2006. Production of long-grain varieties is estimated at 21.8 million cwt, and production of medium-grain varieties is estimated at 1.4 million cwt. Planted acreage for rice in the state was estimated at 380,000 acres, up 9 percent from the previous year. An estimated 378,000 acres of rice were harvested, up 10 percent from 2006. The statewide yield averaged 6,140 pounds per acre, the highest yield on record, surpassing the previous record of 5,900 pounds per acre set in 2005. U.S. production is estimated at 197 million cwt, up 2 percent from the record crop in 2006.
- Production of corn for grain in the state is estimated at 120.5 million bushels, up 197 percent from 2006. The state planted and harvested acreage estimates for 2007 were 740,000 acres and 730,000 acres, respectively, both up 440,000 acres from 2006. Yield per acre set a new state record, at 165 bushels, up 25 bushels from 2006 and up 17 bushels from the previous record set in 2001. U.S. corn production is estimated at 13.1 billion bushels, up 24 percent from 2006.
- Production of grain sorghum in Louisiana is estimated at 23.8 million bushels, compared to 8.4 million in 2006. Total planted acreage was estimated at 250,000 acres, of which 245,000 acres were harvested for grain. Yield per acre, at 97 bushels, was up 1 bushel from 2006. U.S. production of sorghum in 2007 is estimated at 505 million bushels, 82 percent above 2006.
- Louisiana’s sweet potato production is estimated at 2.9 million cwt, up 31 percent from 2006. An estimated 16,000 acres were planted in 2007, down 11 percent from 2006. Harvested acreage was estimated at 15,000 acres, up 11 percent from the previous year. The statewide yield averaged 195 cwt per acre, the highest yield in the state’s history. This is 30 cwt more than last year and 20 cwt more than the previous record, 175 cwt, set in 2003. This U.S. production is estimated at 18.5 million cwt, up 14 percent from the previous year.
- All hay production in Louisiana 2007 is estimated at 1.2 million tons, up 23 percent from 2006. An estimated 400,000 acres were harvested in 2007, up 10,000 acres from the previous year. Yield was 3.0 tons per acre, up 0.5 ton from 2006. This ties the state record yield set in 2004. U.S. production is estimated at 150 million tons, up 6 percent from the 2006 total.
For more information and to view the complete article, please visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Louisiana/Publications/
Field_Crop_Press_Releases/cp011108.pdf.
Source: USDA
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USDA Funding Opportunities
1. Value-added Producer Grant Funding – the USDA Rural Development is inviting applicants for grants to help agricultural producers enter into value-added activites. These funds will support small businesses and help producers find new markets and expanded uses for agricultural products. Awards will be on a competitive basis. Applications must be received no later than March 31. For further details about eligibility rules and application procedures, visit
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/coops/applicants.htm.
2. Community Outreach and Assistance Partnership program announces the availability of approximately $5 million in fiscal year 2008 (subject to availability of funds) for collaborative outreach and assistance programs for limited resource, socially disadvantaged and other traditionally under-served farmers and ranchers, who produce Priority Commodities as defined within the RFA.
Applicants will receive higher scores to the extent that they can document and demonstrate: (a) That partnership commitments are in place for the express purpose of delivering the program in this announcement; (b) that the project will incorporate training on the benefits and implementation of the Adjusted Gross Revenue Lite (AGR–LITE) insurance coverage plan; (c) that the project promotes energy alternatives for small farmers and ranchers; (d) that a broad and diverse group of farmers and ranchers will be reached; and (e) that a substantial effort has been made to partner with organizations that can meet the needs of producers that are small, have limited resources, are minorities or are beginning farmers and ranchers. The announcement lists the information needed to submit an application under this program. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit completed and signed application packages using overnight mail or delivery service using the address listed within the RFA.
Information is available at: http://www2.rma.usda.gov/news/2008/01/
outreachapkit.html. Questions may be forwarded to David Wiggins at (202)690-2686 or david.wiggins@rma.usda.gov. Closing date and time for receipt of applications is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on March 24, 2008.
