| The Jackson Cattleman's Quarterly Inside this issue: Letter From Your Agent, Does Ryegrass Variety Matter in a Beef Stocker Program?, Dates to Remember, Wintertime Hazards for Feeding Beef Cattle, Contact Information |
| Dollar Deci$ion$ with Diane 4th Quarter-2009 Inside this issue: Charting Your Course; Home Owner Tax Credits; Keep Santa Out of Debt; Pine-Belt Multi-Purpose Agency Head Start; Churches, Organizations, Businesses, Families; When Bad Things Happen to Your Good Name; Practical Steps to Building Wealth: Finding Money to Invest; High School Financial Planning Program; Family Traditions |
| FRM Advisory Leadership Council The responsibilities of the Jackson Parish Financial Resource Management (FRM) Advisory Leadership Council are to represent their peers, identify needs and issues, identify opportunities for collaboration, be active in sharing their skills and knowledge to help the parish and understand Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service as a community resource. |
| Dollar Deci$ion$ A schedule including dates and times of homebuyer education classes, including the "Charting Your Course to Home Ownership" program, to be held in Jackson and Bienville parishes. |
| [Image: Screenshot of Newsletter]September 2009 Clover Patch Inside this issue: Recycling Contest, Poultry Billboard Contest, Beef Poster Contest, Parish Fair, Survival Camp, Pumpkin Carving, “Catch-phrase forCamp” Contest and other important 4-H information. |
| [Image: Clover Path Cover]The Clover Patch 4-H newsletter distributed to members during monthly school club meetings. Contains news and important dates to remember. |
| [Image: cool season]Cool-season Pasture and Forage Varieties One of the most important decisions a forage producer must make is which variety or varieties to plant. To help farmers make logical choices among crops and varieties, the LSU AgCenter conducts variety trials and makes recommendations each year. Suggested varieties, seeding rates, planting depths and seeding dates are included. (PDF Format Only) |
| Springtime Pond Management A newsletter about pond management from Matthew Stephens, LSU AgCenter county agent in Jackson Parish. |
| How Many Drops Before the Bucket is Full? A newsletter about water quality and erosion control provided by Matt Stephens, LSU AgCenter county agent in Jackson Parish. |
| Benefits of Planting Winter Cover on Bare Soil A newsletter about the benefits of cover crops provided by Matt Stephens, LSU AgCenter county agent in Jackson Parish. |
| Creeks and Streams Need Clothes Too A newsletter about water quality provided by Matthew Stephens, LSU AgCenter county agent in Jackson Parish. |
| How 'Backyard' Compost Could Possibly Ruin Your Garden News and information about herbicide persistence in compost from Matthew Stephens, LSU AgCenter county agent in Jacskon Parish. |
| [Image: 4-H'ers Attend Summer Camp]Youth Attend Summer Camp 25 Jackson Parish youth attended 4-H Summer Camp at the LSU AgCenter's Grant Walker 4-H Educational Center in Pollock, La., June 8-12. |
| [Image: Youth Attend 4-H University]Youth Attend 4-H University Six 4-H'ers represented Jackson Parish at 4-H University in Baton Rouge June 23-26 by participating in contests and Clover College. |
| Learn The 4-H Club Pledge The pledge is recited at the beginning of each club meeting, so you should know it soon. Remember, you never know when your agent will ask you to recite it - maybe at your 4-H meeting - so be prepared! Happy pledging! |
| The Poultry Post A newsletter with broiler-production and poultry-related news for commercial poultry growers and the general public. |
| Bugs, Bugs, Bugs Newsletter Monthly entomology newsletter with information on current pests and how to control them. |
| Poultry industry has ups and downs for Jackson Parish producer (Radio News 03/30/09) Tod Hibbard figures he has grown nearly 10 million chickens in the 16 years he has been a poultry producer. Hibbard has eight chicken houses on rolling land in Jackson Parish. He said business was good initially but has had ups and downs over the years. (Runtime: 60 seconds) |
| [Image: Poultry Production]Louisiana poultry industry has setback (TV News 03/30/09) Louisiana’s poultry industry suffered a blow when Pilgrim’s Pride announced plans to close it’s northeast Louisiana processing facility. The state is working on a deal to ensure the facility continues operating. LSU AgCenter correspondent Tobie Blanchard talked with a grower who is raising his last flock of birds for Pilgrim’s Pride. (Runtime: 1 minute, 16 seconds) |
| [Image: Image of newsletter]Spring 2008 Semester Highlights North Central Region Parish Highlights - Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Union and Winn parishes for January -July 2008 semester. |
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