Home > Our Offices > Research Stations > Pecan > News > Interstate 69 realigned to avoid LSU AgCenter Pecan Station (Distributed 05/25/09) The LSU AgCenter Pecan Research-Extension Station in Shreveport will not be affected by the alignment of Interstate 69 in southern Caddo Parish after all, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD). Pecan seminar helps growers prepare for 2008 The LSU AgCenter Pecan Research and Extension Station in Shreveport hosted a seminar on pecan growing on Feb. 28, 2008, which was attended by 35 growers. Pecan field day provides latest information [Image: Mike Hall] (Distributed 06/18/08) Pecan growers from as far as Georgia gathered at the LSU AgCenter’s Pecan Research Station here June 13 to hear the latest information on insects and diseases. Pecan Research Station field day set for June 13 (Distributed 05/23/08) The LSU AgCenter’s annual field day and open house at the Pecan Research-Extension Station will be Friday, June 13.  more articles... 2008 Pecan Show Results The 2008 Louisiana State Pecan Show made an excellent exhibit at Ag Expo in West Monroe January 18-19, 2008. Nearly 100 entries representative of 28 named varieties and 29 native/seedlings were judged to determine class and division winners. Pecan Show winners are listed. Louisianians Love Pecans [Image: pecans in shells] Louisianians love pecans. And they also like to grow them. Pecan production contributes nearly $5 million to the Louisiana economy each year. Producers learn how to grow pecans and manage pecan orchards at the nation's No. 1 – and only – Pecan Research and Extension Station, which is located in Shreveport. 2006 Pecan Station Field Day [Image: Dr. Boethel welcomes field day guests.] The Pecan Research-Extension Station held it's annual field day on September 14, 2006. Field day guests were taken on a tour of the Station in which they heard the lastest activities, research, and findings being conducted and discovered at the Station.