3. The FY 2008 National Integrated Water Quality Program (NIWQP) Request for Applications (RFA) is now available at http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/waterqualityicgp.cfm. One of two areas of special emphasis in the 2008 solicitation includes the impacts of bioenergy development on water use and water quality.
- What sources of water (quality and quantity) can be used or will be needed to expand bioenergy development for crop growth and in the energy production process?
- What will be the changes in water quantity and quality that result from converting conservation reserve lands or changing cropping patterns or practices (e.g. tillage, residue management and nutrient management)?
- How will biobased feedstock management during and after processing impact water quality and water demand?
Successful projects should develop appropriate training and educational materials for key target audiences that integrate water protection and management into biofuel production and processing. Multidisciplinary teams that include expertise on water, engineering, forestry, rangelands, agronomy, economics, policy and other relevant disciplines are encouraged. The FY 2008 RFA combines priorities for the Extension/Education and Integrated Research, Education and Extension projects (pp. 10-12 of the RFA). There is also an opportunity for Education (only) focused projects on these same priority areas (pp. 10-12) anticipated to foster new multidisciplinary educational opportunities to prepare the next generation of water professionals. Closing date for applications is April 29.
4. The National Research Initiative’s program on Agricultural Prosperity for Small and Medium-size Farms is currently seeking applications. The purpose of this program is to foster interdisciplinary studies to improve our understanding of the interactions between the economic and environmental components important to the long-term viability, competitiveness and efficiency of small- and medium-size farms (including social, biological and other components, if necessary).
Projects related to renewable energy would qualify for consideration if they matched any of three priorities, including:
- Increasing the productivity and profitability of new and existing small- and medium-size farms and ranches through education and extension programs based on new knowledge generated by research on factors that advance the economic and environmental integration of on-farm agricultural production and soil and water conservation practices.
- Identification and dissemination of information to enhance the net economic, environmental and social benefits to small- and medium-size farms of on- and off-farm agricultural business activities, including impacts of innovative marketing and regional food systems, off-farm employment, migrant labor, etc.
- Through innovative, research-based education and/or extension programs, enhance the understanding of students, current and future policymakers, farmers and others on how land use change, farm transition and farm entry issues affect the prosperity of small- and medium-size farms, the ecosystem and rural prosperity.
Closing date for applications is June 5. Anticipated funding is $5,000,000. For more information contact Dr. S. Sureshwaran at (202) 720-7536 or ssureshwaran@csrees.usda.gov.
Source: USDA; Patricia Hipple
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Louisiana Plant Disease Management Guide
The 2008 Louisiana Plant Disease Management Guide is now available at http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/our_offices/departments/
Plant_Pathology_Crop_Physiology/Plant_Disease_Clinic/
Plant_Disease_Control_Guide/
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Verenium Plans 30 million Gallons Per Year Cellulosic Ethanol Plant in 2009
Verenium plans to build a 30,000,000 gallons per year (gpy) cellulosic ethanol plant in early 2009 in the Southeast United States with full-scale production within 18-24 months following the start of construction. Verenium will start producing small amounts of cellulosic ethanol at a demonstration plant in Jennings, Louisiana by March 31. The company will then focus on reducing the costs of production to approximately $2 US/gal.
(Source: Reuters, Jan. 29, 2008)
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Dr. Richard Vlosky Presented With Two Silver Awards
Dr. Richard Vlosky, director of the Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, School of Renewable Natural Resources, received two Silver Awards for Excellence on Feb. 6 from Southern Regional Extension Forestry. The first award is in Computer Software & Web Sites for his work on developing the Louisiana Forest Industries Web site (www.lsuagcenter.com/forestindustries). The second award is in Journal Publications for his article in the “Journal of Extension” titled, “Web-based Communities as a Tool for Extension and Outreach.” The article was co-authored by Dr. Sanna M. Kallioranta, Consultant with Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting in New York and Scott Leavengood, wood products extension agent, Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State University.
