Home > Our Offices > Parishes > St. Charles > Louisiana Food and Fiber Industry Monitor 10/06/09 [Image: Louisiana Food and Fiber Industry Monitor 10/06/09] Producers continue to be busy with harvest. For some crops, producers are putting the finishing touches on the 2009 year while for others harvest has just started or is in the heart of the harvest season. Producers also have begun to make preparations for planting fall-planted crops such as winter wheat and ryegrass. Read more by opening the attached file. Home Citrus Spray Schedule This chart indicates which pesticide to spray, when to spray the pesticide, and which insects are controlled by the pesticide. River Express Newsletter October 2009 Want to know what's going on in St. Charles Parish 4-H? Check out the monthly newsletter. The newsletter will be issued at the regular monthly 4-H Club meetings throughout the school year, but you can also see them by clicking on the links at the bottom of this page. Bugs, Bugs, Bugs, September 2009 [Image: snails on foliage] Bugs of the month for September 2009 include: slugs, yellow jackets, stinging caterpillars, fire ants, love bugs, Green June beetles, loopers, Elongated Tree ants, armyworms, Diaprepes weevil.  more articles... 2009 Community Education Horticulture Programs [Image: picture] Community Education programs being conducted by LSU AgCenter agents and River Region Master Gardeners for the Fall of 2009. River Region Master Gardeners' Meeting Minutes 09/02/09 Minutes from the 09/02/09 meeting of the River Region Master Gardeners. Louisiana Food and Fiber Industry Monitor August 2009 [Image: Louisiana Food and Fiber Industry Monitor] During the early part of the growing season, the major concern for agriculture in the state centered on a lack a rainfall. While rains in July and August have returned crop moisture to ample levels, the effects of the early-season drought are being seen as harvest continues to progress. River Express Newsletter September 2009 This issue highlights celebrating back to school with 4-H, broiler chicks project, livestock project, October caledar of events, 4-H pizza night with Papa John's Pizza, regional Challenge Camp, Legislative Day, 4-H University, State Records, State Fashion & Citizenship Board, Jr. Leader Awards trip, Lost Camp, Citizenship Washington Focus, 4-H Camp, Jr. Leader Club, and National 4-H Week. Talkin' Horses September 2009 [Image: Talkin' Horses September 2009] Newsletter provides information on horse care and maintenance. Topics covered in this issue include: Master Horseman video, Ryegrass planting for horses, La. Stockhorse Association, preparing for hurricane season, and horse tips. Soybean and Feed Grain Review August 2009 [Image: Soybean and Feed Grain Review August 2009] Rains over the past few weeks have helped most of the crops recover; however, the prior four to six weeks without rain have had an effect on yields. Early corn yields have been reported from 50 to 200+ bushels per acre with most yields in the 80 to 150 range. Grain sorghum harvest is just getting under way and should be in full swing by the end of the week. Louisiana Food and Fiber Industry Monitor [Image: Louisiana Food and Fiber Industry Monitor] Crop moisture across most of the state continues to improve as summer showers have prevailed over the past several weeks. See this newsletter for more details. Topics covered include: current production situation; current price situation; current input pricesituation; forestry situation. Local 4-H’er Excels with Horse [Image: Terry LeCompte and His Horse] St. Charles 4-H member Terry LeCompte won the 14 years old and over reining class at the Southeast District Horse Show in Baton Rouge and also at the 4-H State Horse Show in West Monroe. Pool Pests [Image: Back Swimmer Illustration] The two most common water pests are the backswimmer and the water boatman. July 2009 Insect Update [Image: Spider, Centipede, Millipede] There are always a lot of questions about how the weather affects the insect populations. Does it increase the populations? Does it kill them out? A good example of this action can be seen now that we are hot and extremely dry.