more... > Parishes > Evangeline Parish > Agriculture > Controlling Fleas Controlling fleas around your home. Fleas [Image: Fleas] Fleas developed on earth thousands of years ago and have adapted many survival techniques. In Louisiana these insects are a pest in and around homes and on pets and other animals year round. Evangeline Ag News -- March 2011 [Image: Evangeline Ag News - March 2011] This issue includes the following articles: Louisiana Suggested Chemical Weed, Insect and Disease Management Guides, Pesticide Applicator Recertification, Performance Evaluation of Beef Bulls -- Dean Lee Bull Test, Rice Seeding Rates and Dates, Email List Updating. Stop Sticker Problems Now [Image: bur - lawn burweed] Stickers poke or stick uncovered feet later this spring and summer but the time to control them is now.  more articles... Evangeline Ag News 2012 [Image: Ag News Logo] Information and updates about agriculture in and around Evangeline Parish. Evangeline Ag News - February 2011 [Image: Evangeline Ag News - February 2011] Inside this Issue: Calendar of Activities, Blackbird Baiting Program to Begin in Mid-February, Variety Selection by Dr. Johnny Saichuk, Crawfish Meeting, Plant Back Interval For Popular Rice Burn-Down Herbicides, Winter Weed Burndown Prior to Rice Planting, Pesticide Re-Certification Meetings, E-Mail List Updating. Blackbird Baiting Program to Begin in Mid-February Because of the severe local damage caused by blackbirds to sprouting rice in southwest Louisiana, several Louisiana agencies will be coopering with local rice growers in a baiting program to control these bird populations. Pesticide Recertification Meetings Set Two private applicator pesticide recertification meetings have been set in Evangeline Parish. Evangeline Ag News - December 2010 [Image: Evangeline Ag News - December 2010] Inside this issue: January-March 2011 Calendar of Activities, Evangeline and St. Landry Parish Crop Production School Scheduled, Foundation Seed Rice Allocations and Three New Rice Varieties. Evangeline and St. Landry Parish Crop Production School Scheduled The Evangeline and St. Landry Parish Rice and Soybean School will be held at the Ville Platte Civic Center Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Evangeline Ag News - October 2010 [Image: Evangeline Ag News - October 2010] Information about: Master Farmer Training, Commercial Pesticide Applicator Training, Crawfish Referendum, Soybean Variety Test Plot Results, Calf to Carcass Program, Burn Ban Declared. Worm Invasion Devouring Lawns [Image: lawn grass] Tropical Sod Webworms and Armyworms are devouring lawns in and around Evangeline Parish. Here is advice on what you can do about it. Evangeline Ag News - September 2010 [Image: Evangeline Ag News - September 2010] Information about: Calendar of Activities; Rice Harvest Notes; Gramoxone Inteon Use as a Soybean Harvest Aid; Harvest Aid Application Timing to Soybeans; Considerations When Planting Cool Season Forages; McNeese State University Heifer Enhancement and Development. Evangeline Ag News [Image: Ag News Logo] Newsletters providing news and information for Evangeline Parish agricultural producers and dealers.