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Dr. Ron Sheffield Named Extension Engineer in Bio and Ag Engineering
Dr. Ron Sheffield has been hired to replace Dr. Bill Branch, Extension Engineer in Bio/Ag Engineering, in the area of water resources. Dr. Bill Branch retired at the end of January.
Dr. Sheffield was an extension specialist with North Carolina State and an extension waste management engineer with the University of Idaho before joining the AgCenter. Within water resources, his expertise are: irrigation (farm, wastewater, residential); manure and waste management (system design and troubleshooting, land application, odor and air quality, treatment systems); and water supplies (wells, reservoir planning and management).
Dr. Sheffield can be reached via e-mail at RSheffield@agcenter.lsu.edu or via phone at (225) 578-1057. Please give Dr. Sheffield your full support as he assumes this great responsibility.
Source: Ron Sheffield
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Ed Schafer Named New Secretary of Agriculture
Ed Schafer was sworn in as the 29th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on January 28.
Secretary Schafer brings a record as an innovative two-term governor of North Dakota to USDA, along with extensive private sector experience as both an entrepreneur and a business executive.
Schafer served as North Dakota's governor from 1992 to 2000 and made diversifying and expanding North Dakota's economy, reducing the cost of government and advancing agriculture his top priorities in office. Visit the USDA Newsroom to view the Secretary’s complete biography.
Source: CSREES
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Fontenots Named Among the National Outstanding Young Farmers by NACAA
Congratulations to Richard and Rhonda Fontenot who were named among the national outstanding young farmers by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. The Fontenots, from Ville Platte, La., farm rice, soybeans, cattle and crawfish.
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2008 Annual Greenhouse Tomato Seminar
The 2008 Annual Greenhouse Tomato Seminar will be held Feb. 29 at the Red River Research Station. The seminar will begin at 1:00 p.m. and will end at 5:00 p.m. There is no registration fee.
Presentations by Dr. Hanna, professor of horticulture will include:
- Grafting greenhouse tomatoes – how to do it yourself and what to expect
- Heating the greenhouse
- Initial cost and yield of tomatoes raised in perlite, pine bark and rockwool.
- Recycling perlite – what is new?
- Failure to select a good tomato cultivar can diminish your business
- Cluster pruning can have a significant impact on fruit weight and yield
- Save plant energy from being sapped by unwanted fruit
- Too much pollination with bumblebees can hurt your crop
- Pollinate the vegetable garden yourself for food and fun (new this year for home gardeners)
A tomato workshop will include the following:
- Grafting tomatoes
- Ways to plant tomato seeds for better germination
- Producing transplants in different media
- Feeding tomato transplants
- Feeding mature plants
- Tissue and nutrient analysis
- Testing water quality
- Correcting magnesium deficiency
- Preparing and installing heating tubes
- Recycling perlite
Displays of tomato insects, tomato diseases and other tomato problems will be located in the parking lot of the greenhouses.
For more information, please contact Thomas Koske, Professor, School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Science, at (225) 578-2222 or via email at tkoske@agcenter.lsu.edu.
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Grodner Recognized as a Fellow of the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Mary Grodner on her recognition as a Fellow of the American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators (AAPSE). This distinction recognizes Dr. Grodner’s many contributions to pesticide safety education. As the first president-elect of AAPSE, she signed the resolution to initiate AAPSE and had the association recognized by USDA and EPA and given member status on regulatory committees. She subsequently served as the first president of AAPSE, has served on EPA committees to ensure that pesticide safety education is integral to regulatory programs and has been a respected mentor to other distinguished pesticide educators around the country.
