Home > Administration > About Us > Extension > Paul Coreil, Vice Chancellor and Director, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service [Image: Paul Coreil] Dr. Paul Coreil, director of Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service and vice chancellor of the LSU AgCenter. Agriculture: Multibillion Dollar Industry for Louisiana [Image: value of ag cover image] Agriculture is a multibillion dollar industry for Louisiana -- creating jobs and generating income in rural and urban areas. This publication contains facts about Louisiana's agricultural commodities, agriculture's monetary value in 2010, what agriculture is and what agriculture means to you. (PDF Format Only) Farmers battle herbicide-resistant weeds [Image: pigweed] LSU AgCenter researchers and extension specialists are working diligently to come up with alternative control programs to combat the problem of emerging resistance to glyphosate herbicide (Roundup) among weeds in cotton and soybean fields in Louisiana. Poultry demonstration houses open at Hill Farm [Image: chicks] Two poultry demonstration houses at the Hill Farm Research Station house 21,400 birds each. With alternative heating and energy savings as big concerns among Louisiana poultry growers, one house is equipped with radiant tube heating, and the other is heated by standard radiant brooders.  more articles... e-Directions: 11/7/07 e-Directions is an information-sharing newsletter issued at least bi-monthly to help keep you updated on Extension-related issues covering restructuring, programming opportunities, strategic plan initiatives and enhancements and other information. e-Directions: 9/4/2007 e-Directions is an information-sharing newsletter issued at least bi-monthly to help keep you updated on Extension-related issues covering restructuring, programming opportunities, strategic plan initiatives and enhancements and other information. e-Directions: 7/27/2007 e-Directions is an information-sharing newsletter issued at least bi-monthly to help keep you updated on Extension-related issues covering restructuring, programming opportunities, strategic plan initiatives and enhancements and other information. e-Directions: 6/27/07 e-Directions is an information-sharing newsletter issued at least bi-monthly to help keep you updated on Extension-related issues covering restructuring, programming opportunities, strategic plan initiatives and enhancements and other information. e-Directions 5/25/07 e-Directions is an information-sharing newsletter issued at least bi-monthly to help keep you updated on Extension-related issues covering restructuring, programming opportunities, strategic plan initiatives and enhancements and other information. e-Directions: 4/18/07 e-Directions is an information-sharing newsletter issued at least bi-monthly to help keep you updated on Extension-related issues covering restructuring, programming opportunities, strategic plan initiatives and enhancements and other information. e-Directions: 3/16/07 e-Directions is an information-sharing newsletter issued at least bi-monthly to help keep you updated on Extension-related issues covering restructuring, programming opportunities, strategic plan initiatives and enhancements and other information. e-Directions: 11/22/06 e-Directions is an information-sharing newsletter issued at least bi-monthly to help keep you updated on Extension-related issues covering restructuring, programming opportunities, strategic plan initiatives and enhancements and other information. e-Directions: 10/24/06 e-Directions is an information-sharing newsletter issued at least bi-monthly to help keep you updated on Extension-related issues covering restructuring, programming opportunities, strategic plan initiatives and enhancements and other information. e-Directions: 9/26/06 e-Directions is an information-sharing newsletter issued at least bi-monthly to help keep you updated on Extension-related issues covering restructuring, programming opportunities, strategic plan initiatives and enhancements and other information. Click for more information...