Home > Our Offices > Research Stations > Rice > News > Rice Industry Holds 3 Key Winter Meetings [Image: Rice Meeting] These meetings remain one of the best avenues for technology transfer because they provide access to many different sources of information, as well as the opportunity for dialogue and information exchange. Coastal Marsh Plants Field Day [Image: Coastal Marsh Plants Field Day] The Coastal Marsh Plants Field Day will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at the Rice Research Station located in Crowley, La. Click for more details. Rice Research Station starts second century [Image: Rice fields] The LSU AgCenter’s Rice Research Station in Crowley, La., is celebrating a century of operation in 2009, making it the oldest facility of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. A century of rice research [Image: Rice Research Station Video] For 100 years, the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station has been conducting research and developing new rice varieties that benefit the rice industry in Louisiana as well as other states. This video takes you through history and research of the Rice Research Station.  more articles... Rice Research Station turns 100 [Image: puerto rico nursery] Nearly all of the rice grown in Louisiana was developed at the LSU AgCenter’s Rice Research Station in Crowley. The world’s first herbicide-resistant rice, which helps Louisiana producers fight the weeds that historically have plagued their rice, was discovered at the station. The station celebrates 100 years in 2009.