Home > Our Offices > Parishes > Desoto >   10117 Highway 171 · Grand Cane, LA · 71032 Phone: (318) 872-0533 · Fax: (318) 872-2367 DeSoto Parish 4-H Magazine Fundraiser [Image: Button to open American Publishers Hearst web page] This is a new fundraiser for DeSoto Parish 4-H. For every magazine purchased or renewed, we receive 40 percent profit. It's simple and easy. Make sure to use the DeSoto Parish Webcode # WC3310. Spring Contest Day and Area Cookery Contest [Image: Picture of Area Cookery Contest Contestants] Results from the DeSoto Parish Spring Contest Day and the Area Cookery Contest. DeSoto Shooting Team Conquers State Competitions in Lake Charles [Image: DeSoto Parish Shooting Sports Team] On Friday, May 1, 2009, six DeSoto youth attended the state 4-H Shooting Sports Competition in Lake Charles, La. Useful Links for Livestock Shows [Image: Pig Show] Useful links to State Fair of Louisiana, LSU AgCenter Livestock page , Louisiana Junior Show circuit and other related sites.  more articles... Cool and Warm Season Pasture and Forage Varieties Suggestions for 2008 - 2009 [Image: Cool and Warm Season Publication] The 2008- 2009 cool-season pasture and forage varieties publication and 2009 Warm Season Pasture and Forage Crop Variety Suggestions contains information on cool season grass and legume varieties recommended to be planted in Louisiana in the fall and warm season grasses recommended to be planted in the spring. Recommended varieties, seeding date and seeding rate are also included in this publication DeSoto 4-H Exhibitors Excel at LSU Spring Livestock Show [Image: DeSoto Goat Exhibitors] The LSU Spring Livestock Show was held February 14 - 21, 2009 at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, Louisiana and DeSoto Parish was very well represented by the seventeen youth who participated at this show. Pesticide Recertification Meetings in DeSoto [Image: Pesticide Sprayer] Two Pesticide Recertification meetings will be held in DeSoto Parish on Wednesday, February 25 and Thursday, February 26th at the David Means Memorial 4-H Center in Grand Cane. 2009 DeSoto Parish 4-H Outdoor Skills Handbook [Image: Shooting Sports emblem] The attached handbook contains information about the outdoor skills program in DeSoto Parish. DeSoto 4-H Livestock Exhibitors take Honors [Image: Picture of 4-Her with Duroc Hog] DeSoto Parish 4-H Livestock Exhibitors participate at the Northwest District Show on Saturday, January 31, 2009. The following article list the placings at the Show for DeSoto Parish 4-H'ers Tommy Clark honored at DeSoto 4-H Arbor Day Celebration [Image: Picture of DeSoto Parish 4-Her's planting a tree] Tommy Clark was honored for his service to 4-H during DeSoto Parish 4-H's Arbor Day celebration January 12, 2009. DeSoto Parish 4-H Livestock Club Appreciation Dinner [Image: Picture of the 2008 Livestock Club] Information and a photo from the DeSoto Parish 2008-2009 Livestock Club Annual Appreciation Dinner DeSoto Parish 4-H Receives Donation to the Shooting Sports Team [Image: Picture of 4-H Club receiving Money from Bayou Pierre Chapter of NWTF] Article about donation made by the Bayou Pierre Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation to DeSoto Parish 4-H Commissioner Strain Speaks to DeSoto Cattle Producers [Image: Picture of Mike Strain] DeSoto Parish Cattleman's meeting on Thursday, January 15, 2009 Basics for Handling Food Safety [Image: Basics for Handling Food Safety ] The attached file contains educational information on Handling Food Safely. Topics include: Shopping, Storage, Preperation, Thawing, Cooking, Serving, Leftovers, and Refreezing. Click for more information...