Bobby Hanks, CEO of Supreme Rice
Hanks named USA Rice chair
Mon, 07/20/2020 - 5:47pm
Bobby Hanks, CEO of Crowley’s Supreme Rice, has been named as the new chair of USA Rice.
Agriculture
Beginning farmer training begins Oct. 1 in Baton Rouge
Fri, 07/17/2020 - 4:36pm
The LSU AgCenter, in collaboration with the Acadiana Food Alliance, Market Umbrella and Sprout-Nola, will kick off a free training program for new and beginning Louisiana farmers in October in Bato
Cicero Manenti fuels up at the McLain farm in Abbeville.
Rice exchange from Brazil to the Bayou
Tue, 07/14/2020 - 6:26pm
Cícero Marcon Manenti has known he wanted to take on the family rice farm since he was 10 years old.
The 2020 field day for the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station was held online starting July 1. It can be accessed at www.lsuagcenter.com/ricefieldday. (Photo by Jacob Fluitt/LSU AgCenter)
Virtual field day
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 12:23pm
Scientists at the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station detailed their work in an online field day presentation on July 1.
Don Groth
Virtual Rice Field Day today
Wed, 07/01/2020 - 12:02pm
Normally, farmers from throughout the area are flocking to the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station today for the annual rice field day event.