| Colyer takes over Northwest Region Patrick Colyer is first to be the second regional director in the LSU AgCenter administration.Colyer, a plant pathologist at the Red River Research Station in Bossier City for 25 years, became director of the Northwest Region, one of the AgCenter’s seven regions in March 2008. |
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| 4-H teens get jobs in new Bienville Parish program [Image: Photo of youth working in the library.] Fourteen Bienville Parish 4-H’ers learned about the world of work in professional jobs this summer in a new program that’s a joint venture between the LSU AgCenter and the Bienville Parish Police Jury. |
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| What’s New? The following news articles appeared in the summer 2008 issue of Louisiana Agriculture. |
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| Diabetes Facts Some facts about diabetes from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. |
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| Hanna on cover of international journal [Image: Dr. Hanna] A study on the heating of tomato plants grown in greenhouses by an LSU AgCenter scientist is the cover story of the April-June 2008 issue of HortTechnology, a research publication of the American Society for Horticultural Science that has subscribers in 50 countries. |
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| Despite storms, sugarcane harvest better than expected [Image: sugarcane harvest] Sugarcane growers are having one of their best years ever when it comes to the level of recoverable sugar per ton of cane, although yields are slightly off the early predictions of 34-35 tons of cane per acre, said Ben Legendre, LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist. |
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