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[image: Fall 2006][image: fall 2006] [image: Louisiana Agriculture Magazine][image: Download PDF issue] ON THE COVER: Soybeans are loaded into the Dimitrus Manio II, a Greek-owned ship, at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River. The shipment was bound for Veracruz, Mexico. The port's grain elevator, operated by Cargill AgHorizons, handles roughly 15 percent of Louisiana's grain crop and serves rural parishes in this area, along with farmers throughout the state, in eastern Mississippi and Texas. Photo by Bruce Schultz. in this issue: Overview and Perspective - Feed Grains: Vital to Louisiana Agriculture Stephen A. Harrison Reassembling the Mix: Breeding Leads to Better Wheat, Oat Varieties Stephen A. Harrison, Kelly Arceneaux, Henry J. “Rick” Mascagni and Boyd Padgett Wheat and Oat Variety Releases Stephen A. Harrison, Kelly Arceneaux, Henry J. “Rick” Mascagni and Boyd Padgett Regional Small-grain Breeding Cooperative Serves Growers Stephen A. Harrison Prospects for Profitability in Louisiana’s Feed Grain Industry Kurt M. Guidry Managing Stripe Rust in Louisiana Boyd Padgett, Stephen A. Harrison, Patrick Colyer, Henry J. Mascagni and Clayton Hollier Strategies for Managing Weeds in Wheat Bill Williams and Ed Twidwell Influence of Seeding Rate on Wheat Yield Potential Henry J. “Rick” Mascagni, Stephen A. Harrison, Boyd Padgett and Bubba Bell New Recommendations to Control Sorghum Webworm in Grain Sorghum B. Rogers Leonard, Fangneng Huang and Jack Baldwin Testing Wheat and Feed Grain Varieties for Performance Steven H. Moore, Stephen A. Harrison, Henry J. Mascagni Jr., William D. Caldwell, Ronald P. Regan, John E. Richard, Mildred E. Deloach, Kelly J. Arceneaux and Robert L. Bell Double Crop Wheat Stubble Management David Y. Lanclos, Jay Geaghan and Robert Ferguson Reducing Aflatoxin in Corn Steven H. Moore, Kenneth E. Damann, Henry J. Mascagni Jr. and Hamed K. Abbas Corn Borers and Transgenic Bt Corn Technology Fangneng Huang, B. Rogers Leonard and Jack Baldwin Managing Sugarcane Beetles in Field Corn with Seed Treatments Tara P. Smith, B. Rogers Leonard, Abner M. Hammond and Rhett Gable Weeds in Corn and Grain Sorghum Derek Scroggs, Bill Williams, Roy Vidrine and Jim Griffin On-farm Demonstration Program Generates Data About Varieties, Cultural Practices David Lanclos Influence of Starter Fertilizer on Corn Yield on Mississippi River Alluvial Soils Henry J. “Rick” Mascagni, Don Boquet and Bubba Bell Correcting Zinc Deficiency in Corn Steven H. Moore, Maurice C. Wolcott, Dustin L. Harrell, Jim J. Wang and Wayne H. Hudnall Katrina Disrupts Mississippi River Grain Transportation Rick Bogren What’s New?