Source: Timothy D. Schowalter, Professor and Head, Department of Entomology
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Girouard Awarded the Guy Caire Memorial Award
Dr. Ernest Girouard, area extension agent for the Rice Research Station, was awarded the Guy Caire Memorial Award during the 62nd Louisiana Association of Conservation Districts (LACD) annual convention held Jan. 9-11. The award, presented by the Lower Delta Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), is in recognition of his leadership, goodwill and personal involvement in the promotion of soil and water conservation.
Girouard chairs the Vermilion Soil and Water Conservation District, the LACD Area 4 Conservation District and the Rice Foundation. He specializes in Master Farmer conservation plan development as an area agent for the LSU AgCenter.
This award is made annually in memory of Guy Caire, an outstanding supervisor for the Lower Delta SWCD who was actively involved with the conservation movement in Louisiana. This was the 30th consecutive years the SWCD has given this award.
Source: Randy Jemison
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Cormier Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
The Vermilion Parish Farm Bureau honored Howard Cormier, LSU AgCenter county agent in Vermilion Parish, with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Cormier received the award Jan. 20 at the Vermilion Parish Farm Bureau’s annual banquet.
Cormier, who is retiring this year, has worked as county agent in Vermilion Parish since 1978.
He received the USA Rice Federation’s Rice Industry Award in 2002 for his work.
“He’s probably one of the reasons I’m still farming today,” said Christian Richard, a rice farmer and secretary of the Vermilion Parish Farm Bureau.
Richard said Cormier is thorough in his work, advising rice farmers.
“He’s out there everyday,” Richard said. “But beyond all that, Howard really cares about farmers. He wants to see success in the industry. All you’ve got to do is pick up the phone and he’s there to help.”
Richard said Cormier’s work in 4-H has benefited many youngsters.
Ted Girouard, Vermilion Parish Farm Bureau president, said Cormier regularly attends the Farm Bureau meetings to give an update on all crops, not just rice.
“He’s been a good friend of agriculture,” Girouard said. “I can’t say enough good things about Howard.”
Dr. Steve Linscombe, LSU AgCenter regional director, said Cormier is one of the finest and most dedicated agents within the AgCenter. “It is very fitting that Howard received this recognition as he has been a tremendous asset to Vermilion Parish agriculture,” Linscombe said.
Source: Bruce Schultz, Communications
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New State 4-H Faculty Member, St. Romain
Rose Anne St. Romain has been named coordinator of the Louisiana 4-H Museum. St. Romain brings strong organizational and communication skills to the position. She earned a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from LSU and a master of arts in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University. Her professional experiences, all centered on youth, include five years as the Early Childhood Services consultant for the State Library of Louisiana, 10 years as a public children’s librarian and 26 years as a professional storyteller. St. Romain is the author of a multi-award winning picture book, “Moon’s Cloud Blanket,” and an award-winning storytelling CD, “Once Upon a Shoe.”
A native of Mansura, La., St. Romain appreciates the opportunities and enrichment that eight years of 4-H brought to her life while growing up in Avoyelles Parish. She is in the process of moving from her temporary office in Knapp Hall to the new Avoyelles extension office facility in Mansura. Her official office location will be at the 4-H Museum locate in Avoyelles Parish Extension Service office complex.. Please join me welcoming Ms. St. Romain to the 4-H Department.
Source: Mark Tassin, Department Head, 4-H Youth Development
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New Family Brand for Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Texas Cooperative Extension
In the Texas A&M University System, the land-grant partners for research and knowledge transfer are the agencies you’ve known as the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Texas Cooperative Extension. Effective Jan. 1, however, the respective agency names became Texas AgriLife Research and Texas AgriLife Extension Service. With this re-branding, Texas AgriLife is hoping to gain broader recognition and understanding of their work. Building on the foundation that “Agriculture is Life the university hopes these new names will communicate the life-sustaining and life-changing impacts of programs as they become more widely known, and will strengthen the ability to secure external resources that help achieve greater advancements in research and extension education.
Source: Texas A&M AgriLife
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Freshman Levee School Class Graduates
Flood protection in Louisiana is on a new course following the completion of the first session of “Levee School.” Seventy levee board officials, emergency management administrators, floodplain managers and representatives of state and federal agencies completed the pilot Flood Protection and Ecosystem Restoration Professional Development Program, held Nov. 27-29 in Baton Rouge. Sponsoring the Levee School program were the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, LSU AgCenter, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.
“The 2005 hurricane season demonstrated that levee boards and emergency management agencies need a variety of tools to help them do their jobs,” said Chuck Wilson, Louisiana Sea Grant executive director. “Flood control is more than levees. It’s a complex subject that requires a system-wide approach. Louisiana’s universities have the capability to bring together levee boards and experts in a variety of flood control fields to build and maintain a premier protection system.”
The three-day Levee School was the first step in providing a professional development program to assist public agencies, including levee boards and districts, in fulfilling their statutory and fiduciary responsibilities in flood protection and ecosystem restoration. Current plans are for participants to return annually for one-day continuing education classes.
Source: Coastal Clips
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New Personnel
Please join me in welcoming our new personnel! They include:
- Christopher Green, Asst. Professor, Aquaculture
- Ronald Sheffield, Asst. Professor, B & A Engineering
- Harni Srivathsan, IT Analyst, IT
- Carol Franze, Asst. Area Agent, Southeast Region (Tangipahoa Parish)
- Melissa Rhodus, Ext. Associate, Human Ecology
- Syam Dodla, Res. Associate, SPESS
- Meng Luo, Post Doctoral Researcher, Plant Pathology
- Andre Brock, Asst. Ext. Agent, SE Region (West Feliciana Parish)
- Katherine Dawson, Ext. Associate, Human Ecology
- Jeanor (Paul) Fontenot, Project Coordinator, Facilities Services
- Richmond Savoy, Project Manager, Facilities Services
- Jennifer Moran, Assoc. Ext. Agent, NE Region (Morehouse Parish)
- Joshua Fredieu, Asst. Area Agent, SW Region (Iberia Parish)
- Molly Farrar, Asst. Ext. Agent, NW Region (Caddo Parish)
- Monica Hebert, Asst. Ext. Agent, SW Region
- Zhongling Zheng, Asst. Professor-Research, Vet Science
- Rose Anne St. Romain, 4H Museum Coord., 4H
- Katie Wilcox, Asst. Ext. Agent, SC/Crescent Region (Lafourche Parish)
- John Young, Ext. Agent, SPESS
- Gustavo Ferreira, Res. Associate, Ag Econ
- David Hanseder, Res. Associate, RNR
- Betsty Crigler, Asst. Ext. Agent, NE Region (Tensas Parish)
- Ivy Dauqui, Res. Associate, Plant Pathology
- Donna McLain, Nutrition Educator, Rapides Parish
- William Sandles, Res. Farm Specialist, RBC
- Laura Giacone, Res. Farm Assistant, Hammond Res Station
- Phyllis Hebert, Custodian, Hammond Res. Station
- Celika Murphy, Admin. Coord., Human Ecology
- Jeffrey Moreau, Res. Farm Assistant, Dean Lee Res. Station
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Avoyelles Parish Extension Office - New Address
The Avoyelles Parish Extension Office has moved to a new location. Their new address and phone/fax numbers are as follows:
New address: 8592 Hwy. 1, Suite 1, Mansura, LA 71350
New phone numbers: 318-964-2245/Office; 318-964-2249/Office; 318-964-2259/Fax
Please make note of these changes.
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Print Request Form
The print request from has been updated. Please discard all previous copies of the print request form and immediately begin using the new form.Please remember that you must fill out a print request form every time you send a job to the Copy Center to be printed.
Updated Print Request Form
Source: Jodi Davis, Communications
Please continue to visit the director’s website at:
http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/administration/about_us/
extension/our+director/index.htm
If you have any comments or suggestions to improve e-Directions or the director’s website, please contact me at pcoreil@agcenter.lsu.edu.
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